Amaya Toman Bambalwa abalandeli be-Apple abazi ukuthi yayiyini i-Newton MessagePad. Inkampani yakwa-Apple yethula i-PDA yokuqala kulo mugqa womkhiqizo ngo-1993, futhi eminyakeni emine nje kamuva i-Newton MessagePad yokugcina yabona ukukhanya kosuku. U-Apple wayikhulula engxenyeni yokuqala kaNovemba 1997, yayinenombolo engu-2100.
Kungaba njalo okuthakaselayo
I-Apple ithuthukise ama-PDA ayo kakhulu ngesizukulwane ngasinye esilandelanayo, kanye ne-Newton MessagePad 2100 bekunjalo. Intsha inikeze abasebenzisi amandla okukhumbula amakhudlwana, ukusebenza ngokushesha, kanye nesoftware yokuxhumana nayo yathuthukiswa. Ngesikhathi kwethulwa i-Newton MessagePad 2100, nokho, isiphetho se-Apple PDAs sase sivalekile. USteve Jobs, ngaleso sikhathi owayesanda kubuyela e-Apple, wasayina isigwebo sentambo se-MessagePad futhi wasifaka phakathi kwamadivayisi ahlose ukuwasusa kuphothifoliyo yenkampani.
Amamodeli amaningana we-Newton Messagepad aqhamuke ku-workshop ye-Apple:
Kodwa-ke, kungaba okungalungile ukulebula umugqa womkhiqizo we-Newton MessagePad njengowenziwe kabi - ochwepheshe abaningi, kunalokho, babheka ama-PDA avela ku-Apple njengabaluleke kakhulu ngokungadingekile. Bekuwukubonakaliswa kokuqala kwemizamo yenkampani yeCupertino ukukhiqiza umakhalekhukhwini ohlukile. Ngokungeziwe ekuhambeni, ama-MessagePads aqhosha ngokuqashelwa okuthuthukisiwe kokubhala ngesandla. Izinto ezimbalwa zibe nomthelela ekuhlulekeni kokugcina kwe-Newton MessagePad. Ekuqaleni kwawo-1990 kwaba yisikhathi sokuqala sokwanda kwemishini yalolu hlobo. Enye inkinga kwaba ukuntuleka kwezinhlelo zokusebenza ezizokwenza i-Apple PDA idivayisi ukuthi wonke umuntu angafisa uma kungenzeka, futhi esikhathini sangaphambi kwe-inthanethi, ukuba ne-PDA kwakungasizi ngalutho kubasebenzisi abaningi - Uxhumano lwe-inthanethi ngokuqinisekile luzonikeza i-MessagePad indlela efanele.
Nakuba i-MessagePad 2100 imele ingoma ye-swan yabasizi bedijithali be-Apple, futhi bekungumkhiqizo ongcono kakhulu walolu hlobo owaphuma ku-workshop ye-Apple ngaleso sikhathi. Yayifakwe iphrosesa enamandla engu-162 MHz StrongARM 110, ine-8 MB Mask ROM kanye ne-RAM engu-8 MB futhi ifakwe isibonisi se-LCD esikhanyiselwe emuva esinokulungiswa kwamaphikseli angu-480 x 320 nama-dpi angu-100, okwakuyimingcele ehloniphekile ngempela ngaleso sikhathi. I-Newton MessagePad 2100 iphinde yafaka izici eziningi ezihlakaniphile ezihlanganisa ukuqashelwa kwefonti okuthuthukisiwe. Inani layo lalingu-$999 ngesikhathi lithengiswa, lalisebenzisa isistimu yokusebenza ye-Newton OS, futhi i-PDA iphinde yanikeza umsebenzi womsebenzi onembile ngombhalo ngosizo lwe-stylus, efana nomsebenzi we-Scribble ovela ku-iPadOS 14 esebenzayo. Ukuthengiswa kwe-Newton MessagePad 2100 kwaphela ekuqaleni kuka-1998.
