However, it was still beset by thousands of bugs when 4,000 prototype units went into production on for use at point-of-purchase displays at retail stores.
ReleaseĪpple CEO John Sculley unveiled the first device, tentatively called the Newton NotePad, on during the keynote address of the Consumer Electronics Show in Chicago, Illinois. Apple established a new Personal Interactive Electronics (PIE) division in 1992 to develop and market the devices.
Three models were then planned: a larger 9 x 12 inch version codenamed Senior with a target price of $5000, a mid-sized 6 x 9 inch version with a target price of under $2000 that was quickly cancelled, and a small 4.5 x 7 inch version codenamed Junior with a target price of around $500 which would go on to become the MessagePad. Sculley assigned Larry Tesler to salvage the project and Steve Capps was brought in after creating a working mockup in HyperCard. Sakoman and Gassée left Apple to form Be, Inc. However the scope of the project ballooned out of control with an A4-sized prototype, codenamed Figaro, which was expected to cost over US$6000 by 1992. The Newton project was begun by Steve Sakoman around 1987 with the support of Apple executives Jean-Louis Gassée and John Sculley. A MessageSlate prototype, codenamed "Senior".Ī MessagePad prototype, codenamed "Junior".
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