![]() ![]() Rumors were that some of the Newton technology would reappear in a consumer portable, which came to market as the iBook in 1999. Today these platforms are more often seen in smartphones than in dedicated PDAs. Microsoft tried to compete with Windows CE, but it made slow progress against the dominant platform. In 1999, Palm held 85% of the PDA market. This set the stage for Palm to take over the PDA market – it was smaller and more affordable than Newton and already had two-thirds of the market in 1997. With the school-oriented eMate (a Newton laptop with a keyboard), Newton was starting to make inroads into new markets, but Apple chose to cut its losses. It pared down the printer line, the monitor line, and the computer line.Īnd it killed the best PDA (personal digital assistant) the world had known, the Newton. Apple was bleeding in many areas: printers, monitors, computers (too many models), and more. In 1999, I wrote, “Was it only last year that Apple went from beleaguered to industry darling? Released the amazing iMac? Ran a profit every quarter?” Good-Bye, NewtonĪlas, Newton, we barely knew you – which was adequately borne out by sales figures.
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