kvanderlaag
Well-known member
I have absolutely no reason to want a Newton. I have a Nokia N800, I have a Palm Zire 72, I have a BlackBerry for a phone, and all kinds of other gadgets and gizmos that have been exceptionally effective in serving my personal data needs. The Nokia N800 in particular is one of the most capable PDAs I've ever seen - I can only imagine the model from Verizon or whatever the hell in the States which had WWAN built in would have been even better, not needing a WiFi network to pillage. On top of that, it gets ~7 hours of continuous battery life under moderate use, which is usually more than adequate, and the handwriting recognition is okay. Plus, with Garnet VM, it'll run all my Palm applications quite nicely.
But, as addressed elsewhere, I like old things. And from what I hear, the Newtons were some of the most capable PDAs of their day.
So, I ask you all this: Which would be the best Newton for day to day use? The plan I'd sort of formulated in my head went something like this:
- A Newton MessagePad 2000 from here, for $35 + $25 shipping, but of course it doesn't come with a battery, stylus, or anything else integral to its operation.
- Piecemeal a stylus, battery pack, AC adapter, and a flash card from somewhere. This is starting to look expensive.
- One of these guys, for obvious reasons. I'd like to use this at school and be the jerk slowing down the wireless network with his wacky B device.
Unfortunately, this is all starting to look pretty silly. Close to $200 for a zany old PDA? I paid that much for my N800 and 32gb + 8gb SD cards, and it's got all kinds of stuff built in.
Nonetheless, I feel strangely compelled. Does anyone have any thoughts? Maybe a comparably useful model that's a little less pricey to find a reasonable example of? Or does someone maybe have a MP 2000/2100 that they'd be willing to part with?
The Wireless card and flash and stuff I can handle, but I would like to find a system that will either take AAs, or that has a charger, and obviously a stylus.
But, as addressed elsewhere, I like old things. And from what I hear, the Newtons were some of the most capable PDAs of their day.
So, I ask you all this: Which would be the best Newton for day to day use? The plan I'd sort of formulated in my head went something like this:
- A Newton MessagePad 2000 from here, for $35 + $25 shipping, but of course it doesn't come with a battery, stylus, or anything else integral to its operation.
- Piecemeal a stylus, battery pack, AC adapter, and a flash card from somewhere. This is starting to look expensive.
- One of these guys, for obvious reasons. I'd like to use this at school and be the jerk slowing down the wireless network with his wacky B device.
Unfortunately, this is all starting to look pretty silly. Close to $200 for a zany old PDA? I paid that much for my N800 and 32gb + 8gb SD cards, and it's got all kinds of stuff built in.
Nonetheless, I feel strangely compelled. Does anyone have any thoughts? Maybe a comparably useful model that's a little less pricey to find a reasonable example of? Or does someone maybe have a MP 2000/2100 that they'd be willing to part with?
The Wireless card and flash and stuff I can handle, but I would like to find a system that will either take AAs, or that has a charger, and obviously a stylus.