Comments on: iPhone 0.9 http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/267/iphone-09 Mac & Technology Writings by Daniel Jalkut Tue, 6 Jan 2009 23:43:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Andy Lee http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/267/iphone-09/comment-page-1#comment-49769 Andy Lee Wed, 31 Jan 2007 14:03:59 +0000 http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/267/iphone-09#comment-49769 You wrote: <blockquote>A subtle suggestion that Newton might actually get you laid.</blockquote> I'm reminded of <a href="http://www.jwz.org/doc/groupware.html" rel="nofollow">this</a>: <blockquote>"How will this software get my users laid" should be on the minds of anyone writing social software (and these days, almost all software is social software).</blockquote> Chris Hanson referenced it on his blog a few days ago, but I was first pointed to it last year, by a former boss. I wonder if a new term could be coined -- "laidware" or "bootyware" or something. You wrote:

A subtle suggestion that Newton might actually get you laid.

I’m reminded of this:

“How will this software get my users laid” should be on the minds of anyone writing social software (and these days, almost all software is social software).

Chris Hanson referenced it on his blog a few days ago, but I was first pointed to it last year, by a former boss. I wonder if a new term could be coined — “laidware” or “bootyware” or something.

]]> By: Bob Peterson http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/267/iphone-09/comment-page-1#comment-49424 Bob Peterson Tue, 30 Jan 2007 22:48:09 +0000 http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/267/iphone-09#comment-49424 I still own two 2100s. With wired network card (wireless cell cards only worked in California). I still love my babies, even if I don't haul them out of their safe spot much. And yes, at least "Sphinx of black quartz judge my vow" would have been a bit more interesting than the fox saw. I still own two 2100s. With wired network card (wireless cell cards only worked in California). I still love my babies, even if I don’t haul them out of their safe spot much.

And yes, at least “Sphinx of black quartz judge my vow” would have been a bit more interesting than the fox saw.

]]> By: Tom Harrington http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/267/iphone-09/comment-page-1#comment-48918 Tom Harrington Mon, 29 Jan 2007 18:56:19 +0000 http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/267/iphone-09#comment-48918 I think I still have that video around somewhere on VHS. I like how in the email demo, the message clearly reads "The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog". That was the best demo they could come up with? One bit of trivia that's often forgotten these days is that Palm's Grafitti was originally an application you could buy and install on your Newton (or other PDAs of the era). I didn't want to admit it was necessary on the 1xx series Newtons, but once I tried the demo I had to have it. Not in the "this is fantastic, I've gotta have it" way, but in the "I have to have this if I want to make this device useful" way. I think I still have that video around somewhere on VHS. I like how in the email demo, the message clearly reads “The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog”. That was the best demo they could come up with?

One bit of trivia that’s often forgotten these days is that Palm’s Grafitti was originally an application you could buy and install on your Newton (or other PDAs of the era). I didn’t want to admit it was necessary on the 1xx series Newtons, but once I tried the demo I had to have it. Not in the “this is fantastic, I’ve gotta have it” way, but in the “I have to have this if I want to make this device useful” way.

]]> By: Gavin http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/267/iphone-09/comment-page-1#comment-48881 Gavin Mon, 29 Jan 2007 17:01:32 +0000 http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/267/iphone-09#comment-48881 When Apple created the company Newton Technologies Inc., around the same time they were talking to NeXT, the Newton OS 2.1 was really good at recognising handwriting. So much so, that you could specify exactly how each character was written, how closely spaced your words were, cursive, printed or mixed. And if I remember correctly, you could even check a button for guest use. Combine this with a 166MHz processor in the MessagePad 2100 and you had a fast, responsive system with tried-and-true software supporting you. As of the MessagePad 2000 the printed buttons on the bottom were configureable, and the orientation could be switched to widescreen by menu option. Apple still owns all of the technology that came from the Newton. Ink, part of Mac OS X since Jaguar, is a direct descendant of Newton technology. Universal resources, such as address book (Names) and calendar (Dates), are things in Mac OS X pretty much taken for granted, and hardly realised as born from the Newton. Steve Jobs may have had a dislike for the Newton ("scribbly little thing"), but perhaps it was for the stylus, not the idea itself. Yep, I'm a Newton fan, and I tried to persist with it right up through Mac OS 9. Mac OS X killed the Newton, not Steve Jobs. When Apple created the company Newton Technologies Inc., around the same time they were talking to NeXT, the Newton OS 2.1 was really good at recognising handwriting. So much so, that you could specify exactly how each character was written, how closely spaced your words were, cursive, printed or mixed. And if I remember correctly, you could even check a button for guest use.

Combine this with a 166MHz processor in the MessagePad 2100 and you had a fast, responsive system with tried-and-true software supporting you. As of the MessagePad 2000 the printed buttons on the bottom were configureable, and the orientation could be switched to widescreen by menu option.

Apple still owns all of the technology that came from the Newton. Ink, part of Mac OS X since Jaguar, is a direct descendant of Newton technology. Universal resources, such as address book (Names) and calendar (Dates), are things in Mac OS X pretty much taken for granted, and hardly realised as born from the Newton.

Steve Jobs may have had a dislike for the Newton (”scribbly little thing”), but perhaps it was for the stylus, not the idea itself. Yep, I’m a Newton fan, and I tried to persist with it right up through Mac OS 9. Mac OS X killed the Newton, not Steve Jobs.

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