The Apple iPod touch is weeks away from delivery (early October at best). So, while waiting for it I decided to revisit the original Apple PDA. This is the Apple Newton MessagePad 130. I said in the video that is it 12 or 13 years old. However, according to Wikipedia, this model was released in March 1996. So, I probably bought it around then which makes it a bit over 11 years old. Although its rechargeable battery and backlight died long ago, the unit itself still works after all these years. So, click on the image above or this link here to view the short video to see the Newton in action. I’ll probably bring it back to show the Newton and iPod touch side-by-side in October.
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2 responses to “Revisiting the Apple Newton While Waiting for the iPod touch”
Well, i hope ipod with touchscreen will be charged without installing drivers at all. I’m so confusing about why apple hasn’t realised this yet
While I have played with an iPhone for a while I did not notice if that version of Safari does RSS feeds like the desktop version does. I hope the iPod Touch version does some sort of RSS feeds.
I am hoping that the Touch ships before the date Apple thinks it will ship.