[NTLK] Apple Newton at the Museum Of Failure

[Donna Momorella]

Any time I text from my Apple Watch, I see that the Newton DNA lives on today.

Donna
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> On Jan 20, 2024, at 4:07 PM, Gene beaird <bgbeaird at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
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> Indeed.  It only ‘failed’ because Apple was floundering at the time and Teh Steve didn’t like the thing, so had the project cancelled.  IMHO, with the 2001, it was _almost_ there, and would have probably been really good with an update with a faster CPU and a bit more memory.  
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> But we have Macintoshes to sell and iPhones to develop, amiright?  :-)
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> Regards,
> 
> Gene Beaird,
> Pearland, Texas
> 
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>> On Jan 20, 2024, at 2:00 PM, newtontalk-request at newtontalk.net wrote:
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>> Message: 1
>> Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2024 15:39:15 -0700
>> From: Grant Hutchinson <splorp at mac.com>
>> To: NewtonTalk List <newtontalk at newtontalk.net>
>> Subject: Re: [NTLK] Apple Newton at the Museum Of Failure
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>>>>> On Fri, Jan 19, 2024, 9:47?AM Alexander Shendi wrote:
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>>>>> Apple Newton at the Museum Of Failure:
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>>>> On Jan 19, 2024, at 12:41 PM, Michael Sheflin <sheflinm at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> I saw this there a few months ago, but I'm pretty sure the display model
>>> was a 120 or 130.  (I snapped a pic of the Minitel but not the Newton.)
>>> But it wasn't an OMP.
>> 
>> Sigh.
>> 
>> It didn?t fail. It was deliberately killed.
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>> If the Newton had truly ?failed?, we certainly would not be still talking about it decades later.
>> 
>> g.
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