Apple today rolls out much-delayed Newton

Prof. · Mar 20, 2012, 06:08 PM

Look what I dug up from 1993!

NameUndecided · Mar 20, 2012, 06:10 PM

Thumbs up if you saved that intentionally!

Sad face if you found it under a pile of cereal boxes.

IllIllIll · Mar 20, 2012, 06:11 PM

What does this have to do with the iPad?

doboy · Mar 20, 2012, 06:11 PM

I had a Newton or two. I think I may still have one in my garage.

pat park · Mar 20, 2012, 06:13 PM

I would buy that

Prof. · Mar 20, 2012, 06:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by IllIllIll

What does this have to do with the iPad?

Because it's an apple handheld, so it was either i put this in the iPhone category or the iPad category. If the mods don't want it here, they'll move it.

bigroot · Mar 20, 2012, 06:13 PM

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Originally Posted by doboy

I had a Newton or two. I think I may still have one in my garage.

Did the screen have a yellow tint? More importantly, did you flip out about said tint?

doboy · Mar 20, 2012, 06:16 PM

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Originally Posted by bigroot

Did the screen have a yellow tint? More importantly, did you flip out about said tint?

It had a horrible black and white tint.

Ladybug · Mar 20, 2012, 06:17 PM

That was great, thanks.I've never heard of that. I really loved the part "green-black notepad sized box flips open to a screen". And it only weighs 1 lb.

troop231 · Mar 20, 2012, 06:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pat park

I would buy that

pat park · Mar 20, 2012, 06:43 PM

well, one thing for sure, that screen does not have the yellow tint!

ZBoater · Mar 20, 2012, 06:45 PM

From $699 to $1500. The $829 for the top of the line iPad is a bargain!

7timethecrystal · Mar 20, 2012, 07:02 PM

I personally love the 2 MB memory and the AA batteries. I bet it wasn't even included!!

ZBoater · Mar 20, 2012, 07:04 PM

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Originally Posted by 7timethecrystal

I personally love the 2 MB memory and the AA batteries. I bet it wasn't even included!!

That's 2MB as in MEGA bytes. Didn't want our younger audience to confuse that with GIGA bytes. In new iPad terms, that would be .002GB?

Archer1440 · Mar 20, 2012, 07:07 PM

Looking forward to the day, 20 years from now or so, when today's iPads look that dated. We'll have 50 hour Retina displays in a device that rolls up into a 1/2 inch tube... if we don't find ourselves unable to afford the things because China owns us.

MelodyMarch03 · Mar 20, 2012, 07:29 PM

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Originally Posted by ZBoater

That's 2MB as in MEGA bytes. Didn't want our younger audience to confuse that with GIGA bytes. In new iPad terms, that would be .002GB?

I remember playing around with some Macintosh Classics in school around that time that only had 4MB, so 2MB on a portable device at that time was HUGE!

My first laptop in 1999 (not a mac) still only had 4GB, and that was considered a TON for a laptop at the time.

Just shows how far we have come in 20 short years in terms of the digital revolution!

joegleur · Mar 20, 2012, 09:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Archer1440

Looking forward to the day, 20 years from now or so, when today's iPads look that dated. We'll have 50 hour Retina displays in a device that rolls up into a 1/2 inch tube... if we don't find ourselves unable to afford the things because China owns us.

you must have the older model. mine is all holographic. none of that prehistoric retina nonsense.

Nikos · Mar 20, 2012, 10:07 PM

Screen looks like it has a yellow tinge to it.

dukeblue91 · Mar 20, 2012, 10:32 PM

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Originally Posted by NameUndecided

Thumbs up if you saved that intentionally!

Sad face if you found it under a pile of cereal boxes.

Lol I was thinking the same thing when I saw the picture.

We sure have come a long way.

Prof. · Mar 21, 2012, 08:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NameUndecided

Thumbs up if you saved that intentionally

I'm far too young to have saved this intentionally, I was 4 in 1993.

My friend's little sister bought a bag or purse of some sort this past weekend and that news paper was stuffed inside to maintain the bag's shape.

Macman45 · Mar 21, 2012, 08:37 AM

I had one...It was great at the time, but not really useful...Remember the ads of people writing on it? err...Nope it didn't work! WIsh I still had it though.

kingalien · Mar 21, 2012, 08:37 AM

"if it needs a stylus, you've failed"

It was an intriguing toy nonetheless.

JOHNGAETANO · Mar 21, 2012, 08:47 AM

Wirelessly posted

The Newton was such a fun device. Way ahead of its time. As far as excitment goes, I can compare the launch of the Newtons successor the Newton 2100 to the launch of the original iPhone in 2007. I was stoked.

whtrbt7 · Mar 21, 2012, 08:58 AM

The newton was really ahead of it's time even though back then Apple really was slowing down. The main problem was, the Newton was ass-backwards launched and then the units were priced too high at the time. Palm OS back in that time was still alive and they were building much higher quality devices even though they sucked. I'm happy that Jobs axed multiple projects back then because of the way they were done.

thewitt · Mar 21, 2012, 08:59 AM

I still have two, with keyboards, cases, barcode reader...

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kingalien macrumors regular Join Date: Oct 2010	"if it needs a stylus, you've failed" It was an intriguing toy nonetheless.
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Mar 21, 2012, 08:47 AM	#23
JOHNGAETANO macrumors regular Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Akron, Ohio	Wirelessly posted The Newton was such a fun device. Way ahead of its time. As far as excitment goes, I can compare the launch of the Newtons successor the Newton 2100 to the launch of the original iPhone in 2007. I was stoked.
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whtrbt7 macrumors 6502a Join Date: Jun 2011	The newton was really ahead of it's time even though back then Apple really was slowing down. The main problem was, the Newton was ass-backwards launched and then the units were priced too high at the time. Palm OS back in that time was still alive and they were building much higher quality devices even though they sucked. I'm happy that Jobs axed multiple projects back then because of the way they were done.
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