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- From: gmw1@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (Gabe M Wiener)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.palmtops
- Subject: Re: Microwriter/Academy Liquidation
- Message-ID: <1993Jan11.211323.23670@news.columbia.edu>
- Date: 11 Jan 93 21:13:23 GMT
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- In article <-192519995@hpopd.pwd.hp.com> martinh@hpopd.pwd.hp.com (Martin Harris) writes:
- > The company that produced the Microwriter (aka Academy) - the palmtop that
- >used a chording keyboard - has gone into voluntary liquidation here in the UK.
- >They have though made a commitment to honour all existing warranties, and
- >provide a repair service and other services where appropriate. They also have
- >some old stock which they are selling off.
-
- Hm? Didn't they just release a new palmtop with a chording keyboard (the
- "Agenda" I think it was) ?? Odd that they'd suddenly go into liquidation.
- Or is the Agenda not that new?
-
- The chording keyboard was a good idea, but:
-
- - The old Microwriter was big (the size of a hardcover), the keys
- clicked, and it had keybounce problems. it also had a display
- of one line.
-
- - The "Agenda" is very small and has a silent keyboard, but the
- display is once again too small and I don't think its features
- stack up to one of the good palmtops. Besides, you can actually
- type reasonably comfortably on things like the Psion, Sharp, etc.
-
-
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