Murdza tipped me off on this eBay auction. The auction is for one of every Apple Newton ever made. Apparently it’s a “Newton Museum” going out of business sale. 🙁
In case the auction ends when you read this blog entry, a screen shot can be found here (~1MB).
The auction brought back the good old days when Newton was still for sale. Critics said that the Newton was too bulky, heavy and ahead of its time. Well, they are right on all of the points. It was in the market at least two years before anyone even heard of Palm or Windows CE (Microsoft, again, was really late to the game). I owned one and swore by Newton’s hand writing recognition capabilities. Knowing how geeky I am, some people often wondered how come I don’t have an electronic organizer like a Palm… I used one a few years ago, and the hand writing recognition system on both the Palm and Windows CE were just so poor that I gave up trying to own one (and this was a few years after Newton was discontinued).
Apple was among the first company to have made digital cameras back in the mid 1990s (Apple QuickTake). I also remember seeing an Apple CD player. Before Kyung left for New York, he even gave me his Apple speakers! And of course, this was back in the days when Apple tried making Pippin game console, interactive tv set top box, Macintosh TV and a few other things. Sometimes being ahead of the time and too creative just doesn’t pay.
Good thing for us Mac heads. Steve is back at the helm now.