Re: [NTLK] The demise of the Newt - Crushed?

From: jon.turner_at_mindspring.com
Date: Tue Oct 08 2002 - 10:58:04 EDT


> On Tue, 8 Oct 2002, Robert Benschop wrote:
> > If you want to know what the Newton team did
> after the announcement of the
> > end of the Newton, go to:
> http://www.tidbits.com/tb-issues/TidBITS-650.html
> > and search for 'Newton'

Interesting stuff, but I'm not certain to which article you refer. Can you
include the link?

On a different note, I had forgotten about the Handspring $100 trade-in offer
for PDAs until I saw this link
http://db.tidbits.com/getbits.acgi?tbart=06457
Back when this was current news I contacted the California company that was
hired to dispose of the trade-in PDAs. Unfortunately, as per their contract
with Handspring, the PDAs were crushed and salvaged for any precious metals.

The lady I spoke with said there were "many, many crates" full of PDAs and
accessories which they destroyed. She said there were "lots" of Newtons and
"some unusual stuff such as the Magic Cap system." Unfortunately, they would
not sell any of these systems or accessories. (Trust me, I tried.) Reminds me
of the old rumor that thousands of Apple LISAs being buried in a landfill only
I know this story's true.

Who knows how many perfectly good Newtons were destroyed so that $0.25 worth
of gold connectors could be salvaged? Seems a shame these systems weren't
resold, but I suppose that wouldn't have benefitted Handsping.

-- JonTurner

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