The first ebook I ever read was Bruce Sterling’s Hacker Crackdown on my Newton Message Pad 2000. It had a big and bright screen — “the best screen for reading eBooks on the (non-)market” says DJ Vollkasko — but it could get a bit little heavy at times.
Crackdown is available for free, along with perhaps [...]
Posted August 6, 2005 by Casey
Categories: Books, Movies, Music. Tags: apple, apple newton, e-book, e-books, ebook, ebooks, manybooks.net, matthew mcclintock, message pad, mp2k, newton, newton message pad. 3 Comments.
…Well, not entirely, but I couldn’t help but read the posts on the PepperPad and history of the Newton. I’m a fan of computing devices that don’t fit the mold, so I eat up stuff like this. I noted the Pepper Pad previously, and written a few posts about the Newton and ultra-portable computing.
Update: Engadget [...]
Posted June 3, 2005 by Casey
Categories: Technology. Tags: computer, ebook, ebooks, hand held, newton, pepper pad, portable, teleread, ultra portable. One Comment.
