Re: [NTLK] Another Newton feature now available for the iPhone

No, I am referring to the Windows Mobile versions. As for desktop versions,
you may be right. With the release of Windows 7, Calling Vista windows 6 has
some validity. But I was more addressing the thought that Windows Mobile is
dead or in some way a bad mobile OS. It is NOT a Newton, or even a decent
Newton competitor, but it is a viable hand held computer. The same as my
Nokia is not a competitor for my Newton. I run the Garnet Palm emulator in
it for PIM functionality. But that does not give me alarms. And there is no
quick way to enter text. But as for internet access, pdf and doc viewing,
spreadsheets and the like, it is fine for that and the text entry is good
enough. But when I go to a seminar, I still break out my trusty 2000UPG. Of
course, once I get to a computer I dump the notes into my Nokia. Mostly I
wanted to point out that there are alternatives and different schools of
thought in OS and mobile devices.

Matt (Ducky) Howe
Owner of a MP2000U and an Emate
SantaMatt@Gmail.com (Nokia N770)
matthowe@comcast.net (Desktop)
http://home.comcast.net/~mhowe41/
http://SantaMatt.blogspot.com

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From: newtontalk-bounce@newtontalk.net
[mailto:newtontalk-bounce@newtontalk.net]On Behalf Of Dennis B. Swaney
Sent: Tuesday, October 06, 2009 5:12 PM
To: newtontalk@newtontalk.net
Subject: Re: [NTLK] Another Newton feature now available for the iPhone

Matt Howe wrote:
> I am a PC user. I have an XP box, A Mac G3 running OS9 and a box running
> Ubuntu 8. I own several newtons from my poor broken 120 2.0 to a 2000UPG.
I
> also own a Nokia tablet. And I sit here responding to this email on my XP
> box. Now that you know where I am coming from, here are a couple of facts.
>
> 1. Windows mobile is alive and well. Version 6.5 is coming out as 7.0 is
> behind schedule. But, 6.0 works fine, 6.5 just has additional
enhancements.
> Nobody cares? The company I work for develops and sells software to the
> alarm and security industry. One of our products is a remote unit for the
> technician in the field. With it he can check the status of his tickets,
> check inventory, update tickets, get a signature from the customer and get
> directions to his next service call. All of this because a windows mobile
> device can be programmed by my company and can be connected to the SQL
> server back bone of our application.
>

Matt,
What are the actual version numbers of XP & Vista? I remember that under
the hood Windows 2000 carried a Windows 5.0 version number as it was the
successor to Windows NT 4. Is XP 5.5 and Vista 6.0?

--
Sincerely,
Dennis B. Swaney
Newton MP 2100
iPhone 3GS
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