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.

When I finally get around to writing up my impressions of the Pepper Pad, I’ll be pointing to Roger Sperberg’s recent posts at TeleRead about non-PDA handhelds and computers for stand up use. At the moment, however, some of his points remind my of a few I’ve got to make about PDAs here.
I’ve got [...]

Posted July 29, 2005 by Casey
Categories: Technology. Tags: clie, complaints, graffiti, handwriting recognition, newton, newton message pad, pda, pda keyboard, pepper, sony clie, wifi. 5 Comments.

I only wish all old technology could be this good.

Posted June 24, 2002 by Casey
Categories: Technology. Tags: handwriting recognition, message pad, message pad 2000, mp2000, mp2k, newton, newton message pad, newton message pad 2000, newton pda, newton software development, pda keyboard, pim, pim applications. 4 Comments.