Walt Mossberg Names Newton MessagePad 'Most Influential' Tech Product [Updated]
In his final column for The Wall Street Journal, Walt Mossberg has given us a gem. The man has reviewed a lot of personal tech products in his 22 years at the paper, so what better way to go out than to list the top 12 “most influential” ones? Mossberg gives the top spot to Apple’s Newton MessagePad, from way back in 1993 [See update below]:
This hand-held computer from Apple was a failure, even a joke, mainly because the company promised it could flawlessly recognize handwriting.
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