MessagePad

1993

for the Newton platform in 1993.

The Board later approved his suggestion; he then gave Newton it is official and full backing. The first MessagePad on May 29, 1993 was unviled by Sculley at the summer Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Chicago.

Fax and printing support is also built in at the operating system level, although it requires peripherals such as parallel adapters, PCMCIA cards, or serial modems, the most notable of which is the lightweight Newton Fax Modem released by Apple in 1993.

Wittmann's collection of Newton & MessagePad reviews Apple Newton Products introduced in 1993 Apple Inc.

1994

In 2009, CNET compared an Apple MessagePad 2000 to an iPhone 3GS, and the Newton was declared more innovative at its time of release. A chain of dedicated Newton only stores called Newton Source existed from 1994 until 1998.

1995

For example, Visible Interactive created a walking tour in San Francisco's Chinatown but the most significant effort took place in Malaysia at the Petronas Discovery Center, known as Petrosains. In 1995, an exhibit design firm, DMCD Inc., was awarded the contract to design a new science museum in the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur.

1998

However, the development of the Newton hardware/software platform was canceled by Steve Jobs on February 27, 1998, so the InterConnect port, while itself very advanced, can only be used to connect a serial dongle.

In 2009, CNET compared an Apple MessagePad 2000 to an iPhone 3GS, and the Newton was declared more innovative at its time of release. A chain of dedicated Newton only stores called Newton Source existed from 1994 until 1998.

ARIF is an ancestor of the PDA systems used in museums today and it boasted features that have not been attempted since. Anyway & Company firm was involved with the Petronas Discovery Center project back in 1998 and NDAs were signed which prevents getting to know more information about this project.

By 1998 they had invested heavily into the R&D of this project with the Newton at the center.

After Apple officially cancelled the Newton in 1998 they had to acquire as many Newtons as possible for this project.

2000

The MessagePad 2000/2100 models (as well as the eMate 300) have a small, proprietary Newton InterConnect port.

Unlike the Palm Pilot, all Newton devices are equipped with a standard PC Card expansion slot (two on the 2000/2100).

In 2006, CNET compared an Apple MessagePad 2000 to a Samsung Q1, and the Newton was declared better.

In 2009, CNET compared an Apple MessagePad 2000 to an iPhone 3GS, and the Newton was declared more innovative at its time of release. A chain of dedicated Newton only stores called Newton Source existed from 1994 until 1998.

Stephanie Mak on her website discusses this: If one removes all patches to the eMate 300 (by replacing the ROM chip, and then putting in the original one again, as the eMate and the MessagePad 2000/2100 devices erase their memory completely after replacing the chip), the result will be the Newton OS saying that this is version 2.2.00.

2006

In 2006, CNET compared an Apple MessagePad 2000 to a Samsung Q1, and the Newton was declared better.

2009

In 2009, CNET compared an Apple MessagePad 2000 to an iPhone 3GS, and the Newton was declared more innovative at its time of release. A chain of dedicated Newton only stores called Newton Source existed from 1994 until 1998.




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