**The Apple Newton 24 Years Later**

I've got a calculator here, even the new iPad doesn't even have a calculator built in, so this is quite a nice feature to have. Let's test that it works, looks like it does cool. Uh, battery full, battery we got contrast, this thing actually has a speaker in it, interesting how do I get to the apps. Alright, so after using this thing for a little while, I've come to the realization that there really isn't much on it. It's essentially what it says right here - a message pad. You use it to take notes. You can send emails though, so that's kind of neat if you're connected to the internet via the cables here. So that's a possibility.

Uh, you can make folders for notes, but extras there's not much. There are no games, no extras, no apps. You can get extra applications though, and the App Store comes in the form of a card up here. So up top here, you'll find a little latch; go ahead and unlatch it, and you can pop down, and this card will come out. Much like the Wi-Fi cards and old laptops, this is your app before the App Store. You would have to preload your own apps into this guy for whatever you wanted to do, and then you would find the card right here, and this would be the certain A for it.

So after doing some brief research here turns out there were multiple accessories for the cards. You can use additional RAM, additional storage, a floppy disc adapter, network adapters, even a Wi-Fi antenna adapter. So there were some expansions that were possible using that card port but without it, uh, there wasn't much you can really do. You can take notes, use a calculator, some formulas check the time; it was a very, very basic device. Although at the time, I guess it was kind of sophisticated. You could sit in an office and look smart taking notes on your digital device getting frustrated with it not being able to type correctly but in truth there wasn't too much that you can do.

I don't even know what the speaker is for. How can I possibly activate it here? Really, don't know. Think it's just for maybe sound effects for error effects stuff like that. There is a cool calendar app as well; in the dates over here so you can go ahead and jump to it real quick check your calendar see if you're free for that meeting on Monday night.

For 1993 not terrible here, and this guy did receive software updates as well as you can see I'm on version 1.3 here. So Apple kept that legacy alive by updating with new features, fixes, and so on. It just absolutely blows my mind that 24 years later after release of these devices this is what we have - a device so sleek, so thin, so good-looking, and one that works so incredibly well. The display uses your fingers as input; the responsiveness is absolutely insane; the power of this is incredible; the RAM, the battery life everything, uh, just improvements in every single way.

Who knew at the time that this was released that this would be what we were using today? Something so sophisticated it seems like it's far from in the future. This guy at the time though, wow, using it living with it would be quite the pain; as the resistive touchscreen display is not easy to work with; it's got the stylus that Steve Jobs did not like. Quite interesting, the contrast between these devices and just a couple of tidbits for you.

One of the things that helped the demise of the Apple Newton happen was the stylist, Steve Jobs hated them. It's funny that Apple brought them back for the newer iPads but they actually have so much purpose now, and I couldn't see myself using one without it. There are also the leather cases, Apple was always a fan of those even for the Apple Newton; there was one, and now the one for the iPad Pro 10.5 5 is great. I love that Apple's keeping that heritage alive.

So there it is, guys, the progress 24 years makes so although Apple did make huge improvements in the CPU, GPU, storage, the display is actually not that far ahead; the resolution although it is good could be better and I think Apple will be improving that with time. It's just crazy to look back at 24 years, it's a little bit over two decades although Apple has been working on this thing for exactly 30 years; they didn't release it until 1993 so hope you guys enjoy this really if you're using an iPad nowadays this is what happened before it, this is what Apple had to go through to bring you the product you have now and I'm so appreciative of all of that progress.

