Kelly McNeill writes “We’ve all heard of Apple’s Newton, the portable handheld device under John Sculley’s rule at Apple that debuted to big media attention and much fanfare but never managed to take a strong footing in the marketplace — only to be “Steve’d” when Mr. RDF killed the project after taking control of Apple. That’s the extent of knowledge most of us have with regard to Apple’s first handheld device. Thomas Hormby submitted the following editorial to osOpinion/osViews, which gives us more in-depth knowledge about the Netwon project during its original development — such as the fact that it could be said that the Netwon originated from a concept device Sculley called Knowledge Navigator.”
Link: osviews.com
