See here, from PC Magazine’s list of “21 Great Technologies That Failed.” The linked list is Apple-specific, including the dead-horse Pippin and G4 Cube, among others.
Maybe it’s the nostalgia, or maybe it’s just an example of the tech press running out of good ideas. Or link bait? Cliche? All of the above?
Sad that, on the day the Newton died, Splorp’s Newted community went “deep toast.”
The system that has maintained the community for nine years crashed today, although the signs were starting to appear.
Already, the Newton community has responded by offering replacement hardware.
What’s “deep toast?” Says Hutchinson:
By the way, if you’re a Newton geek of any measure, you will have understood the nod to our little green friend in the title of this post. For everyone else, “deep toast” refers to a alert message indicating that some piece of Newton hardware (generally the rechargeable battery) can no longer be reliably used. An arguably fitting salute.