So guys, thanks for watching; there it is the Apple Newton 24 years later. It cannot believe people actually use these things today; and they're still making them but sometimes with a twist to make them better like this case that comes with an iPad Pro.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enwho is Newton who is Newton Newton is spontaneous that hurts Newton is intelligent yeah about as intelligent as my doorknob Newton is worldly what does that even mean you're allowed to take it to Paris Newton is friendly and I'm Mel Newton and this is my wife Helen Newton Newton is like your guardian angel always looking for ways to help you out Newton talks to fax machines and Laser Printers the telephones and computers Newton is a great communicator Newton is for all you mobile professionals out there who like cool stuff it's true I've never felt cooler than when I've used this piece of sh thank you what's up guys everything Apple Pro here and here's a video I've had planned for a very long time I've been waiting for Apple to release their newest iPad and I wanted to compare it to the very first tablet offering from Apple a lot of you guys won't even remember what this is but this is the Apple Newton tablet it was introduced 24 years ago in August 1993 let's go ahead and take a look all righty let's get this guy unboxed I'm so excited to see it as I've never actually seen one of these in person and this is about 30 years later history has been remade completely and this is actually the first edition of the tablet ever so it's the first model number period all right here she is in the original case even all right so let's pop out and there it is that is pretty compact but at the same time super chunky I mean it's got a lot of thickness to it these guys couldn't be any more different when it comes to materials this is plastic versus glass and aluminum high quality design on the newer one of course on the old one cheap but incredibly durable you can drop it as many times as you'd like and it's going to survive the apocalypse even on the front you'll find a very sharp 336x 240 display surrounded by a chunky black plastic border the new one of course looks much sleeker getting to this battery Bay is not easy a lot that hurts a lot of suffering in here pop that open let's get some energizers in here looks pretty corroded I mean this thing has been sitting in storage for decades so all right with that ready let's go ahead and pop it in here this is definitely not the Apple of modern times this is so frustrating without instructions it's like so difficult to put this battery in here I cannot figure out how to do this slide it in pop it in it's really freaking hard that took way too damn long here is the backup battery let's get that squared away back when devices needed one of these that's crazy all right let's go ahead and see if we can get some power out of this guy so we've got uh data transfer ports oh man that's crazy and the power plug here I guessing uh I'm guessing that's for rechargeable batteries made in Japan wow all right here we go 3 two 1 and uh nothing it works I had to click the resets button on the back but it's actually booting up hold the Newton pen on the center on the X until it darkens and then lift the pen so here is our apple pencil 1993 Edition it's got the Apple logo there too super neat all right let's do some calibration here so this is a resistive touchcreen these are absolutely awful uh to work with on a daily I don't know how people did it back in the day we are so blessed with our fancy capacitive displays compared to the apple pencil certainly a little bit shorter here a little bit thinner no battery rebuilt in no special sensors the tip is a little bit even more precise than the current apple pencil which is interesting so little comparison for there but hey this thing is actually on actually working uh resetting it did the trick so wow that's crazy this is the very very first model too so if you actually look up the model numbers BC GH 1000 the first first one so let's see what it can do I believe these things were pretty sophisticated for for their time to be honest they had uh handwriting detection so let's get into some of the details on these guys starting with the display of course on the Apple Newton color didn't really exist on the display it was a very low resolution 336x 240 pixels with a resistive touch screen basically a combination of everything that makes a touchscreen terrible it's absolutely no surprise that Steve Jobs despised this thing and killed it just as soon as he returned back to Apple so here's a difference that 24 years makes displays here's about the size of the Apple Newton if we scale it down on the iPad Pro 10.5 in it'll fit in that tiny little corner In fact this is how many you can fit on the actual display a massive 48 times I mean the resolution is one thing but you now have 120 HZ promotion display true tone color you've got actual color on the display multi-touch with your fingers there are so many improvements here and getting to the actual specs here you had a fancy 20 MHz processor made by armm 600 40 KOB of RAM and a worth about $1,172 right now in comparison we get this thing out of bargain for $650 with exponentially multiplied specs so let's get to actually using this thing in day-to-day tasks at the time the reviews were pretty decent it's the handwriting recognition that was pretty awful so let's do some find Hello can it detect that oh it did look at that it literally just spelled out what I wrote that's awesome Apple's first virtual onscreen keyboard for a touch device that is incredible all right see if you oh that is absolutely terrible detection can you okay there we go so if you do write a little bit more precisely it can figure it out look at that that's actually pretty cool oh no not rear no no no no no no names oh so this is like a uh a name book here and I have no idea whose these are so Apple even had sort of little apps like these back in the day I've got a calculator here even the new iPad doesn't even have a calculator built in so this is quite a nice feature to have Let's test that it works looks like it does cool uh battery full battery we got contrast this thing actually has a speaker in it interesting how do I get to the apps all right so after using this thing for a little while I've come to the realization that there really isn't much on it it's essentially what it says right here a message pad you use it to take notes you can send emails though so that's kind of neat if you're connected to the internet via the cables here so that's a possibility uh you can make folders for notes but extras there's not much you can do in here I think there is web access but I don't know what it's going to be like if it's just for email there are no games no extras no apps you can get extra applications though and the App Store comes in the form of a card up here so up top here you'll find a little latch go ahead and