Amaya Toman A cikin 2000, Newton MessagePad ya kawo gagarumin haɓakawa zuwa layin samfurin PDA na Apple. Yana alfahari da ingantaccen nuni da injin sarrafa sauri, kuma ya kasance babban nasara ga Apple a fagen kasuwanci, kuma wasu masana sun karbe shi da kyau. Makullin kalmar ita ce "dan kadan" - Newton bai taba zama samfur mai nasara da gaske ba.
Sashin juyin juya hali na Newton MessagePad a cikin 2000 ya kasance sama da duk nuninsa - ya sami babban ƙuduri (pixels 480 x 320, yayin da ƙarni na baya yana da ƙuduri na 320 x 240 pixels). Girmansa ya karu da 20% (daga 3,3 zuwa 4,9 inci) kuma, yayin da ba a cikin launi ba, ya sami ci gaba a cikin nau'i na sikelin launin toka mai mataki goma sha shida.
Sabuwar Newton MessagePad an sanye shi da na'ura mai sarrafa ƙarfi na 160MHz StrongARM, yana ba da saurin gudu da aikin na'urar tare da ƙarancin ƙarfin amfani. MessagePad ya ba da fiye da sa'o'i 24 na aiki, tare da ƙarin ƙwaƙƙwarar ƙwarewar rubutun hannu da ikon canja wurin mara waya tsakanin na'urori biyu.
MessagePad 2000 an sanye shi da kunshin aikace-aikace masu amfani - Kalandar Kwanan wata, takardar aikin Notepad, aikace-aikacen tuntuɓar Suna, amma kuma ikon aika faxes, abokin ciniki na imel ko mai binciken gidan yanar gizo na NetHopper. Don ƙarin $50, masu amfani kuma za su iya samun aikace-aikacen irin na Excel. MessagePad da aka haɗa da Intanet ta amfani da modem a ɗaya daga cikin ramukan Katin PC ɗin sa.
Newton MessagePad 2000 shine mafi kyawun Newton har abada a zamaninsa kuma ya sami babban shahara tsakanin abokan ciniki. "Ayyukan da muka samu a cikin kwanaki talatin na farko, da kuma amsawar abokin ciniki, sun tabbatar da cewa MessagePad 2000 kayan aiki ne mai ban sha'awa," in ji Sandy Bennett, mataimakin shugaban kamfanin Newton Systems Group. MessagePad ya sami shahara a wajen jama'ar masu amfani da Mac, tare da kiyasin kashi 60% na masu shi suna amfani da Windows PC.
Bayan dawowar Steve Jobs zuwa Apple, duk da haka, Newton MessagePad yana ɗaya daga cikin samfuran da haɓakawa, samarwa da rarrabawa kamfanin ya ƙare (kuma ba kawai) a matsayin wani ɓangare na raguwar kuɗi ba. A cikin 1997, duk da haka, Apple ya fitar da sabuntawa ta hanyar Newton MessagePad 2100.
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Amma labari mai ban sha'awa yana da alaƙa da ainihin Newton MessagePad, wanda Apple ke shirin ƙaddamarwa a cikin 1993. Gaston Bastiaens, ɗaya daga cikin shugabannin Apple, ya yi fare tare da ɗan jarida a lokacin da Apple's PDA zai ga hasken rana kafin karshen. na bazara. Ba wai kawai fare ba – Bastiaens ya yi imani sosai a cikin hukuncin da ya yanke har ya ci amanar rumbun ruwan inabinsa, mai daraja dubban daloli. An yi fare a Hanover, Jamus, kuma baya ga ranar da aka saki MessagePad, farashin na'urar - wanda Bastiaens ya kiyasta bai wuce dala dubu ba - yana cikin haɗari.
Farkon ci gaban PDA na Apple ya koma 1987. A cikin 1991, bincike da haɓaka aikin gabaɗayan ya canza sosai, wanda John Sculley ke kula da shi, wanda ya yanke shawarar cewa PDA ta cancanci aiwatarwa. Koyaya, a cikin 1993, Newton MessagePad dole ne ya magance wasu ƙananan matsaloli - ƙwarewar rubutun hannu bai yi aiki kamar yadda Apple ya tsara tun farko ba. Haka kuma an yi sanadin rasuwar daya daga cikin ma’aikatan da ke kula da bangaren manhajojin aikin baki daya.
Duk da cewa Newton MessagePad ya zama kamar abin la'ana na ɗan lokaci, an yi nasarar sake shi a cikin 1993 kafin ƙarshen bazara. Bastiaens na iya shakatawa - amma an yi ta yayatawa a wasu da'irori cewa shi ne ya tura samarwa da kaddamar da MessagePad, saboda yana matukar son gidan ruwan inabinsa kuma baya son rasa ta.
Source: Cult of Mac
