Re: I’m torn...

No, I don't do any drawing but I may look at the Apple Pencil anyway.

Sincerely,
Dennis B. Swaney

"Cogito Ergo Mac"


On Tue, Mar 19, 2019 at 6:59 PM Kate Case <[email protected]> wrote:

> Yes I looked at the refund option and got the same figure. Decided to hang
> onto it as a backup instead.
> Do you use yours for drawing at all?
>
> Cheers
> Kate
>
> Jeweller & Silversmith
> Tasmania, Australia
> http://www.katecase.com/
>
>
> > On 20 Mar 2019, at 11:15 am, Dennis Swaney <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > Kate, I did something similar a year ago and got a Mini 4 to back-up my
> > Mini 3. I'm considering using the Mini 4 as a trade in to reduce the
> price
> > of the Mini 5 $135.
> >
> > Sincerely,
> > Dennis B. Swaney
> >
> > "Cogito Ergo Mac"
> >
> >
> >> On Tue, Mar 19, 2019 at 4:12 PM Kate Case <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>
> >> I’ve got my new iPad mini ordered. I LOVE my Apple Pencil and use it
> with
> >> iPad Pro already, mainly for drawing. There are so many good apps for
> >> drawing/painting and note taking. The functionality of the iPad mini
> >> combined with the Pencil is going to leave your Newton in the dust I
> think
> >> Rather annoyingly, I only recent bought an iPad mini 4 and have been
> using
> >> it with a 3rd party stylus. Which hasn’t been a very satisfactory
> >> experience. My favourite art app Procreate doesn’t have palm rejection
> with
> >> the stylus...very frustrating. So that was a wasted purchase. All the
> sites
> >> and blogs I looked up were predicting the demise of the iPad mini line
> and
> >> I figured they’d probably never update it for use with the Pencil. Damn!
> >>
> >> Kate
> >>
> >> Jeweller & Silversmith
> >> Tasmania, Australia
> >> http://www.katecase.com/
> >>
> >>
> >>> On 20 Mar 2019, at 7:40 am, Mark Kuberski <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> I use my Newton 130 everyday for:
> >>>
> >>> 1. Using the notes app to take notes (I love the cursive to text “live”
> >>> conversation.  The only tool similar to this is Nebo on the iPad (and
> >> sadly
> >>> not on the iPhone Pluses)
> >>>
> >>> 2. I draw in NewtPaint; coffee, mugs, logos, Star Trek ships,
> computers,
> >>> Newton, others tech, etc to put inline with my work and personal notes.
> >>>
> >>> Here’s a few photos:
> >>> *https://tublrbersky.tumblr.com/ <https://tublrbersky.tumblr.com/>*
> >>>
> >>> 3. On occasion I use clipart to paste to my online notes too.
> >>>
> >>> 4. Each week at church I take notes, use The Message Bible app to paste
> >>> bible verses inline to my sermon notes, along with drawings (of
> course).
> >>>
> >>> 5. I have taken all these NewtPaint drawings and used the Animation
> >> utility
> >>> to create a few Star Trek stories.  Check out the YouTube Video bellow.
> >>>
> >>> Link:  https://youtu.be/EN3o-oRMims
> >>>
> >>> So I love taking notes/diary and love drawing.  I also love the small
> >> form
> >>> factor of the Newton 130 (very portable).
> >>>
> >>> *** Soooo I’m TORN  ***
> >>> --------------------------------
> >>>
> >>> Apple just announced the NEW iPad Mini 5 supports the Apple Pencil
> (which
> >>> feels bitter smooth and way cool).
> >>>
> >>> But... that gonna be a $750 investment and would replace my “green
> little
> >>> friend”.  The reason I’m torn:
> >>>
> >>> 1. The money
> >>> 2. The Nebo app looks good, but still not as perfect/elegant as Newton
> >> Notes
> >>> 3.  I would miss the “trash can” animation
> >>> 4. I would miss this Newton User Group and would just get swallowed up
> >> into
> >>> a bigger Apple Ecosystem (which I’m totally submersed into anyway).
> >>>
> >>> Here’s my setup:
> >>> 1. Take notes on Newton
> >>> 2. Use Old DELL with serial port to transfer “screenshots” using Newton
> >>> Connection in the Newton Developer Kit
> >>> 3. Copy those screenshots to MS Word
> >>> 4. Take those images into Apple Notes
> >>>
> >>> iPad mini [proposed] setup:
> >>> 1. Take notes in notes using Nebo, or use Nebo directly
> >>> 2. Sketch/ draw in flagship drawing apps
> >>> 3. Bring into Apple Notes
> >>>
> >>> Much shorter time... but more pricey and I have lost something (the
> >> Amazing
> >>> Newton interface)! Such a dramatic analysis but I’m sure ALL of us (on
> >> this
> >>> list, and many of those that have left) are have / will face this.
> Haha
> >>> almost an emotional love story (like the Newton film).
> >>>
> >>> I would be interested in other people’s comments, it’s seems like just
> an
> >>> upgrade decision... but it’s way more than that.  I just wish Apple
> would
> >>> allow the Newton OS to live on iPad!  That works be the perfect world!
> >>>
> >>> thanks,
> >>> Mark
> >>>
> >>> Sent from my iPhone
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