These days Apple is the undisputed king of tablet PCs, with the iPad 2 seeing off most pretenders to its crown. Only the launch of the Samsung Galaxy 10.1 seems to have shaken Apple’s confidence. Of course, it hasn’t always been like this, and in 1993 Apple continued its tentative first steps into the world of handheld PCs. Click the image below to find out what Mary Branscombe made of it.
First Look: Apple Newton MessagePad from PC Plus 85, October 1993
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