Interesting article -

http://liquidpubs.com/blog/2010/11/08/apple-their-tablet-computer-history/

A fascinating find, thank you.

I have to confess to owning a Newton. It would probably still be in some kind of service, but as some may know, the clocks on these devices packed in “millennium bug” style in January of this year.

I now have an iPad, and in the few months of its existence, it does most of what the Newton did, even though you have to buy you word processor and database separately. The Newton can do what the iPad still can’t - and that is printing. Looks like that feature is still a way off for most.

I've got a MessagePad 130. It is now a piece of sculpture

I also have an eMate. Similar situation with it. There is a space Newton 2000 stylus too. I am wondering what to do with it.