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Old 11-15-2010, 10:00 AM
Jeff Campbell
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Default Step Back in Time

http://liquidpubs.com/blog/2010/11/...mputer-history/

"The Apple Newton MessagePad, Apple's ‘failed' PDA, is sitting on my desk. It's a late model 2100, which was the last iteration Newton MessagePad to ship back in 1998. Every time I use one, I immediately think of a tablet computer, both because of its size and functionality: it's much more than just a small, simple PDA."

This is an interesting article, detailing Apple's history with tablets, back to 1979. I remember seeing the Newton for the first time back in the early 90's, thinking this would be a great gadget to have, but I never did pull the trigger and buy one. Check out the picture of the P2 Portable from 1989, and imagine yourself walking around with one like that. Funny right? 

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