Well I don't know about "Target Market", It's my opinion that there were several "Target Markets". I for one loved the form factor, the size was small enough to be portable, yrt large enough to be useful. If all one needed was a simple contacts DB there were plenty available at the time. HP, Franklin, & countless others sorta had this space sewed up. I personally think Apple killed the Newton to stave off the inevitable canibalization of its PowerBook market. I didn't purchase a PB because of the Newton. I still use my Newton daily and only purchased a PB 2 years ago. Except fo the color, my Newton could do all my PB does today... only cooler. The HWR on the Newton continues to amaze people to this day.
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This is a technology discussion. Keep your political comments to yourself or move to a political discussion board!!!!
Actually it does a lot of things well, especially HWR. Well at least the 2000 & 2100, both of which I own & still use regularly.
Well I don't know about "Target Market", It's my opinion that there were several "Target Markets". I for one loved the form factor, the size was small enough to be portable, yrt large enough to be useful. If all one needed was a simple contacts DB there were plenty available at the time. HP, Franklin, & countless others sorta had this space sewed up. I personally think Apple killed the Newton to stave off the inevitable canibalization of its PowerBook market. I didn't purchase a PB because of the Newton. I still use my Newton daily and only purchased a PB 2 years ago. Except fo the color, my Newton could do all my PB does today ... only cooler. The HWR on the Newton continues to amaze people to this day.