Comments on: The Apple Time Warp http://blog.iliumsoft.com/2008/03/13/doing-the-apple-time-warp/ Behind the Scenes at Ilium Software Sat, 25 May 2013 18:55:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Frank McPherson http://blog.iliumsoft.com/2008/03/13/doing-the-apple-time-warp/comment-page-1/#comment-26991 Frank McPherson Fri, 14 Mar 2008 17:52:47 +0000 http://blog.iliumsoft.com/?p=309#comment-26991 Newton had several failings, but one that particularly bothered me (I bought the first MessagePads in 1993) was the lack of integration with desktop PCs. Newton was really designed for cloud computing before there was an Internet infrastructure to support it. If Newton was just coming out today with all the backed services like Exchange, Google, etc… it would be sooo much better.

And Newton’s HWR was really pretty darn good towards the end.

]]> By: Kevin White http://blog.iliumsoft.com/2008/03/13/doing-the-apple-time-warp/comment-page-1/#comment-26985 Kevin White Thu, 13 Mar 2008 15:21:35 +0000 http://blog.iliumsoft.com/?p=309#comment-26985 Apple has a funny way with things. Well.. Steve Jobs has a funny way with things.

Take Steve Jobs and cubes. He was booted out of Apple and created a new company to make a computer shaped like a cube. That didn’t go so well. He joined Apple again, and ended up making another computer that was shaped like a cube. That still didn’t work. Finally, they made the Mac Mini, which is kind of like half a cube, and that actually DID work.

When he joined Apple again, he whacked the Newton, apparently because it was the pet project of the previous CEO. But now we have the iPhone/iPod Touch, which is a slightly better version of the Newton + some of apple’s early experiments with wireless stuff.

Nevermind we had “no video on the ipod” -> “Yay ipods that play video” :)

All of these things were kind of ahead of their time and didn’t make it, but fast forward to the future and suddenly, they are right in time and they *do* make it.

However, I think that if the iPhone wasn’t a phone and an iPod, it wouldn’t have been a smash hit. People love talking on the phone, they love music, and Apple has figured out how to market this stuff. If we had a Newton *right now*, with iPhone-like capabilities.. (minus the phone parts?) I don’t think it would be nearly the smash hit that the iPhone is.

]]> By: Michael http://blog.iliumsoft.com/2008/03/13/doing-the-apple-time-warp/comment-page-1/#comment-26984 Michael Thu, 13 Mar 2008 15:11:48 +0000 http://blog.iliumsoft.com/?p=309#comment-26984 Well, I really hope Apple do well and I wish you good luck with your iPhone-software. It would be so nice to see some innovation in that market-segment.
Oh, and it would be nice to win your comment of the month-contest ;)

]]> By: J. Wagner http://blog.iliumsoft.com/2008/03/13/doing-the-apple-time-warp/comment-page-1/#comment-26981 J. Wagner Thu, 13 Mar 2008 14:39:56 +0000 http://blog.iliumsoft.com/?p=309#comment-26981 I was a proud owner of 2 different Newtons. I bought the MP120 when I was college and upgraded to the MP 2000 a year or so later. That MP2K was eventually replaced with a Palm V due to better support for the corporate environment. But, I still miss a few things about that old Newton. It was a landmark system and has had more influence than people realize, IMHO. I can’t help but wonder how the product would have been received if it was the 2k series that came out first.

]]> By: Ellen http://blog.iliumsoft.com/2008/03/13/doing-the-apple-time-warp/comment-page-1/#comment-26980 Ellen Thu, 13 Mar 2008 14:39:42 +0000 http://blog.iliumsoft.com/?p=309#comment-26980 Was anyone else who’s reading this there? I can’t believe I haven’t met someone in the last 11 years who was at that conference. Maybe Vidal Graupera, or Ken Landau? If you read this and were there, please add a comment!

Maybe I should wear the shirt to the next Handango Summit.

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