Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Sat 21st Feb 2004 11:13 UTC
I already have a PalmV PDA with PalmOS 3.5. I never use it. I practically have absolutely no need for an organizer. Yet, I wanna buy a new one. That geek gene in me (that my mother unsuccessfully tried to kill over the years) what really wants is a "truly mobile PC" that just isn't a laptop. So, for the last few days I was shopping around the Internet for a new PDA (preferably a PocketPC this time) that would fit the kind of thing I am looking for. I was... horrified to find out that what I need isn't... invented yet.
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In my opinion, the Newton MessagePad 2100 is still the best PDA ever designed. There's still a large and active communitiy built up around it. Drivers have been written to support WaveLan PCMCIA cards and libraries to replace the connection utilities that Apple provided. I think only the Tablet PC's handwritting recongination has even come close to that of the Newtons. Somebody even ported a SNES emulator
to it.
It's a little bit underpowered when compared to other modern PDA's, but remember the 2100 was last manufactured in 1998. I still use mine to check email on wireless networks when I don't have my laptop with me.
There's a mailing list where most of the community can be found.
http://www.newtontalk.net