New Newton? *yes please*

**H2OSX** · March 13th, 2005, 04:37 AM

I found this little article a a couple days ago

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As far as I know Apple's Newton staff was never fired, and this would be the perfect time for them to make a new newton. The iPod craze will get ppl to buy the im guessin around $300-400 newton b/c it will replace whatever is the high end iPod. I personally would love a new newton running a chopped version of OSX. I would like it to look something like the attached pic. Im wonderin what you guys would want it to be able to do/ cool features etc. Ill start us off:

Bluetooth
80211. whatever letters are out
A 40-60 gig HD
Able to run iTunes, iPhoto, Quicktime, and some other pgrams at regular speeds
Built in TV tuner
Light up keyboard (like in the powerbooks)
A min of 13 hour batt life
Good use of Inkwell
GPS
Firewire connections
An awesome screen
Good microphone
Built in scanner?
Speakers
And It has to look sweet (not that we have to worry, i mean this is apple were talkin about)

**Convert** · March 13th, 2005, 06:16 AM

Lol that would be better than my Powerbook...

EDIT: But no function keys! No Expose!!

**padishahemperor** · March 13th, 2005, 06:16 AM

I think iPod Video will be more likely rather than a Newton.

**Convert** · March 13th, 2005, 06:18 AM

Originally Posted by padishahemperor

I think iPod Video will be more likely rather than a Newton.

Yeah, and we all know Steve's view on the video player...

I'd love a newton but not if it was called 'iNewt'... that's just creepy. I'd rename it to Burty or something.

**chevy** · March 13th, 2005, 06:22 AM

I a new Newton (or similar) comes, it will include the newest input system, no keyboard or pen.

**padishahemperor** · March 13th, 2005, 06:44 AM

Originally Posted by chevy

I a new Newton (or similar) comes, it will include the newest input system, no keyboard or pen.

I wouldn't bother with something without a keyboard, it's a necessity for me. I'd like to see either a iPod with TV recording and video playback like the Archos or a system like the OQO or Zaurus C3000 with Mac OSX.

**kainjow** · March 13th, 2005, 08:59 AM

I doubt it. Apple has repeatedly said no PDA, Steve Jobs hates the Newton (although he disliked flash MP3 players...). I remember very recently in an article Phil Schiller saying something about no PDA.

I could see maybe a smaller, lighter, less featured laptop, but I doubt it. Apple delivers products that people want.

If they do anything like this, you think it'll be cheap? Look at the iPod, yea it's a success, but it's limited on what it can do. Add in a touch screen and/or keyboard, wireless, and you've got another $100. I would bet if they released anything it'd be $400 minimum. For a PDA, that's expensive. For a sub-notebook, that's too weak unless they use some crazy new version of the G3 made by IBM. But I just don't see it happening.

**padishahemperor** · March 13th, 2005, 09:15 AM

I'll bet three Rice Krispies and a banana that they will will bring a more featured video capable device under the iPod brand that will sync with iTunes.