March 10, 2004: Apple sends out a survey to select Apple customers, claiming that it is considering relaunching the Newton MessagePad. “We need to determine why the Apple Newton was not a commercial ...

The MessagePad was a product ahead of its time. February 27, 1998: Apple discontinues work on the Newton MessagePad product line, the series of personal digital assistants the company launched five ...

At the recent South Florida Technology Alliance (SFTA) event. former Apple (AAPL) CEO John Sculley discussed the early days of what would become the world’s most valuable company. The Newton ...

Welcome to Time Machines, where we offer up a selection of mechanical oddities, milestone gadgets and unique inventions to test out your tech-history skills. In the weeks leading up to the biggest ...

Thanks to a seemingly endless string of iconic products, Apple design guru Jony Ive's name has long been synonymous with award-winning industrial design. When one thinks of Ive's greatest creations, ...

An eBay listing for a clear-bodied, working example of a Newton MessagePad 110 showed up on Monday, offering collectors a chance to get their hands on a rare limited run edition of the Apple PDA.

Apple Computer, still struggling to compete against IBM compatibles, may finally have a winner. Its new Newton MessagePad 2000 is arguably the best hand-held personal computer available. Scheduled to ...

When Jobs decided to shut down the Newton division, color screens were still unaffordable, touch input was crude and wireless data didn’t get much more exciting than two-way paging. When he launched ...