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Just bought a Messagepad 2100
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May 26, 2004, 03:03 AM
 
I have a Newton 120 now, and everyone says the 2100 is great, so I finally bought one:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...RK%3AMEWN%3AIT
     
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May 26, 2004, 03:46 AM
 
Retro!

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May 26, 2004, 07:54 PM
 
Hack it up and use it as an MP3 player and install a 20GB laptop HD.
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May 26, 2004, 08:45 PM
 
Def put a wireless ethernet card in it. Can it synch with OSX's iApps?
     
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May 26, 2004, 10:53 PM
 
Originally posted by Will McGoonigle:
Def put a wireless ethernet card in it. Can it synch with OSX's iApps?
With some help of some third party apps it can.
     
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May 27, 2004, 01:00 AM
 
I loved Newtons, but they were always so big and bulky. I'd love to get another one but they're such bricks; I wouldn't really know what to DO with it.

EDIT: I think my Sony camera and iPod combined weigh less than a Newton.

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May 27, 2004, 02:50 AM
 
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May 27, 2004, 05:44 AM
 
I hope Apple is planning on a Newton comeback with this new iPod Division... I would love to see what the Newton II would look like.
     
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May 27, 2004, 06:17 AM
 
The 2100's were going for a couple hundred just a few years ago. Thats a hell of a deal you got for your 2100.
     
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May 27, 2004, 08:19 AM
 
Originally posted by Secret__Police:
The 2100's were going for a couple hundred just a few years ago. Thats a hell of a deal you got for your 2100.
Yeah, I agree. I saw the price and my first thought was "wow, that's cheap", but I thought it was a variation of some sort or some earlier model that kept the price so low. I guess the prices bottomed out.

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May 27, 2004, 09:59 AM
 
Originally posted by His Dudeness:
I hope Apple is planning on a Newton comeback with this new iPod Division
No chance, they still report to ol' Stevie.
     
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May 27, 2004, 12:30 PM
 
Honestly though, slim it down, put OSX on it, improve Ink, make it synch with all iApps and even Windows apps, give it VoIP, wireless ethernet, bluetooth and it will be a hit. Let's kill Palm and Microsoft's crappy PDAs. Now that the G3 is dead lets use it for the PDA.
     
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May 27, 2004, 02:15 PM
 
Originally posted by Secret__Police:
The 2100's were going for a couple hundred just a few years ago. Thats a hell of a deal you got for your 2100.
Tell me about it. I was bidding on quite a lot over the last six months. I got beat out after a few hours! They always ended up at 150-200 for all the stuff that I got. I ended up getting a "second chance bid" from eBay, whatever that is. The one I got had a "buy it now" price of 80, but the bidding was up at 110 when I bought it. Heck yeah, it was a great deal.
     
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May 27, 2004, 06:59 PM
 
It was sold by a company that has a great number of 2000's and 2100's to unload. There's also been a big run on eMate's lately. These are great devices, and now that the prices are dropping, it's a good time to get hooked up.

Here is a great Newt link for newbies:



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