Amaya Toman Inkampani (ngaleso sikhathi eyayisamile) i-Apple Computer yakhipha i-Newton MessagePad 1995 yayo ekupheleni kukaJanuwari 120. "Ikhulu namashumi amabili" yeza ezinyangeni eziyishumi nesishiyagalombili ngemuva kokukhishwa kwePad yoMlayezo yasekuqaleni futhi yaziqhenya ngokuthuthuka okuningi futhi ngokuhamba kwesikhathi Uhlelo lokusebenza lwe-Newton OS 2.0. Maphakathi nawo-nineties wekhulu leminyaka elidlule, abantu babekwazi ukuphupha kuphela ngamaphilisi - amakhompyutha aphathwa ngesandla aba ngamadivayisi abizwa ngokuthi ama-PDA - Abasizi Bedijithali Bomuntu. I-Newton MessagePad ibiwumshini omuhle ngempela, kodwa njengoba isheshe yaba sobala, yafika ngokushesha kakhulu.
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Nakuba amaphilisi anamuhla asetshenziswa umndeni wonke, "abasizi bedijithali" bangaleso sikhathi babehloselwe ochwepheshe. I-MessagePad ivunyelwe ukuthatha amanothi, imicimbi yekhalenda, neminye imisebenzi ewusizo ehlukahlukene. Ngaphezu kwalokho, iphinde yanikeza ukwesekwa kokufakwayo okuhlakaniphile, iguqule umbhalo othi "Umhlangano NoJohn emini ngoLwesithathu" uwenze umbhalo wekhalenda ogcwele. Ngenxa yezinzwa ze-infrared, iphinde yanikeza ithuba lokwabelana ngedatha hhayi kuphela kusuka ku-MessagePad eyodwa kuya kwenye, kodwa futhi kumadivayisi ancintisanayo.
I-Apple yayinezinhlelo ezinhle ze-MessagePad. UFrank O'Mahoney, omunye wabaphathi bezentengiso bakwa-Apple, ubize i-MessagePad ngokuthi "i-John Sculley's Macintosh". Ku-Sculley, i-MessagePad imele ngempela ithuba lokufakazela lokho okwakwenziwe yi-Jobs ngaphambi kwakhe - kodwa umzamo washabalala. Ngaphezu kwalokho, u-Sculley wayenomthwalo wemfanelo wokuzalwa kwe-MessagePad kuphela, futhi ngesikhathi kukhishwa inguqulo engu-120, wayengasasebenzi kwa-Apple.
Ngesikhathi sokukhishwa kwayo, i-Newton MessagePad bekuyidivayisi yesine yohlobo lwayo eyakhiwe yi-Apple - yandulelwa i-MessagePad, MessagePad 100 kanye ne-MessagePad 110. Itholakala kuzo zombili izinguqulo ze-1MB kanye ne-2MB, idivayisi ifaka i-ARM engu-20MHz engu-610. iprosesa kanye ne-4MB ye-ROM ethuthukiswayo. Mayelana nomklamo, ifana kakhulu ne-MessagePad 110.
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Naphezu kwentuthuko, nokho, i-MessagePad 120 yayingenazo izinkinga ngokuphelele. Abasebenzisi bakhononde ngobunzima bokubona umbhalo obhalwe ngesandla (u-Apple wawulungisa ku-Newton OS 2.0 nge-Rosetta nesofthiwe ye-ParaGraph). Ngokombono wanamuhla, ochwepheshe abaningi babheka i-MessagePad 120 njengenhle ngempela, kodwa esikhathini esicishe sibe ngaphambi kwe-inthanethi, ayizange ibajabulise abasebenzisi abaningi, futhi intengo ka-$599 nge-$199 eyengeziwe yokuthuthukiswa kwesistimu yokusebenza yayimane nje. kuphakeme ngendlela enqatshelwe kubantu abaningi.
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