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Apple Newton

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The Apple Newton was a line of personal digital assistants (PDAs) developed and marketed by Apple, known for its handwriting recognition feature and discontinued in 1998.

We dig behind Apple Newton's stated narrative to unravel the real strategy — the calls that actually shaped it, and why they played out the way they did.

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Consumer electronics
Headquarters
Cupertino, United States
Ownership
Discontinued product line of Apple Inc.

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The Fall · Decision Forks
The Newton Failed at Everything Except the One Thing That Saved Apple
Apple killed the Newton in 1998 after spending an estimated $100 million on it. But a $3 million side-bet it made to power the thing — a 43% stake in a tiny chip startup called ARM — was sold off for roughly $800 million to $1.1 billion, bankrolling the recovery.
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