Dear Paul,
Is it possible to run the tcp/ip stack and browser on MP 130 with OS 2.0?
Or, do you have to have OS 2.1? Is there a way to upgrade from 2.0 to 2.1?
Thanks!
> -----Original Message-----
> From: max search [SMTP:paul6161@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Monday, November 29, 1999 5:19 PM
> To: newtontalk@planetnewton.com
> Subject: NTLK Newt Sync Rant / Suggestions Pls
>
> Despite my strong affinity for my Newton, I absolutely
> want to
> hurl it out the window when attempting to import,
> export, or
> sync data, still.
>
> I purchased a MP100 when it first arrived on retail
> shelves and
> used it mostly as a PIM for about four years. About
> six months
> ago I purchased a 2nd hand MP 130. It amazes me just
> how fatal
> a flaw Apple allowed to 'go by' them and just how
> large an opportunity
> (ie Palm's success) developers have as well, in their
> deference to
> building all these exotic applications and plug-in's
> ("can I land a lunar
> module remotely using my Newt somehow"...) for Newts
> while abandoning
> any notion of building a *robust* and reliable sync
> utility.
>
> Isn't 3m Palm's success proof that the real money was
> in building
> rock solid PIM Organzier functions first and then
> adding more exotic PDA
> type one's around it where/when possible ?
>
> I use Now Contact/Up-To-Date (new versions coming
> soon). Now Syncronize
> is a joke and should be called instead "Now (almost
> with 18 work arounds)
> Import" at best....NCU 1.0 responds to sync request
> with "this feature is not
> supported yet"
>
> What is the best way to import/export, and sync the
> PIM data I have
> in Now Contact/Up-To-Date available out there now ?
>
> Seems like there could be a Newt List devoted soley to
> this one topic alone.
>
> Still I'm committed...until Mr Jobs comes up with a
> i-Pad or something.
>
> Any insight appreciated.
>
> Paul Moshay
> Los Angeles, Calif.
>
>
>
>
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