Apple itself launched a pen-based tablet computer, the Newton, in 1993, but it was a flop.
Brian Kiddell, 75, of Topsham Road, Exeter, posed as the owner of the Newton Abbot property.
Graphics, particularly intelligent diagrams, were one of the most underrated features of the Newton operating system.
It was definitely racking up sales with the public before the Newton and the Pilot arrived.
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One thing that I found amusing was quite how good the Newton looked in the commercials.
Saturday Hassan is alleged to have shot brothers Darren and Junior Deslandes at the Newton Arms in Croydon.
The ring and ride service, which runs on Fridays, is being operated by the Newton Abbot Community Bus organisation.
And there was the Newton, and the Cube, and stuff no one actually remembers: anyone have an eMate laptop lying around?
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But if I were a member of the Newton team or an athletic administrator at Auburn University, I would not rest easy.
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Saturday Hassan, 30, of Sydenham, shot Darren and Junior Deslandes after being evicted from a new year party at the Newton Arms, Croydon.
That's not entirely true, since Apple did introduce the Newton at CES in 1992, but perhaps the CEA wants to forget this fact.
If the ongoing investigation into this matter reveals damning evidence that corraborates the afore-mentioned report, the Newton family and Auburn University will pay a steep price.
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The Newton archive is part of Cambridge's Digital Library project that will eventually showcase other important scientific papers, including the works of Charles Darwin, Lord Kelvin and Ernest Rutherford.
He was the creator of the Newton (an early tablet) and Lisa (a precursor to the Mac) both of which landed in the consumer tech market with resounding thuds.
History is littered with examples of products created before their time, from Ford's Edsel to the Osborne PC years ahead of Apple, and Apple's own notorious flop with the Newton (the iPhone's ancestor).
The implications of the Newton Rule are interesting.
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More than a decade after the Newton and 15 years after the DOS-based GRiDPad, handwriting recognition remains slower and less accurate than typing, active digitizers remain expensive, and marketers remain misled about the sketchy demand for pen computers.
Without evidence from bank statements showing a monetary transaction between the Newton family and Auburn University, we may be as unsuccessful running down the truth about this matter as SEC defenses have been in trying to run down Mr. Newton on the field this season.
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In the early 1990s the company squandered enormous resources and billions of dollars on a series of failed consumer products like the Newton PDA. Its efforts to do everything itself, building capabilities as varied as cutting-edge hardware development and volume manufacturing, led to huge losses and massive layoffs.
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My cynicism and awareness of recent events within the college sports industry tells me that if more evidence comes to light within the next few days and weeks which further calls into question the integrity of the Newton family or Auburn University athletics, then Mr. Newton will not win the Heisman nor will Auburn even reach the BCS National Championship game.
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When comparisons were initially made between the Apple Newton and the original Palm Pilot, two of the most striking differences were size and input.
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Many believe that the failed Newton eventually became the iPhone.
You can view the Isaac Newton archive online at the Cambridge Digital Library.
And instead of relying on handwriting recognition that resulted in egg freckles all over the face of Newton, used the Graffiti system that forced a small learning curve on the user in the name of increased accuracy.
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The off-field saga around Auburn University quarterback and likely Heisman Trophy winner Cam Newton, took a break when the NCAA declared Newton eligible this past week.
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There was a huge amount of talk about PDAs before the Apple Newton.
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Fifty self-contained flats will be built on the old Newton Abbot hospital site, 10 of which will be specifically for dementia sufferers.
Ms. SARAH ROSEN: Okay, we're waiting in the East Newton lobby.
It promised a new way of interacting with your data, with new input methods and slick advertising. but the reality of the Apple Newton was a step away from what was promised.
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