I might be wrong, but I think Infoworld is not a Ziff publication. After
all, they were the ones to report Dos 6.0's problems first (as far as
mainline rags go). As for their Internet number(s), I don't have them right
in front of me, but most of the columns in the paper have the respective
writer's number listed at the bottom of their columns.
I agree about Byte. They always are looking ahead about five years, but
sometimes I simply don't have a clue what they are talking about. I just use
computers, not understand them. They do have a nice preview of Zoomer in
their Sept. issue, however, it is mostly factual stuff that we-in-the-know
already know :0 I want more adjectives! A little game I play is to notice
the number of times the other product is mentioned in the opposing review
during two or three-product articles. In this case Zoomer was mentioned many
more times in the Newton section than vice versa. So I declare Zoomer the
Winner!
One thing, during my "interview" with Infoworld, the writer kept on the
subject of "what ever will we do with no keyboard?" I kept telling him it
was a new technology, but I got the impression that the general computing
world just hasn't grasped that fact. Frankly, I was a bit caught off guard
about what exactly I would do with a PDA. My advice to Casio and Tandy and
Geoworks and anyone else is to write tons of apps and see what sticks. Maybe
specfic types of PDAs for different professions, i.e, stock market trader,
surveyor, stock clerk, salesperson, cop, logger. Shoot, I don't know,
anything.
What about a two-screen PDA that looks like an opened notebook. Open it,
have twice as much to work with, close it and go.
TaperwoodSubj: Some notes