Saturday, August 22, 2009

The Newton Message Pad

Apple announces its first Personal Digital Assistant product, the Newton Message Pad, in August 1993. It features an address book, calendar, notes, faxing and email, as well as handwriting recognition. Unfortunately, the initial product has problems with its handwriting recognition. Even worse, these problems are widely reported, including digs by the Doonesbury comic strip and the Simpsons TV show.
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