Comments on: Rumor: John Sculley to Lead Palm?

Hope he learned this lesson. I'd hate for Palm to make a m125, m125SD, m125X, m500, m500SD, m500X, m505, m505SD, m505X, m510, m510SD, m510X, m515, m515SD, m5015X, and so on all at the same time with only some small changes within the whole lot.

So what, anyone remember what Lou Gerstner did before he joined IBM? huh?

>We need someone like Apple to buy Palm out and own >them as a subsidiary.

What's his name needed US Robotics to buy palm to get a device to market. Handheld and convergence devices are the future. If Palm can't compete with PocketPC's and vapor Stinger phones, then let them go belly up.

David in Pflugerville, TX

But when taking into count that you got re-place that ROM chip on your Visor with some flash memory and flash it with the Handera 330's OS, then you're Springboard slot become useless ... nah, too much truble.

-- I'm sure you amateur idiots could teach me a lot.

(The guy from Brighthand told me so.)

True. On the market for used Newton’s today a used Newton goes for the price of a new piece or even higher – no computer ever-developed gained value over time – think about this, why?

He costed about what a computer did – and he delivered much more than a computer besides he spoiled unmached mobile standalone capabilities. UNMACHED today!

Years after the departure of the Newton programmers writ code and service there programs – you can have a modern email client as well as a browser. Be considerate, by the time the Newton was developed most of the people thought of the internet to be Italian noodles.

At the time the Newton 2100 was delivered (the first true PDA ever) he was state of the art – and still is today by far.
There is no PDA in the world today matching by a very far shot the elegance, completeness, class, style and full, rich-featured Newton intelligence and rockstable OS.
I can run videos with sound without shaking – if I want.
The "assistant” alone built in (a form of artificial intelligence) was never seen again in any PDA. If I look at my 505 – that’s from the point of usability and power, a lame bicycle compared to a brand-new Boeing 747 long tail.
The Newton incorporated by that time not only two slots fully supported by the OS for basically whatever whacko you plugged in, but had already the same ARM processor that the Palm (if we are lucky) gets end 2002 in the next Palm generation.

The former Newton developer now at Palm, writing code there today, in my point of view, are making jokes at there obviously very uninformed superiors, by selling them such a lousy Palm OS as maximum achievable. The go to the restrooms every 10 minutes for a good laugh and smoke.

The Newton thing might be bulky (screens where only beginning later to emerge) - true, the green screen (4 times the screen of a Palm) on the other hand can light a mid sized garage and the Newton runs longer than my 505 on one charge. The attachable keyboard is better than most of the PC keyboards. The screen alone, made of the most expensive high polished ultra hardened optical glass, costs probably more then a m505 as a whole.

To name the highlights setting this Newton 2100 MP masterpiece aside from all the sad crap we are able to buy today I would need to fill 20 A4 pages in small font.
I still use my Newton MP 2100G today– there is no better PDA around – Point.

The Newton does not come cheap or small – true – but extremely priceworthy given his abilities, elegance and unmatched power.

If Newton would have suceeded ther would be no Palm OS around.

And the Newton was killed not on the free market but only for personal and Apple internal reasons and fights.

The drawback and bottom line – the Newton is dead – And only therefore I do a premium German Palm geared magazine for the second place winner. To be intimely honest.

I still consider buying a used Newton – just to be safe...

Boris v Luhovoy
Publishing editor
Palmtop-Pro magazine
www.palmtop.at

Wrong. Apple never licensed Rosetta to Microsoft or anyone else. They still own it.

What you are referring to is the Newton's original CURSIVE recognizer, written by Paragraph, a Russian company. It's now called "Calligrapher", I believe (or perhaps that's the original name, I don't recall exactly) This was the recognizer that was so maligned by the press and Doonsbury cartoon, and THAT is the recognizer that Microsoft has licensed from Vadem and bundled as an add on to the PocketPC. And it's not as good an implementation as the Newton's HWR (either version). Not as integrated, not as automatic, etc.

The 2100 is still the best PDA ever made, over 3 years after it's cancellation. Microsoft's PocketPC 2002 isn't even close. And both Palm and Microsoft are figuring out NOW what Apple knew in 1993: the ARM chip is THE chip to use for a PDA.

Funny how what goes around comes around. Many of Apple's Newton staff work for Palm, and a lot of the rest (Steve Capps, Walter Smith) work for Microsoft.

You blew it $teve Jobs. You could have had an iPad to go with your iPod. Heck...you still COULD. Apple's Newton is better than the MS Tablet PC that Gates is pushing at Comdex....

-Bill

I saw Sculley with some guy called Mulder once.... I wonder if the Feds are trying to pursuade Palm to produce devices that inform the authorities of illegal goings on?...

The truth must be out there

Then is they just added FireWire support for Hotsync, and moved Quicktime over to the palm platform (might have to wait for the new ARM processor). Then you have a real reason to by the Apple branded palm

-- and your idiotic comments are obviously made by someone who just discovered Palm. There is a *long* history of people wishing for the common-sense improvements I cite. Of course, *you* wouldn't know that. Your idea of history is recalling the last TV commercial you saw. Now go back to sleep.