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History of the Apple Newton

Posted by Zonk on from the bonk-ow! dept.

Sabah Arif writes "We've all heard of Apple's Newton, the portable handheld device under John Sculley's rule at Apple that debuted to big media attention and much fanfare but never managed to take a strong footing in the marketplace. The same handhel that went on to be 'Steve'd' when Mr. RDF killed the project after taking control of Apple. That's the extent of knowledge most of us have with regard to Apple's first handheld device. OS Opinion sheds light on the early days of the pocket Apple." From the article: "Apple in the late eighties had become stagnant. The Macintosh had become Apple's cash cow like the Apple II that had preceded it. To protect the Mac, Apple was hesitant to start or pursue any project that might compromise the company's revenues. Several people in the corporation were weary of this approach, and began to look at the future of computing. One of those people was Steve Sakoman."

9 of 222 comments (clear)

  1. Beat up Martin by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Eat up Martha

  2. what is the history of a fig newton?? by Cutting_Crew · · Score: 2, Funny

    at first when i read the headline i thought it was talking about fig newtons with apple flavor..

  3. Re:Had Newton and no Personal Computer by justforaday · · Score: 2, Funny

    Anyway, there's a great Newton book - Defying Gravity - which was released. I've got a copy. Best thing is the typo on the spine.

    I'm not sure you're making such a good case for this book...

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  4. The caption is wrong. by hawk · · Score: 3, Funny
    Thisis zketh the new ton with handwriting skjkl35. To be accurate, no sksk article can possibly de free of garbled tect.

    :)

    hawk

  5. Re:RDF by ch-chuck · · Score: 3, Funny

    The "power" of Steve Jobs to convince those around him of any truth he wishes them to see.

    So Jobs is a Jedi?

    <waves hand>You will pay too much for this music player</waves hand>

    I will pay too much for that music player.

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    try { do() || do_not(); } catch (JediException err) { yoda(err); }
  6. The hosting company carries its name well... by OlivierB · · Score: 2, Funny

    PostNuke... as in PostSlashdot!

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    Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity
  7. Re:Replacement for keyboards by NeoSkandranon · · Score: 3, Funny

    Does anyone see anything replacing keyboards anytime soon?

    Datajack. :)

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  8. Re:RDF by InfoVore · · Score: 2, Funny

    So Jobs is a Jedi?
    Does that make Bill Gates a Sith?

    Hmmm. Lets see, the attributes of a Sith:

    1. Ruthless. Check.
    2. Almost unstoppably powerful. Check.
    3. Desire to dominate all they see. Check.
    4. "Always there are two, a Master and a Apprentice". Gates & 'Monkey-boy' Balmer, Check.
    5. Has questionable personal hygene. (At least until he married Melinda) Check.
    6. Routinely double-crosses 'partners'. Check.
    7. Corrupts others with their dark power. Check.

    Looks like a match so far, though I'm not convinced Jobs is a Jedi. He's more like Centauri from The Last Starfighter

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  9. Surely you've heard this one. :-) by Stealth+Potato · · Score: 2, Funny

    Q: How many Apple Newton users does it take to change a light bulb?

    A: Faux! There to eat lemons, axe gravy soup.