It’s interesting to imagine what the Newton could’ve become.
Wikiwikinewt gives us some food for though, including some early prototypes before the Newton came of age. Or how about the “Cadillac?” There’s a whole set of Flickr photos dedicated to it:
The web is just full of this stuff. The Apple Museum has a list of prototypes and codenames. The Newton’s codename? The all-too fitting “Batman.”
Here’s what it could’ve looked like:
Sleek and stylish!
The ol’ slab-black, flip-cover look never really went away on the actualy production models, with the obvious exception of the eMate.
And what a shame. To think that we could be debating Newton styles like we do now with Blackberries or Blackjacks or whatever.
If only…