Five Years Later, Newton Still Going Strong

CrezzyMan writes "Today is the five year anniversary of Apple's cancellation of the Newton platform. In spite of this, the Newton community has remained stronger than ever: it has even been the subject of academic research. In just the last few days, an IrCOMM stack and a new connection library have been released, on top of OS X syncing and 802.11b support."

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Obligatory Simpsons quote:

[gosand]

Skinner: Children, the times they are a-becoming quite different. Test scores are at an all-time low, so I've come up with these academic alerts. [hold stack of cards] You will receive one as soon as your grades start to slip in any subject. This way your parents won't have to wait until report card time to punish you.

Martin: How innovative. I like it!

Kearney: Hey Dolph, take a memo on your Newton: beat up Martin.

[Dolph writes "Beat up Martin" which the Newton translates as "Eat up Martha"]

Dolph: Bah! [throws Newton]

Martin: [being bonked on the head] Ow!

Re:No wonder it's stronger than ever.

[io333]

Wow I'd love to see your mod stats when all the firefight dies down. I modded up, and when I refreshed it was modded down, and then I refreshed again and it was modded up again.