Re: [NTLK] Jobs: 'Computers have keyboards' - iPod: 'Nyaa nyaa'

From: Jon Glass (jonglass_at_usa.net)
Date: Tue Apr 20 2004 - 07:27:06 PDT

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on 4/20/04 10:12 AM, Rod at lavo_at_mac.com wrote:

> Even Apple at that point didn't refer to it as a PDA :-) All nigglies
> aside, does anyone of the Newton historians on the list know when Apple
> changed its marketing from a Digital Assistant to a handheld computer? (I
> believe, in marketing terms, there is a distinct difference between the two)

I'm betting it was with the introduction of the 2100... Before that model,
it was definitely a PDA.... Albeit a very powerful one!

With the 2100, and the web browser, productivity suite (Newton Works) it
became more...

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