The Apple TV+ series For All Mankind has been using Newtons as alt-history iPads with FaceTime.We'll never know what could have been.
The Apple TV+ series For All Mankind has been using Newtons as alt-history iPads with FaceTime.We'll never know what could have been.
I bought a palm pilot sometime in 1999-2000. Not a good purchase 🥲
I think i convinced myself it would help me be better organized. It did not.
I still have one in my old school Apple stash. Good times!
Those who remember the Palm Pilot might remember that the company got its start with an handwriting app for the Newton. You had to use a specialized alphabet, but it worked great. I wound up taking a lot of university class notes on the Newton, even used it for a bit of (very amateurish) fiction writing.
I had a folio case with a strapped-in backup / extended battery that gave me all-day use … the whole thing was about the size of a woman’s “clutch” purse — huge by today’s standards, yes, but shockingly small back then.
Why did you say that name!?!?!Eat up Martha.
Palm's devices worked very well for me, but were rapidly eclipsed by Apple.I bought a palm pilot sometime in 1999-2000. Not a good purchase 🥲
I think i convinced myself it would help me be better organized. It did not.
I had the Handspring (still have it somewhere). Used it for about a year, then it just started sitting at the bottom of my bag and rarely taken out.I bought a palm pilot sometime in 1999-2000. Not a good purchase 🥲
I think i convinced myself it would help me be better organized. It did not.
The Palm was a great bit of kit. I think my last was the Treo.Yeah the Newton isn't what you'd call pocketable, but I bought one anyways.
Of course I also bought a Palm Vx for its sleek design and diminutive size.
I know we like to look back at USD inflation against Apple devices, still even with astronomical values in todays US dollars people still paid that in groves. Mac 128K was $2,499 USD in 1984 and $7,230.91 in 2023 USD.Its starting price of $699 (around $1,450 inflation adjusted) in 1993 makes today's iPhones look like bargains!![]()
Same! I got my Palm Pilot and never actually used it. I think I dabbled in it the first few days after purchase and then it went unused. I loved looking at it and bragging about it and that was about it.I bought a palm pilot sometime in 1999-2000. Not a good purchase 🥲
I think i convinced myself it would help me be better organized. It did not.
And queue up all those people who still brought up the Doonesbury cartoons even after the handwriting recognition got good. I had a Newton 2100 (I think it was) and the handwriting recognition was quite good. But people are so determined to jeer at a problem that they'll ignore when it's fixed. Handwriting recognition is never perfect but the Newton got really good.Queue up all those old Doonesbury cartoons making fun of how the Newton mangled its speech recognition
Apple discontinued the Newton personal digital assistant (PDA) 25 years ago today via press release, marking the start of the company's renewed focus on the Mac.
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The Newton came with a stylus, ran Newton OS, and was the first PDA to offer handwriting recognition. The device could be used to take notes, store contacts, manage calendars, send faxes, and more. In some ways, it was a precursor to other handheld Apple products like the iPhone and iPad, with its second-generation model even being the first major device from the company designed by Sir Jony Ive.
Apple started developing the Newton in 1987 and shipped the first devices in August 1993, spending $100 million on its development. Production officially came to an end on February 27, 1998. Steve Jobs decided to discontinue the Newton less than a year after he returned to the company in 1997. The original press release announcing the device's discontinuation reads:The Newton had problems translating handwritten notes into text upon launch, leading to a wave of negative reviews and ridicule by the media. While the release of Newton OS 2.0 in March 1996 substantially improved the handwriting recognition feature, the Newton continued to be overshadowed by its initial poor reception, leading to the inevitable discontinuation of the device. Only an estimated 200,000 were ever sold.
Article Link: Apple Discontinued the Newton 25 Years Ago Today
I had an iPaq. HP/Compaq should sue apple for ™ violations. iPad is just iPaq with the q upside down.
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Possibly. Apple also didn’t have the ecosystem that exists today. The Mac, Apple][ and Newton did not form a cohesive system.I remember reading an article that said the real reason Steve Jobs killed the Newton was because it was the baby of John Sculley and Jobs didn't want to have anything to do with anything that Sculley pushed for.