Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) Apple Newton

3D Model

The Newton portable computer came out of the first results of Apple’s work on a miniature mobile device with a touchscreen and operated with a stylus. The design offered a range of breakthrough solutions, one of them being the handwriting recognition system. The computer’s design used a high performance, energy efficient CPU of the ARM family, which later became standard in this type of device and is still used in tablets and smartphones.

The Newton’s main purpose was time management and performing simple office tasks. The content of its built-in memory could be synchronised with computers using the Windows or MacOS operating systems over a serial interface. A wireless connection was also available in the form of an infrared port. An additional extension card allowed the Newton to be connected to the telephone network in order to send and receive faxes or use basic Internet functionalities.

Apple Computer Inc., USA (design)/Japan (production), 1993

Inv. No. MIM1414/VII-134

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