Thread: NITs - what are they good for... ???
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2008-06-10 , 20:33
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Originally Posted by Benson View Post
Well, the OMP came out in 1993, for 3.5-4 years, actually.

Which '97 release are you discussing?
The newton 2.x devices. The 2x00 specifically, although the 120/130 fitted the awesome tag. Actually I think they all did in their way.

Originally Posted by Benson View Post
A kilobuck for a PDA (a brief Google says $950 original price, anyway) isn't necessarily mainstream ready, but the MP 1000 would certainly qualify as awesome.
I never mentioned at what cost!

Originally Posted by Benson View Post
The PalmPilots (Personal and Professional), OTOH, might make the mainstream-ready cut, but don't fit your word "awesome"...

Oh well, two device families, one for low-end, one for high-end... Yep, awesome it was. If only I'd had any money back then.
I didn't, but I managed to get them second hand a bit later (actually I got an OMP back in 95 - it was given to me.

There have been very few devices in my life where I have really been blown away by how completely awsome they were.
The Newtons were there. The psion series 3 probably was too.
I love my NIT, but it doesn't really fit in that catagory.