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Re:Lessons from the failure of General Magic by jandrese on Thursday July 26, 2018 @09:53PM (#17622901)
Also, Graffiti was fast once you got it down. Newton's handwriting recognition, even when it wasn't a total disaster, was kind of laborious.

But mostly it was the price tag. Palm Pilots really did almost everything a Newton could do at half the price or less. The Outlook sync feature made sure they had a place in business as well.

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Re:Lessons from the failure of General Magic by walrus01 on Thursday July 26, 2018 @11:25PM (#17623229)
I actually never used a graffiti palmos device as my personal every day pda. Bought a handspring Treo 180 with the physical keyboard. When it was new, it was one of the best wireless pda available... I still miss that keyboard.
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