(10 years ago, there WAS an Apple PDA. THE PDA, in fact: Newton. The last Newton was the MessagePad 2100, released in November 1997. Apple stopped selling Newtons in early 1998. But I'm straying...) 
Qion: Like how you imagine Steve to strategise. Hilarious.  I guess the iPod HiFi was pretty much done like that... "Hey, I need a boombox. But it needs to be designed by Apple. Heck: Let's do it."
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