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Masoyan Apple kaɗan ba su san menene Newton MessagePad ba. Kamfanin Apple ya gabatar da PDA na farko daga wannan layin samfurin a cikin 1993, kuma bayan shekaru hudu kawai Newton MessagePad na ƙarshe ya ga hasken rana. Apple ya sake shi a farkon rabin Nuwamba 1997, an ƙidaya shi 2100.

Apple ya inganta PDAs ɗinsa da yawa tare da kowane tsararraki masu zuwa, kuma Newton MessagePad 2100 ba banda. Sabon sabon abu ya ba masu amfani damar ƙara girman ƙwaƙwalwar ajiya, aiki da sauri, kuma software ɗin sadarwa kuma an inganta shi. A lokacin da aka gabatar da Newton MessagePad 2100, duk da haka, an rufe makomar Apple PDAs a zahiri. Steve Jobs, wanda a wancan lokacin ya koma kamfanin Apple, ya sanya hannu kan hukuncin kisa na MessagePad kuma ya sanya shi cikin na’urorin da ya yi niyyar cirewa daga ma’ajin kamfanin.

Yawancin samfuran Newton Messagepad sun fito daga taron bitar Apple:

Koyaya, zai zama ba daidai ba a yiwa layin samfurin Newton MessagePad lakabi kamar yadda ba a yi shi ba - ƙwararru da yawa, akasin haka, suna ɗaukar PDAs daga Apple a matsayin rashin kima ba dole ba. A zahiri shi ne bayyanar farko na ƙoƙarin kamfanin Cupertino na kera wata na'ura ta hannu daban. Baya ga motsi, MessagePads sun fahariya da ci-gaban ƙwarewar rubutun hannu. Abubuwa da yawa sun ba da gudummawa ga babban gazawar Newton MessagePad. Farkon shekarun 1990 ya zama lokaci mai tsawo don fadada yawan na'urorin irin wannan. Wata matsala kuma ita ce rashin aikace-aikacen da za su sa Apple PDA ya zama na'urar da kowa zai so idan zai yiwu, kuma a zamanin da kafin intanet, mallakar PDA ba shi da ma'ana ga yawancin masu amfani - haɗin Intanet tabbas zai ba da MessagePad hanya madaidaiciya.

Kodayake MessagePad 2100 yana wakiltar waƙar swan na mataimakan dijital na Apple na sirri, kuma shine mafi kyawun samfurin irin wannan wanda ya fito daga taron bitar Apple a lokacin. An sanye shi da na'ura mai ƙarfi na 162 MHz StrongARM 110 mai ƙarfi, yana da 8 MB Mask ROM da 8 MB RAM kuma an sanye shi da nunin LCD na baya tare da ƙudurin 480 x 320 pixels tare da 100 dpi, waɗanda ke da gaske sigogi masu daraja na lokacin. Newton MessagePad 2100 kuma ya ƙunshi fasalulluka masu wayo da suka haɗa da ingantacciyar fahimtar rubutu. Farashin sa shine $ 999 a lokacin da aka sanya shi, yana gudanar da tsarin aiki na Newton OS, kuma PDA kuma ta ba da aikin aiki mai fahimta tare da rubutu tare da taimakon salo, kama da aikin Scribble daga iPadOS 14 mai aiki. Tsarin Talla na Newton MessagePad 2100 ya ƙare a farkon 1998.

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