Having become a recent Newton fan this past year, I have had my eye on getting an eMate. The eMate is similar to the MessagePad 2000/2100 in that it runs the same version of Newton OS. However, it is in the form factor of a Netbook. The keyboard is a bit cramped but I can still touch-type quite fast with it. And that is the key for me. You see, despite how good the handwriting recognitions is in later versions of Newton OS, my own handwriting (and printing) is terrible and I find it almost literally painful to do.
The eMate is not without its limitations though. For instance, it only has one PC Card slot vice my MessagePad 2100's two. This means I have to swap out my storage card whenever I want to go wireless. Also, the eMate is slower and has less internal RAM than the 2100.
But despite those shortcomings, the eMate has a real keyboard and for me that makes it a winner. And as you may have guessed, I typed this blog post on my eMate.
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