By Jason Romney Technologic recently hailed the tiny, handwriting-recognising personal digital assistants as a milestone in consumer electronics. But it seems the first generation of PDAs have disappointed many early-adopters.
Many users find a complete system reset is required on a daily basis.
Although NewtonMail is scheduled for activation in the US next month, there are no firm dates for Australia. Amstrad Pen Pad, often fails due to factors such as memory fragmentation. Even if you do add a memory card, movement of MessagePad contents to the card is presently an ungainly process. And note that only memory cards of certain types will work with the MessagePad so ones you have already purchased may not be transferrable to the MessagePad. While a properly functioning Newton MessagePad will greatly assist people with extensive communication needs and poor keyboard skills, users will need to be patient and flexible as they, and their MessagePad, learn about each other's eccentricities in areas such as handwriting recognition.