Definitely agree here. The Newton was one of the most innovative devices that Apple has made, it was just ahead of its time and therefore failed. IMO the Newton was more innovative than any of the i-devices.
On Tue, Feb 2, 2016 at 1:17 PM, Seth Mattinen <[email protected]> wrote: > On 2/2/16 11:08, Sam Kirsch wrote: > >> Sure; I didn't say his contribution was laughable! I said that to think >> we wouldn't have tablets today without the likes of Steve Jobs is an >> absolutely insane notion. >> > > Jobs did cancel the Newton which had been in development since the late > 80's and commercially available in the 90's after he came back to Apple. > > But you can't discount the Newton's early achievements in the PDA field, > even though such things weren't quite ready for the masses. > > ~Seth >
