On 8/3/01 at 5:14 PM, hrabbin_at_earthlink.net (Herb Rabbin) wrote:
>
> Hey all,
>
> Here is a great article from As The Apple Turns. I couldn't pass it up
> for the group, if you haven't seen it.
>
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> "Newton Reborn... Sort Of" As the Apple Turns
>
> Here's the announcement that all you "Apple handheld" rumorhounds have
> been waiting for: the Newton is back! That's right, people, Apple
> apparently finally decided to jump feet-first back into the PDA game by
> reviving the product it killed three years ago. It seems that this latest
> iteration of Newton technology features all the standard applications
> that you've come to expect in a handheld organizer-- "phone, address and
> memo books, scheduler, calculator, to-do lists, expense manager-- even an
> alarm clock!" But that's not all; it's also Microsoft Outlook-compatible,
> has a "high-tech design," and even comes with "an easy to use stylus"!
> Somebody pinch us, we're dreaming!
>
> Hmmm... you know, on second thought, now that we look at this thing,
> we're not convinced it's actually a Newton at all. When faithful viewer
> Michael Grey forwarded us a link to the RoyalTouchpad Organizer, we just
> naturally assumed that it was a redesigned Newton with a new product
> name. It's an honest mistake, after all; just look at the logo on this
> thing's power button. Doesn't it seem somehow familiar? Still, we suppose
> we should have been tipped off earlier by this thing's $39.99 price tag
> and its "huge 384K memory"-- not to mention the fact that its design is
> ugly enough to frighten small children.
>
> You have to admit, though-- that logo bears more than a passing
> resemblance to the Newton's distinctive little light-bulb glyph. You can
> bet that if Apple were still cranking out MessagePads these days, the
> company's lawyers would be all over these "Royal" guys like ants on a
> picnic cheese log. Say, we've got a great idea! Forget all the talk about
> an Apple-branded Palm OS device; Apple needs to sign a licensing
> agreement to get its mitts on this little gem. It's already got a Newton
> logo on it, after all, so adding an Apple logo is a perfectly logical
> next step. One quick rebranding later, and bickety-bam-- instant $40
> Apple PDA! What more could you
> possibly want? (Apart from a handheld that doesn't suck, we mean.)
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> Here is the original URL http://www.appleturns.com/#3
>
> Here is the URl for the photo of it. You've just got to look at the icon
> on the center power button.
>
> http://www.heartlandamerica.com/Images/LargeImages/84933Large.jpg
>
> Is there no justice??
>
> Herb
>
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I saw these on sale at Costco in Waltham, MA.
People are buying them!
But they are NOTHING like a Newton.
Lou G.
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