
The Fallen Apple
200
was a complete mobile computer for the business professional, with a full
range of personal productivity and desktop connectivity applications. When
it shipped on March 24, 1997, the $949 MessagePad 2000 came bundled
with Dates (calendar), Notepad (to-do list), Names (contact manager),
faxing, EnRoute i-NET (email client), Newton Connection Utilities,
NetHopper (web browser), NewtonWorks (word processor), QuickFigure
Pro (spreadsheet, $50 extra), and even built-in audio recording capability
to take voice notes or record a meeting—up to an hour on one 4MB PC
memory card. The new model borrowed the backlit, rotating ...