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klark · 05-27-2007, 05:47 AM

scotty, damn. that was some pretty good and detailed answer

so thanks for that.

but i still have a few questions:
- does the newton transform my notes safely to a .txt (or whatever) format? some time ago i tried OneNote on a "real" tablet pc and was suprised of how good the transformation worked. is the text-recognition of the newton similar to that?
- even if i would buy a newton for taking notes i still need a device that will display my pdfs (books, scripts). because that is what im really looking for. so i thought the iliad was a good combination of both of the features. but i have to admit, the more i read and see about it, the more sceptical i get. seems like the most basic stuff is missing. and i wont buy a gadget for more than $650 that wont fulfill my needs. perhaps a sony and a newton will work.
BUT: that would mean i would have to carry my macbook, a newton and sony ereader with me :-D

so the umpc would be an alternative. but that thing is pretty expensive. the price for the iliad is barely acceptable. and after all, i dont know if i would like to have a pc with windows again. (i dont want to start the old apple vs. pc war, but i figured out that the mac works better for me.)

seems like that the device that i need has not been invented yet ;-) a new newton would be amazing i guess.

oh nearly forgot about that ... i saw that nokia 800 some time ago. its small but it looked pretty good, unfortunately no retailer in my town has one. so im not able to take a look at it.

edit:
perhaps i should post in "which one should i buy". that seems the better place for that kind of questions.

05-27-2007, 05:47 AM	#32
klark Member Posts: 10 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2007	scotty, damn. that was some pretty good and detailed answer so thanks for that. but i still have a few questions: - does the newton transform my notes safely to a .txt (or whatever) format? some time ago i tried OneNote on a "real" tablet pc and was suprised of how good the transformation worked. is the text-recognition of the newton similar to that? - even if i would buy a newton for taking notes i still need a device that will display my pdfs (books, scripts). because that is what im really looking for. so i thought the iliad was a good combination of both of the features. but i have to admit, the more i read and see about it, the more sceptical i get. seems like the most basic stuff is missing. and i wont buy a gadget for more than $650 that wont fulfill my needs. perhaps a sony and a newton will work. BUT: that would mean i would have to carry my macbook, a newton and sony ereader with me :-D so the umpc would be an alternative. but that thing is pretty expensive. the price for the iliad is barely acceptable. and after all, i dont know if i would like to have a pc with windows again. (i dont want to start the old apple vs. pc war, but i figured out that the mac works better for me.) seems like that the device that i need has not been invented yet ;-) a new newton would be amazing i guess. oh nearly forgot about that ... i saw that nokia 800 some time ago. its small but it looked pretty good, unfortunately no retailer in my town has one. so im not able to take a look at it. edit: perhaps i should post in "which one should i buy". that seems the better place for that kind of questions. Last edited by klark; 05-27-2007 at 05:54 AM.