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Category Archives: Handhelds
A Trove of Apple Promo Videos from the ’80s and ’90s
For a few years now I’ve been sitting on two DVDs full of Apple promotional videos that someone put together and auctioned on eBay. Happily, most of the content was new to me. The videos promote various Apple systems, primarily … Continue reading
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‘ActiveGS’ for iOS: Boundless Mobile Apple II Goodness
Last week I wrote a post about FTA’s recent iOS release Active GS – Best of FTA [App Store]. (I wrote one for TouchArcade too, actually.) The app is a collection of Apple IIgs demoscene productions from FTA and associated … Continue reading
iPad 2 Launch Day at the Apple Store in Clarendon, VA
Yesterday was iPad 2 launch day and, of course, I was there to grab Apple’s most powerful iOS device by far. I got about 2 hours of sleep last night, as I just couldn’t put the thing down. I’ll post … Continue reading
FTA Releases Apple IIgs Emulator in the iOS App Store
Long-time readers may be aware of the fact that I’ve long been a big fan of the demoscene. I saw my first true demoscene production (or “demo”) the night I received my mail order Amiga 2000 back in 1989. I … Continue reading
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Of a Dancing Baby and a Pocket Reference
Just a quick one here. I dug out my Apple Newton MessagePad 2100 the other night to take a video to share around of the Dancing Baby app put together by Arnold Kim (of MacRumors.com) back in 1997 or so. … Continue reading
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Apple’s iPad: The Dynabook, And The Future Of Computing, Has Arrived
Look closely. The device you see above is the future of computing. And I guarantee it. Wednesday, January 27, 2010. A day to remember. That is the day that Apple CEO Steve Jobs took the stage at the Yerba Buena … Continue reading
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Newton Poetry: An Active Newton Blog…In 2008
As my readers are likely aware, I’m a big fan of the Apple Newton. I consider my MessagePad 2100 to be the finest PDA I’ve ever owned, relatively speaking. That said, imagine how surprised and happy I was to run … Continue reading
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Newton eMate 300 As A Serial Terminal
Ok, my three regular readers may be asking themselves, “didn’t we just read this story?” They would be mistaken in thinking so, however. Back in late July I described the manner in which I configured my Apple //c to serve … Continue reading
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Apple Newton Trumps Microsoft Origami Device
CNET UK recently ran a rather interesting head-to-head showdown, deathmatch, cage-fight comparison between the much touted (by Microsoft) Ultra-Mobile PC (codename “Origami”) and the 10 year old Newton MessagePad 2000 from Apple. The particular UMPC used in the comparison was … Continue reading
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GP2X From GamePark Holdings: Retro Heaven
I’ve recently stumbled onto what may be the most densely packed piece of retro computing goodness that can be found anywhere: the GP2X personal entertainment player from GamePark Holdings. In brief, it’s a handheld game/media machine based on a dual-core … Continue reading
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