Apple Newton

The Apple Newton (1992–1998)[1][2][3][4] was a Personal Digital Assistant developed by Apple to pay tribute to Sir Issac Newton. It came with a new operating system, and Apple licensed the Newton OS to 3rd parties.[5] The main criticism of this device was the very weak handwriting recognition capability. Steve Jobs discontinued the product line, as there was very little demand on the market.[6]

Related page

  • MessagePad

References

  1. ↑ Brown, Marcel (May 29, 2015). "Apple Newton Announced". This Day in Tech History. Archived from the original on April 19, 2021. Retrieved March 29, 2021.
  2. ↑ Gallagher, William (2023-08-03). "Newton's August 1993 launch set the stage for what would become the iPad and iPhone". AppleInsider. Retrieved 2025-07-17. When Sculley launched the Newton on May 29, 1993, it didn't work. Literally. The first prototype demonstrated on stage wouldn't switch on. Fortunately the second did. Even so, Sculley should not have caved in to pressure to announce it yet. Ultimately, the Newton wouldn't actually ship for another 14 months. It came out on August 2, 1993.
  3. ↑ McCracken, Harry (2012-06-01). "Newton, Reconsidered". Time. ISSN 0040-781X. Retrieved 2025-07-17. The Newton was nowhere near ready. Apple held another unveiling fourteen months later at Macworld Expo in Boston, when the product which it officially called the MessagePad finally went on sale on August 2, 1993.
  4. ↑ eZine (2021-07-11). "Newtons' Lutions Issue 1 • Neperos". Neperos.com. Retrieved 2024-07-17.
  5. ↑ "Newton MessagePad". cf.psl.msu.edu. Retrieved 2024-09-26.
  6. ↑ Honan, Matt (August 5, 2013). "Remembering the Apple Newton's Prophetic Failure and Lasting Impact". WIRED. Archived from the original on November 12, 2021. Retrieved November 17, 2015.


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