Newton Users Express Dismay Over PDA's Death
News That was the message Friday at Apple Computer Inc.headquarters as about 60 Newton users and developers gathered in a parking lot to express anger and dismay about the company's decision to discontinue the once-revolutionary handheld computer.
[March 9, 1998, 8:58]
Apple Kills Off Newton PDA
News Ever since its launch, the Newton has been victim to external mockery and internal sharp changes in policy. After being spun off last year, the Newton division was reined back in by stand-in CEO Steve Jobs but this is definitely the end of the road...
[February 27, 1998, 14:42]
Opinion: Newton's Legacy
News Apple coined the term personal digital assistant, or PDA, just for the Newton. Despite Newton's failure, the PDA concept remains sound. Apple's recent discontinuation of its Newton MessagePad marks a sad end for a pioneering device: the handheld...
[June 29, 1998, 11:00]
Apple Europe's Chief Talks Mac Sales
News Consider the case of the Newton, the first PDA on the market, able to recognise handwriting better than the Palm -- and yet Apple dropped it. We cancelled the Newton because we recognised that we could not support two operating systems [an office...
[October 25, 2000, 16:03]
Apple Makes Huge Job Cuts, Newton Spared Again
News However, the Newton PDA division, marked out by many pundits as a likely candiate for the drop, goes ahead. Apple made its much-dreaded job cuts Friday, saying it planned to reduce its head count by 2,700 employees plus 1,400 part-time and...
[March 17, 1997, 11:16]
Richard Barry "IT's Like This..."
News Data from consumer analysts tell us 3Com's Palm has become the ubiquitous PDA the Newton always aspired to be, while the newly formed Symbian digs its significant teeth into the mobile, promising us the next generation of funky communication device.
[July 29, 1998, 13:37]
Small, Beautiful, Fast And Economical - Apple's New PDA
News Although Apple pioneered PDAs with the Newton, they haven't done anything since then. I think an iMac PDA would probably look something like the iBook, but it would be great if they could have a detachable keyboard or something.
[August 3, 1999, 9:20]
Motorola To Ramp Wireless Comms After Starfish Buy
News The firm was a backer of Apple's Newton project and used the Newton OS in its own ill-fated Envoy product. Starfish created TrueSync: software that synchronises data between Franklin Electronic Publishers' Rex credit card-sized PDA and PCs.
[July 15, 1998, 6:39]
Apple Could Sell Newton Unit
News When the first PDAs based on the Newton operating system came to market in 1992, many pundits hailed their arrival as the technology around which Apple could build a new fortune. However, Newton has since floundered under the weight of poor reviews...
[February 4, 1997, 16:18]
Apple Boss Paves Way For Redundancies
News Several reports suggest that the sale of the Newton PDA division could be a key component. Amelio confirmed the widely expected announcement that Apple will lay off a "significant" number of staff later this week but didn't discuss other...
[March 13, 1997, 12:05]
Great Product. I Don't Use Wi-Fi -- Business Owners May Want Wi-Fi, Which Would Make This Hands-down The Best PDA
Member Review I work in advertising and used to utilize a Newton. This PDA is awesome! Headline says it all. This is intuitive, allows me to carry videos of client commercials, and stay organized. Bluetooth is a great option.
[October 31, 2003, 8:38]
A Year Ago: Wozniak Back At Apple
News The firm also stayed tight-lipped on reports that it will sell off its Newton PDA division. Another Apple legend returned to the sinking ship yesterday with the news of Steve Wozniak's appointment to the firm's Executive Committee to advise...
[February 5, 1998, 9:01]
Apple Prodigal Wozniak Back In The Fold
News The firm also stayed tight-lipped on reports that it will sell off its Newton PDA division. Another Apple legend returned to the sinking ship yesterday with the news of Steve Wozniak's appointment to the firm's Executive Committee to advise...
[February 5, 1997, 10:44]
Enthusiasts Gaze Into IMac Crystal Ball
News Apple has garnered attention for other designs as well, from the original Macintosh to the Newton PDA to today's zeitgeist gadget, the iPod digital music player. The recent confirmation from Apple Computer that it's planning to redesign the iMac...
[July 29, 2004, 9:50]
New Life In Portable Technology
Leader It deliberately invented the PDA platform in the Newton, and saw it fail. It's almost beyond cliché to pronounce the PDA dead. We are just at the start of learning what this can do, but the flexibility and portability of the platform formerly known...
[September 19, 2005, 12:50]
Tosh Passes On MS's PDA OS
News We've backed many horses, licensing Newton from Apple and working with Microsoft. Meanwhile, Hewlett-Packard and Psion are working on additions to their own PDA lines that will be released before the end of the year.
[August 22, 1996, 11:05]
Will Apple Live Up To Macworld Hype?
News There have long been rumors of Apple returning to the handheld market it pioneered with the Newton but then abandoned. Although designs for an Apple-branded Palm are said to have made the rounds inside Apple, company executives have downplayed the...
[January 5, 2002, 6:31]
Apple's IWalk PDA Tiptoes Out?
News The company's previous foray into personal digital assistants, the ill-starred Newton, also had a large screen and handwriting recognition, but unreliability, size and cost prevented it becoming popular.
[January 3, 2002, 15:33]
Comdex 2001: Handspring Plans Move Into Security
News The bulk of the speech consisted of a humorous retelling of the history of portable computing from the Osborne in 1981 through Apple's Newton and the original Palm Pilot. The PDA as we know it will become the middle and low end of the market," he...
[November 14, 2001, 10:28]
