[NTLK] another Newton mention in the wild

[Jim Lee]

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!