Young 1993 ID Number 1999.0290.01 accession number 1999.0290 catalog number 1999.0290.01 Object Name portable computer, personal digital assistant Physical Description plastic (overall material) metal (overall material) glass (overall material) rubber (overall material) Measurements overall: 18.2 cm x 11.4 cm x 2. January 30, 1995: Apple Computer launches the Newton MessagePad 120, the first truly great device in an unfairly maligned product line. Kevin Strehlo, “Apple’s MessagePad is an Expensive Gadget at Best,” Info World, August 30, 1993, 1 & 104. An early device in the PDA category, it was the first. References: Apple, Inc., Newton Apple MessagePad Handbook, 1995. The Newton is a series of personal digital assistants developed and marketed by Apple Computer, Inc. The novelty of handwriting recognition soon became notorious due its buggy translations, lampooned in popular culture, most notably in a week of Doonesbury comic strips. The MessagePad’s most revolutionary feature was that it accepted handwriting input via a pen stylus. The MessagePad was designed to store contacts, notes, and calendars, and to provide word processing and rudimentary Internet browsing. The devices (starting with the Original MessagePad in 1993 and continuing until the MessagePad 2100 in 1998) had a controversial life and never really achieved the mass popularity hoped for by the man who shepherded the Newton MessagePad through its development John Sculley. ![]() The device sported a 20 megahertz ARM 610 processor with 630 kilobytes of RAM and was powered by four AAA batteries. Description Apple released the Newton MessagePad Model H1000 in 1993 as one of the first personal digital assistant (PDA) devices. ![]() Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, African Art.
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