From: Calvin Grier (cgrier_at_ix.netcom.com)
Date: Thu Dec 11 2003 - 05:54:11 PST
Obviously they didn't "get" the good things about the Newton: the warm and
fuzzy user interface; the Object-oriented programming language and OS (a
banner now carried by Java and various C++/ C# flavors); the ARM Ltd.
investments (which probably made Apple a great deal of $$); and the enormous
utility of the unit in a stand alone configuration.
I also can't understand why the G4 Cube got added to the list. Does anyone
know why it was considered a failure?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Patrick Jendraszak" <indyibook_at_insightbb.com>
To: <newtontalk_at_newtontalk.net>
Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2003 6:20 AM
Subject: [NTLK] Newton Mentioned (Badly) in MacAddict
> I just received the Special Collector's Edition (Jan 2004) of
> MacAddict, celebrating 20 years of the Mac. In their review of Mac
> history, they list "the keepers" and "the stinkers". You've guessed it
> ... they labeled our green friend as a "stinker".
>
> Entitled, "Newton 1993-1998" they write, " Newton was apple's first
> attempt at a PDA. Main problem: Its handwriting recognition was
> abysmal. So bad, in fact, that it was lampooned in Doonesbury --- and
> in an episode of The Simpsons, the Newton misinterpreted 'beat up
> Martin' as 'eat up Martha.' Newton signified the shortsightedness of
> Apple's management, which pushed the device into the world before it
> was ready. Had it waited until it fixed the Newton's problems, Apple
> may have been at the forefront of the PDA market from the beginning."
>
> They lumped the Newton with these other "stinkers": the Macintosh
> Portable, Macintosh TV, PowerBook 5300, Pippin, 20th Anniversary
> Macintosh, and the G4 Cube.
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