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Sculley coined the term “personal digital assistant” (PDA) to describe a small portable device that could act as a notepad, calendar, clock, to-do list, and perform other functions using a stylus to write on the screen and make editing gestures.īy the time the Newton was discontinued in 1998, another PDA had caught the attention of the public – the PalmPilot. The devices (starting with the Original MessagePad in 1993 and continuing until the MessagePad 2100 in 1998) had a controversial life and never really achieved the mass popularity hoped for by the man who shepherded the Newton MessagePad through its development - John Sculley. It was the most highly anticipated product of the early 1990s, offering many smartphone features - without the phone, of course - in a portable package. The Newton MessagePad series was truly a product line that was ahead of its time. Today we’re looking at another groundbreaking piece of hardware from Apple that inhabits my bookshelf - the Apple Newton MessagePad 2100. I recently shared a story about a piece of Apple hardware in my personal “museum” - the Apple QuickTake 100 Digital Camera, the first popular consumer digital camera.

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