No list of disappointing gadgets would be complete without the Apple Newton MessagePad, the personal digital assistant that Apple manufactured in the 1990s. One of Apple's most notorious flops , the Newton was undoubtedly ahead of its time, but it just didn't sell. Maybe it was the high price (which peaked at $1,000) or the fact that the Doonesbury comics relentlessly mocked it much as Arrested Development poked fun at the Segway.
Its Scientific Revolution-inspired name (get it? Newton's Apple?) carried the obvious connotations of discovery, innovation and enlightenment. Unfortunately, this Apple landed on the ground with a thud.
But some still say the Newton's spirit lives on: in none other form than that of the already-legendary iPhone.
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Thanks for the great laughs.
Bruizer | 07/17/07
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Audrey? You're stretching...
ejhonda | 07/17/07
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But I loved my Newton
A.Sinic | 07/17/07
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UPC.. had forgotten about that one!
Non-Zealand | 07/17/07
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Regarding Segway
Dukhalion | 07/18/07
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Wii
dhays | 07/18/07
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I wasn't dissappointed...
Narg | 07/18/07
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DreamCast
tomam | 07/18/07
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I agree
Greenknight_z | 07/19/07
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SeedyNet blows it again
vankuvr@... | 07/18/07
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UMPC's are not a disappointment
miombligo | 07/18/07
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R U Kiddin' Mii?
shohom67 | 07/19/07
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