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A cikin shirinmu na yau na yau da kullun kan manyan abubuwan fasaha, muna bikin cika shekara guda a wannan karon. Wannan nasa ne na Apple PDA da ake kira Newton MessagePad, wanda farkon gabatarwarsa ya faɗi a ranar 29 ga Mayu.

Apple ya saki Newton MessagePad (1992)

A ranar 29 ga Mayu, 1992, Apple Computer ta gabatar da PDA ɗinta mai suna Newton MessagePad a CES a Chicago. Shugaban kamfanin a lokacin shi ne John Sculley, wanda ya sanar da manema labarai dangane da kaddamar da wannan labari, da dai sauransu, cewa "ba komai ba ne illa juyin juya hali". A lokacin da aka gabatar da shi, kamfanin ba shi da cikakkiyar samfurin aiki, amma mahalarta bikin za su iya ganin ayyukan yau da kullum na Newton - alal misali, yin odar pizza ta fax. Koyaya, masu amfani dole ne su jira har zuwa Agusta 1993 don Apple's PDA don ci gaba da siyarwa daga ƙarshe, Newton MessagePad bai sadu da amsa mai kyau daga masu amfani ba. Ƙarni na farko sun sha fama da kurakurai a aikin tantance rubutun hannu da sauran ƙananan kurakurai. The Newton MessagePad an sanye shi da na'ura mai sarrafa ARM 610 RISC, ƙwaƙwalwar filasha, kuma yana gudanar da tsarin aiki na Newton OS. An yi amfani da na'urar ta batir ɗin fensir, wanda ya ba da damar batir ɗin fensir na zamani a cikin ƙira. Apple ya yi ƙoƙarin haɓakawa akai-akai a cikin sabuntawa na gaba, amma a cikin 1998 - jim kaɗan bayan Steve Jobs ya koma kamfanin - a ƙarshe ya sanya Newton a riƙe.

Sauran abubuwan da suka faru ba kawai a fagen fasaha ba

  • Binciken Jirgin Saman Sararin Samaniya ya yi nasara a tashar sararin samaniya ta duniya (1999)
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