March 24, 1997: The Newton MessagePad 2000 brings major upgrades to Apple’s PDA line, including a far better display and a much faster processor. The best MessagePad yet by a wide margin, it quickly ...

January 30, 1995: Apple Computer launches the Newton MessagePad 120, the first truly great device in an unfairly maligned product line. Coming 18 months after the original Newton MessagePad, the ...

Twenty years ago, Apple released its first experiment in tablet computing, the Apple Newton MessagePad. While it proved to be a financial disappointment for the company, Apple’s first touchscreen ...

The Newton MessagePad 100 was a precursor to the iPhone, you could say. Released back in August 1993, it was revolutionary in so many ways, from the operating system to the touch screen. Apple had ...

In the grand scheme of things, 1992 is such recent history that it barely qualifies as history. When it comes to portable gadgets, however, it’s an era that’s nearly unrecognizable to us 21st-century ...

The 20-year-old device shows both how much change has passed -- and the consistency of mobile's underlying principles There’s a lot of talk today about the lack of innovation in mobile and how the ...

An eBay listing for a clear-bodied, working example of a Newton MessagePad 110 showed up on Monday, offering collectors a chance to get their hands on a rare limited run edition of the Apple PDA.

In product lore, high profile gadgets that get killed are often more interesting than the ones that succeed. The Kin, the HP TouchPad, and the Edsel are all case studies in failure–albeit for ...

When Jobs decided to shut down the Newton division, color screens were still unaffordable, touch input was crude and wireless data didn’t get much more exciting than two-way paging. When he launched ...

We made it through Y2K and we appear to be surviving Twitpocalypse, but will Apple Newton MessagePad fans make through the Newtapocalypse? Apple's ill-fated and technologically advanced personal ...

The Apple Newton MessagePad 120 made a surprise cameo in the third season of Apple TV+ series "For All Mankind," and one of the show's producers has shed some light on how the TV prop was used. Ben ...