Newton Poetry » palm pilot http://newtonpoetry.com MessagePad Jabberwocky Tue, 07 Sep 2010 10:49:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Newton quote of the week: the original http://newtonpoetry.com/2010/01/15/newton-quote-of-the-week-the-original/ http://newtonpoetry.com/2010/01/15/newton-quote-of-the-week-the-original/#comments Fri, 15 Jan 2010 18:50:09 +0000 davelawrence8 http://newtonpoetry.com/?p=2210 “If Apple had shipped a Newton OS device the size of a Palm Pilot for $400 by 1995, the world might be a very different place today.”

- John Gruber, in a great Daring Fireball piece. A must-read for any Newton fan.

]]> http://newtonpoetry.com/2010/01/15/newton-quote-of-the-week-the-original/feed/ 0 Newton quote of the week – 12/24/08 http://newtonpoetry.com/2008/12/24/newton-quote-of-the-week-122408/ http://newtonpoetry.com/2008/12/24/newton-quote-of-the-week-122408/#comments Wed, 24 Dec 2008 12:07:06 +0000 davelawrence8 http://newtonpoetry.com/?p=972 “The Newton in 1998 looks remarkably unchanged from the Newton in 1993, with the exception that the handwriting now works and the screen is readable. Why wasn’t it miniaturized; cost reduced; why didn’t [Apple] learn from the great success of the Palm Pilot that simple tasks like data synchronization with our desktop PC are really useful; etc.?”

- John Sculley, former Apple CEO and Newton pioneer

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