[thejacer]

The newton was around for 6 years and saw several different iterations. in the end though it was their inability to innovate and provide the consumer with the experience they longed for that forced them out of the market. oh how easy it must be to watch your competitor do all your work for you while u spend 9 years plotting your return. Just imagine what the iphone would have looked like had it not been for all of the unhappy winmo users complaining about finger this swipe that. There is no excuse for MS being so far behind in the game after the iphone showed them what the users really want (a ball and chain with a much less than impressive UI). I think part of the reason behind this is MS has always made software to run on someone elses hardware, thus providing a UI that is easily overlayed and not missed thereafter. But thats not what the users (aside from me) wants so shame on them.

The newton thing is mainly just to address all those who think apple got it right they're first time out and cant possibly make mistakes.