Amaya Toman Mu 2000, Newton MessagePad idabweretsa kusintha kwakukulu pamzere wazogulitsa wa Apple wa PDA. Zinadzitamandira zowonetsera bwino komanso purosesa yachangu, ndipo inali yopambana kwambiri kwa Apple pazamalonda, ndipo idalandiridwa bwino ndi akatswiri ena. Mawu ofunikira ndi "mwachidule" - Newton sanakhale chinthu chopambana kwenikweni.
Kusintha kwa Newton MessagePad mu 2000 kunali pamwamba pa mawonedwe ake onse - adalandira mapikiselo apamwamba (480 x 320 pixels, pamene m'badwo wam'mbuyo unali ndi mapikiselo a 320 x 240). Kukula kwake kwawonjezeka ndi 20% (kuchokera pa 3,3 mpaka 4,9 mainchesi) ndipo, ngakhale kuti si mtundu, yapita patsogolo pang'onopang'ono ngati sikelo ya imvi.
Newton MessagePad yatsopano inali ndi purosesa ya 160MHz StrongARM, yopereka liwiro lapamwamba komanso magwiridwe antchito a chipangizo chogwiritsa ntchito mphamvu zochepa kwambiri. MessagePad idapereka maola opitilira 24 ogwirira ntchito, ndikuwonjezera bonasi yozindikirika pamanja ndikutha kusamutsa opanda zingwe pakati pa zida ziwiri.
MessagePad 2000 inali ndi phukusi la ntchito zothandiza - kalendala ya Madeti, Notepad to-do sheet, Names contact application, komanso kutha kutumiza ma fax, kasitomala wa imelo kapena msakatuli wa NetHopper. Pazowonjezera $ 50, ogwiritsa ntchito athanso kupeza pulogalamu yamtundu wa Excel. MessagePad yolumikizidwa ndi intaneti pogwiritsa ntchito modemu mu imodzi mwamipata yake ya PC Card.
Newton MessagePad 2000 inali Newton yabwino kwambiri m'masiku ake ndipo idatchuka kwambiri pakati pa makasitomala. "Zogulitsa zomwe tapeza m'masiku makumi atatu oyamba, komanso kuyankha kwamakasitomala, zimatsimikizira kuti MessagePad 2000 ndi chida cholimbikitsira bizinesi," adatero Sandy Bennett, wachiwiri kwa purezidenti wa Newton Systems Group. MessagePad yapeza kutchuka kunja kwa Mac ammudzi, ndi pafupifupi 60% ya eni ake ntchito Windows PC.
Pambuyo pobwerera kwa Steve Jobs ku Apple, komabe, Newton MessagePad inali imodzi mwazinthu zomwe chitukuko, kupanga ndi kugawa kampaniyo inatha (osati kokha) monga gawo la ndalama zochepetsera ndalama. Mu 1997, komabe, Apple idatulutsa zosintha mu mawonekedwe a Newton MessagePad 2100.
Zithunzi
Koma nkhani yosangalatsa ikugwirizana ndi Newton MessagePad yoyambirira, yomwe Apple ikukonzekera kumasula mu 1993. Gaston Bastiaens, mmodzi mwa akuluakulu a Apple, adabetcha mtolankhani panthawi yomwe PDA ya Apple idzawona kuwala kwa tsiku lisanafike kumapeto kwa chilimwe. . Sikunali kubetcherana kulikonse - Bastiaens adakhulupirira kwambiri kukhudzika kwake kotero kuti adabetcherana m'chipinda chake chavinyo chodzaza bwino, chamtengo wa madola masauzande ambiri. Kubetcheranako kunapangidwa ku Hanover, Germany, ndipo kuwonjezera pa tsiku lotulutsidwa la MessagePad, mtengo wa chipangizocho - chomwe Bastiaens akuyerekeza kukhala osakwana madola chikwi - chinali pachiwopsezo.
Chiyambi cha chitukuko cha PDA cha Apple chinabwerera ku 1987. Mu 1991, kafukufuku ndi chitukuko cha polojekiti yonseyo zinasintha kwambiri, zomwe zinkayang'aniridwa ndi John Sculley, yemwe adaganiza kuti PDA inali yoyenera kuzindikira. Komabe, mu 1993, Newton MessagePad inayenera kuthana ndi mavuto ang'onoang'ono - kuzindikira zolemba pamanja sizinagwire ntchito monga momwe Apple adakonzera poyamba. Panalinso imfa yomvetsa chisoni ya mmodzi wa opanga mapulogalamu omwe anali kuyang'anira mbali ya mapulogalamu a polojekiti yonseyo.
Ngakhale kuti Newton MessagePad ankawoneka ngati chinthu chotembereredwa kwa kanthawi, izo bwinobwino anamasulidwa mu 1993 pamaso pa mapeto boma la chilimwe. Bastiaens amatha kumasuka - koma mphekesera zinanenedwa kuti ndi iye amene adakankhira kupanga ndi kukhazikitsidwa kwa MessagePad, chifukwa ankakonda kwambiri chipinda chake cha vinyo ndipo sankafuna kutaya.
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