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2007-10-31 , 22:48
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Originally Posted by Wizard69 View Post
There is no sense in comparing the IT to PDAs because they are PDAs . The only difference being that they are a more modern rendition of the product. Nokia doesn't seem to want to recognize that this is part of the product, instead trying to sell the device as an internet cruising device. I just don't see a demand for a device with that narrow focus. To Nokia credit the device does run Linux and as such people can customize to their hearts content. That is great if you are a techie or geek but pretty hard row to hoe from the marketing standpoint.

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Dave
The 2000/2100 Messagepad were far from being just a PDA. If you go through the Newton software archives (UNNA), you will see the newton can do just about everything the IT can do today (obviously limited to 1997 hardware and no camera). Newtonscript had a great following, and it shows in some of today's programs that can extend the newton far beyond its original capabilities. If you can find some of the ads from the time, it was being pitched as a personal computer, rather than a PDA.

The thing for me with the IT, is that there is no killer app. Why would people want to buy the IT? Deride Apple at will, but with almost all of their products they find a way to market a killer app to drive sales. Having a webcam on board and being portable, I thought Nokia would have really driven home video messaging. At this stage it is still all over the shop One other thing that impresses with the Newton is that everything is linked. You had "soups" which held various bits of information, such as addresses, and made this information available system-wide. So you could write a third party app that could access this information, without having to double up and enter it again. I'd love to see more of that in the IT. It really opens up the scope of what the IT can be used for, rather than just surfing the web or playing a video.