"How exactly is this like a Newton? Did the Newton have media player functionality? Did the Newton have Wi-Fi? Did the Newton have Bluetooth? Did the Newton have a Lithium-Ion battery? Did the Newton run Windows? Did the Newton have a full web browser? Oh, wait, I know, the new UMPCs are going to run off AA batteries just like the Newton, right? The Newton was a handheld device with pen input, it wasn't the first, it wasn't the most successful, and it wasn't the most advanced. So what does it have to do with the UMPC? Oh right, the Newton was made by Apple, so every handheld device in the world (even the ones that came before it) are just lame copies of the Newton. I forgot!"
Wow, you must not have been alive or old enough to be around Newtons when they were released.
All the things you list, are very recent technologies. When the Newton came out, having a fax modem was kick-ass. Having a modem to post on BBS was kick ass. Having a touch screen and stylus was kick ass... Everything in your list has become popular in the last 5 years. I know they have been around longer, but did you try to buy a bluetooth keyboard in 2000? How about a WiFi router? How many models could you pick up from your local electronics store?
Wow. Nice typeface - harkens back to the days of neon colors, checkerboards and awful legwarmers.
If you are going to generate a rumor, at least make it as much "Apple" as you can. The rendering is inaccurate ( the speakers are off) and again, that font. *shudder*
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"How exactly is this like a Newton? Did the Newton have media player functionality? Did the Newton have Wi-Fi? Did the Newton have Bluetooth? Did the Newton have a Lithium-Ion battery? Did the Newton run Windows? Did the Newton have a full web browser? Oh, wait, I know, the new UMPCs are going to run off AA batteries just like the Newton, right? The Newton was a handheld device with pen input, it wasn't the first, it wasn't the most successful, and it wasn't the most advanced. So what does it have to do with the UMPC? Oh right, the Newton was made by Apple, so every handheld device in the world (even the ones that came before it) are just lame copies of the Newton. I forgot!"
Wow, you must not have been alive or old enough to be around Newtons when they were released.
All the things you list, are very recent technologies. When the Newton came out, having a fax modem was kick-ass. Having a modem to post on BBS was kick ass. Having a touch screen and stylus was kick ass... Everything in your list has become popular in the last 5 years. I know they have been around longer, but did you try to buy a bluetooth keyboard in 2000? How about a WiFi router? How many models could you pick up from your local electronics store?
My point is that you forget that the newton was released in 1993. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Newton