unlatch it and you can pop down and this card will come out so much like the Wi-Fi cards and old laptops this is your app before the App Store you would have to preload your own apps into this guy for whatever you wanted to do and then you would find the card right here and this would be the certain a for it so after doing some brief research here turns out there were multiple accessories for the cards you can use additional RAM additional storage a floppy disc adapter network adapters even a Wi-Fi antenna adapter so there were some expansions that were possible using that card Port but without it uh there wasn't much you can really do you can take notes use a calculator some formulas check the time it was a very very basic device so although at the time I guess it was kind of sophisticated you can sit in an office and look smart taking notes on your digital device getting frustrated with it not being able to type correctly but in truth there wasn't too much that you can do I don't even know what the speaker is for how can I possibly activate it here really don't know I think it's just for maybe sound effects for error effects stuff like that there is a cool calendar app as well in the dates over here so you can go ahead and jump to it real quick check your calendar see if you're free for that meeting on Monday night so for 1993 not terrible here and this guy did receive software updates as well as you can see I'm on version 1.3 here so Apple kept that Legacy Alive by updating with new features fixes and so on it just absolutely blows my mind that 24 years later after release of these devices this is what we have a device so Sleek so thin so goodlooking and one that works so incredibly well the display uses your fingers as input the responsiveness is absolutely insane the power of this is incredible the ram the battery life everything uh just improvements in every single way and who knew at the time that this was released that this would be what we were using today something so sophisticated it seems like it's far from in the future this guy at the time though wow using it living with it would be quite the pain as the resistive touchscreen display is not easy to work with it's got the stylus that Steve Jobs did not like so quite interesting the contrast between these devices and just a couple tidbits for you one of the things that helped the demise of the Apple Newton happen is the stylist Steve Jobs hated them it's funny that Apple brought them back for the newer iPads but they actually have so much purpose now and I couldn't see myself using one without one there's also the leather cases Apple was always a fan of those even for the Apple Newton there was one and now the one for the iPad Pro 10.5 5 is great I love that Apple's keeping that Heritage alive so there it is guys the progress 24 years makes so although Apple did make huge improvements in the CPU GPU storage the display is actually not that far ahead the resolution although it is good could be better and I think Apple will be improving that with time it's just crazy to look back at 24 years it's a little bit over two decades although Apple has been working on this thing for exactly 30 years they didn't release it until 1993 so hope you guys enjoy this really if you're using an iPad nowadays this is what happened before it this is what Apple had to go through to bring you the product you have now and I'm so appreciative of all of that progress so guys thanks for watching there it is the Apple Newton 24 years later it cannot believe people actually use this thing in day-to-day life it's just crazy have a great day guys enjoy your iPad peacewho is Newton who is Newton Newton is spontaneous that hurts Newton is intelligent yeah about as intelligent as my doorknob Newton is worldly what does that even mean you're allowed to take it to Paris Newton is friendly and I'm Mel Newton and this is my wife Helen Newton Newton is like your guardian angel always looking for ways to help you out Newton talks to fax machines and Laser Printers the telephones and computers Newton is a great communicator Newton is for all you mobile professionals out there who like cool stuff it's true I've never felt cooler than when I've used this piece of sh thank you what's up guys everything Apple Pro here and here's a video I've had planned for a very long time I've been waiting for Apple to release their newest iPad and I wanted to compare it to the very first tablet offering from Apple a lot of you guys won't even remember what this is but this is the Apple Newton tablet it was introduced 24 years ago in August 1993 let's go ahead and take a look all righty let's get this guy unboxed I'm so excited to see it as I've never actually seen one of these in person and this is about 30 years later history has been remade completely and this is actually the first edition of the tablet ever so it's the first model number period all right here she is in the original case even all right so let's pop out and there it is that is pretty compact but at the same time super chunky I mean it's got a lot of thickness to it these guys couldn't be any more different when it comes to materials this is plastic versus glass and aluminum high quality design on the newer one of course on the old one cheap but incredibly durable you can drop it as many times as you'd like and it's going to survive the apocalypse even on the front you'll find a very sharp 336x 240 display surrounded by a chunky black plastic border the new one of course looks much sleeker getting to this battery Bay is not easy a lot that hurts a lot of suffering in here pop that open let's get some energizers in here looks pretty corroded I mean this thing has been sitting in storage for decades so all right with that ready let's go ahead and pop it in here this is definitely not the Apple of modern times this is so frustrating without instructions it's like so difficult to put this battery in here I cannot figure out how to do this slide it in pop it in it's really freaking hard that took way too damn long here is the backup battery let's get that squared away back when devices needed one of these that's crazy all right let's go ahead and see if we can get some power out of this guy so we've got uh data transfer ports oh man that's crazy and the power plug here I guessing uh I'm guessing that's for rechargeable batteries made in Japan wow all right here we go 3 two 1 and uh nothing it works I had to click the resets button on the back but it's actually booting up hold the Newton pen on the center on the X until it darkens and then lift the pen so here is our apple pencil 1993 Edition it's got the Apple logo there too super neat all right let's do some calibration here so this is a resistive touchcreen these are absolutely awful uh to work with on a daily I don't know how people did it back in the day we are so blessed with our fancy capacitive displays compared to the apple pencil certainly a little bit shorter here a