Re: [NTLK] IMPORTANT: Newton Revival Imminent

From: Eric Engle (engleerica_at_yahoo.com)
Date: Wed Mar 17 2004 - 07:07:39 PST


Till they see the million dollar price tag and notice that the voyager chipset
is out of production... I think this (unfortunately) can be filed along with
all the ther "new newton rumors". I remember a saying in the army about
rumors...

--- David Ensteness <denstene_at_mac.com> wrote:
> Yeah, looks like MacOS Rumors reads our archives ...
>
> Guess "imminent" is a bit of a stretch though, that makes it sound like
> its well, imminent, as in about to happen. Negotiations may mean only
> that Stone contacted Apple, that is how negotiations begin ...
>
> David
>
> On Mar 17, 2004, at 6:21 AM, Jared Bland wrote:
>
> > Quoted Text:
> >
> > According to statements from Stone Multimedia, while Apple is not
> > interested in relaunching the Newton, a 3rd party is reportedly in
> > negotiations with Apple to acquire and relaunch the Newton platform.
> >
> > At the time of the Newton's demise, Apple had already spun the Newton
> > division into a subsidiary, but after Jobs' return, the entire division
> > was reabsorbed into Apple and discontinued.
> >
> > -MacRumors
>
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