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Apple Newton vs. Apple iPhone

Posted by timothy on from the you-have-been-on-my-lawn-for-10-years dept.

An anonymous reader writes "CNET UK has written a head-to-head piece entitled Apple Newton vs Apple iPhone. Despite the Newton being released some 10 years ago, and despite the iPhone being a phone, not a tablet, the site's editors believe the Newton is the more innovative of the two Apple products. The two devices were tied over four rounds, but in the 'Special Powers' element, where the iPhone was praised for its iPod capability, the Newton countered with its ability to play MP3s, connect to iTunes and 'its ability to work as a phone' because 'Blam! Not even the iPhone can do that.'"

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  1. Re:Innovative? by Evets · · Score: 0, Troll

    Even that touch wheel wasn't really something they thought of. They won the race to the patent office, but not by much.

  2. Re:ok by E+IS+mC(Square) · · Score: 0, Troll

    No. It does not.

  3. Then all phone companies innovate by mdwh2 · · Score: 0, Troll

    Yes, obviously the computers, mp3 players and phones simply didn't work at all before Apple came along.

    And mobile web browsing was doing fine, years before. Yes, perhaps Apple was better than what came previous when it was first released, but that's true of all high end products! It's a natural consequence of any market where things get continually better. You can't point at Apple alone, and say "Look, they were (slightly) better than what was there before, therefore Apple are the greatest!", whilst conveniently ignoring every other high end phone in existance, before and after then, that made things better too!

    Yes, Apple innovate. Just like every other technology company out there.