little bit thinner no battery rebuilt in no special sensors the tip is a little bit even more precise than the current apple pencil which is interesting so little comparison for there but hey this thing is actually on actually working uh resetting it did the trick so wow that's crazy this is the very very first model too so if you actually look up the model numbers BC GH 1000 the first first one so let's see what it can do I believe these things were pretty sophisticated for for their time to be honest they had uh handwriting detection so let's get into some of the details on these guys starting with the display of course on the Apple Newton color didn't really exist on the display it was a very low resolution 336x 240 pixels with a resistive touch screen basically a combination of everything that makes a touchscreen terrible it's absolutely no surprise that Steve Jobs despised this thing and killed it just as soon as he returned back to Apple so here's a difference that 24 years makes displays here's about the size of the Apple Newton if we scale it down on the iPad Pro 10.5 in it'll fit in that tiny little corner In fact this is how many you can fit on the actual display a massive 48 times I mean the resolution is one thing but you now have 120 HZ promotion display true tone color you've got actual color on the display multi-touch with your fingers there are so many improvements here and getting to the actual specs here you had a fancy 20 MHz processor made by armm 600 40 KOB of RAM and a worth about $1,172 right now in comparison we get this thing out of bargain for $650 with exponentially multiplied specs so let's get to actually using this thing in day-to-day tasks at the time the reviews were pretty decent it's the handwriting recognition that was pretty awful so let's do some find Hello can it detect that oh it did look at that it literally just spelled out what I wrote that's awesome Apple's first virtual onscreen keyboard for a touch device that is incredible all right see if you oh that is absolutely terrible detection can you okay there we go so if you do write a little bit more precisely it can figure it out look at that that's actually pretty cool oh no not rear no no no no no no names oh so this is like a uh a name book here and I have no idea whose these are so Apple even had sort of little apps like these back in the day I've got a calculator here even the new iPad doesn't even have a calculator built in so this is quite a nice feature to have Let's test that it works looks like it does cool uh battery full battery we got contrast this thing actually has a speaker in it interesting how do I get to the apps all right so after using this thing for a little while I've come to the realization that there really isn't much on it it's essentially what it says right here a message pad you use it to take notes you can send emails though so that's kind of neat if you're connected to the internet via the cables here so that's a possibility uh you can make folders for notes but extras there's not much you can do in here I think there is web access but I don't know what it's going to be like if it's just for email there are no games no extras no apps you can get extra applications though and the App Store comes in the form of a card up here so up top here you'll find a little latch go ahead and unlatch it and you can pop down and this card will come out so much like the Wi-Fi cards and old laptops this is your app before the App Store you would have to preload your own apps into this guy for whatever you wanted to do and then you would find the card right here and this would be the certain a for it so after doing some brief research here turns out there were multiple accessories for the cards you can use additional RAM additional storage a floppy disc adapter network adapters even a Wi-Fi antenna adapter so there were some expansions that were possible using that card Port but without it uh there wasn't much you can really do you can take notes use a calculator some formulas check the time it was a very very basic device so although at the time I guess it was kind of sophisticated you can sit in an office and look smart taking notes on your digital device getting frustrated with it not being able to type correctly but in truth there wasn't too much that you can do I don't even know what the speaker is for how can I possibly activate it here really don't know I think it's just for maybe sound effects for error effects stuff like that there is a cool calendar app as well in the dates over here so you can go ahead and jump to it real quick check your calendar see if you're free for that meeting on Monday night so for 1993 not terrible here and this guy did receive software updates as well as you can see I'm on version 1.3 here so Apple kept that Legacy Alive by updating with new features fixes and so on it just absolutely blows my mind that 24 years later after release of these devices this is what we have a device so Sleek so thin so goodlooking and one that works so incredibly well the display uses your fingers as input the responsiveness is absolutely insane the power of this is incredible the ram the battery life everything uh just improvements in every single way and who knew at the time that this was released that this would be what we were using today something so sophisticated it seems like it's far from in the future this guy at the time though wow using it living with it would be quite the pain as the resistive touchscreen display is not easy to work with it's got the stylus that Steve Jobs did not like so quite interesting the contrast between these devices and just a couple tidbits for you one of the things that helped the demise of the Apple Newton happen is the stylist Steve Jobs hated them it's funny that Apple brought them back for the newer iPads but they actually have so much purpose now and I couldn't see myself using one without one there's also the leather cases Apple was always a fan of those even for the Apple Newton there was one and now the one for the iPad Pro 10.5 5 is great I love that Apple's keeping that Heritage alive so there it is guys the progress 24 years makes so although Apple did make huge improvements in the CPU GPU storage the display is actually not that far ahead the resolution although it is good could be better and I think Apple will be improving that with time it's just crazy to look back at 24 years it's a little bit over two decades although Apple has been working on this thing for exactly 30 years they didn't release it until 1993 so hope you guys enjoy this really if you're using an iPad nowadays this is what happened before it this is what Apple had to go through to bring you the product you have now and I'm so appreciative of all of that progress so guys thanks for watching there it is the Apple Newton 24 years later it cannot believe people actually use this thing in day-to-day life it's just crazy have a great day guys enjoy your iPad peace\n"