Anybody ever own an Apple Newton?

[thewayne]

I've got a line on one on Ebay, seems to me like it would make a good ebook reader. I don't need the capability to buy new books that the Kindle provides, and I don't like the price of the Kindle or the Sony, sweet machines as they are. So my intent is to download books from Guttenberg for free, I don't really have another purpose for it.

Just wondering if anyone had any experience with it. I look forward to it, I think it'll be fun.

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[apostate-96.livejournal.com]

I haven't worked with the Newton, but I've got to say I LOVE the Kindle that I've got. The new books are OK, but the ability to download them directly from the web is the better bonus. Guttenberg is one place for that, and another is Feedbooks. It also helps that there's free software out there that'll let you transform an MS-Word, HTML, or PDF document into something the Kindle will read.

I'd scoffed at the idea of an e-reader before, but I'll gladly admit to having to eat my words now.