[NTLK] another Newton mention in the wild

Jim Lee jimlee at centurytel.net
Fri Jun 25 19:09:38 EDT 2010


Matt,  that's not what the author meant.  He is claiming that Apple "tweaked" the Newton to become the iPhone and iPad.  Nearly everything else in his article is just as ridiculous.

-Jim

On Jun 25, 2010, at 3:19 PM, Matt Howe wrote:

> "Apple has tweaked the Newton and made it viable in today's market"?!? Last
> I remember, Apple is not part of this group, nor part of the immense strides
> made by people here to keep the Newton alive. We'll probably never know why
> Jobs killed the Newton, business or personal decision, good or bad judgment.
> But we do know that the only reason it is even partially viable in today's
> tech world is not due to anything Apple has done since they quit
> manufacturing them, but due to the immense amount of work people here and of
> like mind have poured into the Newton. Apple tweaked indeed!




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