Newton MessagePad was a preview of the enterprise iPhone
October 27th, 2008
By some accounts, businesses are snatching up Macs more and more these days. 9 to 5 Mac says the use is quadrupling, while some say the increase isn’t so great. But for the subject to even be noticed, something has to happen.
In fact, something is happening: Apple, whether directly or indirectly, is telling the enterprise market, “we’re not so bad.”
Apple tried this years ago. The Apple III was meant to be a business model PC. So was the Lisa. But their cost or glitches, combined with IBM’s early dominance, relegated Apples to the “creative” and education markets. Hippies love Macs. Suit-and-tie professionals? Not so much. At least that was the perception.
Then Apple created a tool that was tailor-made for business: the Newton Messagepad.