What if: Apple Newton vs. Apple iPhone
5 December 2009 | Uncategorized
We’ve taken the reigning champion of mobile devices, the Apple Newton Messagepad, out of retirement to put it up against a brand-new contender, its very own grandchild, the iPhone 3GS.
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Share 12 comments Share Apple’s original Newton Credit Apple Back when CNET UK
was a baby it pitted an Apple Newton MessagePad against a Samsung Q1 UMPC in a
brutal boxing match to the death The Newton despite being 10 years the Q1’s
senior emerged victorious and the crowd–that’s you lot–went wild Today we’ve
taken the reigning champion the very same Newton out of retirement to put it up
against a brand-new contender This time the opposition is no Windows-tainted
experiment doomed to failure Oh no–this time it’s the Newton’s very own
grandchild the iPhone 3GS It would be a little unfair to compare the two devices
on a like-for-like basis One’s a phone for goodness sake and one’s a
400-year-old tablet thingy CNET UK’s Flora Graham and Rory Reid take a relative
look at each focusing on how innovative they were for their respective times
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in or register 12 Comments prev 1 next by rockn_1234567 November 30 2009 12:11
PM PST The only time I saw a Newton in action was when Steven Segal used it in
Under Seige 2 Although I am not for sure it that is a positive or a negative
Like this Reply to this comment by BlutoNYC November 30 2009 1:19 PM PST I’d
call that a negative Like this by ballmerisanape November 30 2009 3:09 PM PST
Steven could snap your neck like a twig Like this by baphomet1337 November 30
2009 10:19 PM PST He’d have to catch me first Like this by solitare_pax December
1 2009 11:32 AM PST That would be easy all he’d have to do is bean you by
hucking that heavy old Newton at you Like this by BBRules November 30 2009 12:19
PM PST You’d think they would have improved the batteries by now Like this Reply
to this comment by sapporobaby512 November 30 2009 12:29 PM PST Simple Newton
4-Ever I had one and wish to God I still had it It was and is still great Like
this Reply to this comment by cvaldes1831 November 30 2009 1:46 PM PST The iPod
touch would be a closer comparison not the iPhone Like this Reply to this
comment by myles taylor November 30 2009 4:01 PM PST That’s very true Like this
by myles taylor November 30 2009 4:00 PM PST The Newton was an incredible device
that definitely paved the way for other similar gadgets It’s sad that it didn’t
take off like it could have Things that are ahead of their time and then catch
on often bring the future to us a lot sooner We might be a lot further ahead
with handheld devices if it had caught on On the other hand the mobile
infrastructure wasn’t in place like it is for the iPhone and other such devices
so really it probably went the only way it could have Like this Reply to this
comment by dianne15 November 30 2009 5:17 PM PST this is very cool stuff what
will it be im wondering Like this Reply to this comment by Renderman2009
December 1 2009 12:23 AM PST The Newton was launched in 1992 back then it was
state-of-the-art device but the slow handwriting recognition let it down It was
the prelude to the Palm which was a better form factor as a portable device_Its
funny that Apple is planning a tablet which will come in roughly the same form
factor as the Newton 18 years time for a recap maybe it will be successful this
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