From: Sonya Hipper (sonyalynn_at_earthlink.net)
Date: Sun Sep 12 2004 - 17:03:24 PDT
I realize that I'm barely qualified to weigh in on this discussion,
being neither a developer nor a particular expert on handheld hardware,
but I did read the conference notes and slides, and HAVE been following
this thread closely, sooooo...I'm going to anyway, of course! ;-)
(And no, I'm not going to mention licenses. Annoying Paul and Nicolas,
who're basically offering every last one of us a hope to keep using
something recognizable as a Newton device as current real-world
technology leaves the actual Apple/Newton Inc. MessagePad+NewtonOS
behind strikes me as just plain rude, and somewhat insane! If they
wanna use the proverbial ham sandwich as a license, I'm totally fine
with that!)
With all that preamble, here's what I think...
Native code on ARM CPUs, with a fixed and small number of supported
hardware platforms sounds like the best bet for making this project
really see daylight. And, correct me if I'm wrong, but wouldn't
implementing P-Classes within this context remove the limitations that
currently prevent us from using SSL/SSH, stereo sound drivers, color
support, and other goodies?
As far as the form factor, I'm going to have to respectfully disagree
with Jon (who's been a VERY great help with my Newt-ification over the
last year or so...woulda offered you something Newty to help out if I
had any to spare, Jon!) on the Yopy. The form factor really isn't
grabbing me as long as there's no pen-based input.
Something like the Zaurus (which says touch-screen, so I'm assuming
stylus is there or at least usable), or the Zodiac appeal most, with
their "notepad"-style form-factor. In essence, handhelds that most
closely mimic the Newt in mode of use.
Anyway, that's $.02 from me. Though, I'll be happy as long as I can
keep using a NewtonOS device of some sort for a long, long time.
-Sonya
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