12 Jun
2012
12 Jun
'12
11:37 a.m.
On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 11:20 AM, Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com> wrote:
On 06/12/2012 11:05 AM, Liam Proven wrote:
The Newton was certainly big after Gary Trudeau made fun of his in
"Doonesbury" for its sometimes-quirky handwriting recognition.
Apple may have killed the product, but tens of millions, at least,
knew something about it through the comics.
(cf. http://www.wired.com/gadgets/mac/commentary/cultofmac/2002/08/54580 )
-ethan
It's a shame how many Apple projects came to
nothing and died. The
list is long...
* Newton
* OpenTransport
?I don't know all of their cutesy little project names, but these two
at least didn't exactly fizzle. ?Yes, they were discontinued eventually,
but not before being in pretty popular use.