Newton MessagePad 2000
This is a piece of tech history that I just got my hands on. I love this thing. The fact that it is in such good condition makes me want to shrink-wrap it and keep it out of the light. I’m going to be playing with this thing a lot.
Original Box:

Case w/ Keyboard attachment:

Screen in immaculate:

This is pretty ballsy, but awesome to see the service being used effectively so soon after it’s introduction.
What’s awesome, is that I do this a lot. ”Hey, Check this out!”. I might actually get some use out of this app. Oh wait…I can already do this without this app. It built into OS X and iChat….Oh well, the name and purpose of the app are neat.
Tho ‘ol S. J. speaks out about the rumors flying around involving his health. This is a pretty big deal, since he typically doesn’t comment on himself in PR releases.

