I watched For All Mankind, which is an alternative history (branching in 1969, when the Russians beat us to the moon).

They don't have iPhone-like smartphones (They haven't even reached 2015, yet -and we've got a major base on Mars), but everyone is FaceTiming on these gizmos that look a hell of a lot like Newtons.

Nice!

Unfortunately, mine was left on a desk which got buried under stuff when my kids were young and the batteries corroded.

I keep considering buying an MP2100, but it's hard to justify given the number of devices around the house which seldom see use.

Same! If I could convince myself that it would be a calm computing alternative or some other such nonsense to another device I phase out, maybe. Or I could foist the eMate on a kid who has a Chromebook at school, good luck.

What holds me back from any of these less capable devices is that the type of screen is not going to make a difference. I just need to be off the net.