great missed opportunities or the Apple Newton Grandfather of the iPad had long wanted to talk about today, so after the presentation on January 27, Apple iPad left me little reason to keep delaying it, so here you have this new pill computing history.
However, as I always say, to understand fully what is a specific event occurs and why it is necessary to put it in context, ie explain their background and situation in which it operates that fact.
And that is the case of Newton is a special case. Perhaps in that sense, is somewhat similar to the
hype iPad produced and the enormous excitement generated, but we'll see if history repeats itself or not Apple's new toy. Now, let's focus on today's topic: the birth of the Apple Newton
.
Our story begins with an Apple engineer dissatisfaction with his work called Steve Sakom
. If you follow this blog regularly you might sound as this name, for it appeared when we talk about
GO, Corp and Microsoft tactics. Until 1987, Sakom had worked as a hardware engineer involved on projects for Apple, but I was tired of working on yet another redesign of the Macintosh and wanted some "excitement" in his life.
was more or less then those contacted
Jerry Kaplan, the founder of GO Corp. and when he decided to leave Apple to design the hardware of the PDA GO. However, to advertise its low spoke with his boss, Jean-Louis Gassée
, to explain the reasons for his retirement and his future projects. This, having listened attentively to talk about what I wanted to create GO, proposed to continue in Apple and start a new project that implement all these ideas under his leadership.
Gassée Jean-Louise (pictured) was the replacement for Steve Jobs at Apple as chief of new products even before Jobs himself leave Apple to found NeXT, so it was in his power to initiate new projects and negotiating . What Sakom wanted the project was small, with a limited number of engineers and bureaucracy added, something like what was the original Macintosh project started by Jeff Raskin
.
The idea was to create a new concept laptop, but completely different from what seen so far. Until 1987, laptop computers were rather slow, very large, very heavy (none fell of 6-7 kilos) and very limited autonomy. The Newton would also be relatively large (slightly larger than the new IPAD), with limited consumption and hence greater battery life and a way to interact with it entirely new, with a touchscreen and a stylus that could be used both as a mouse and, especially, to write on the screen itself and recognize that writing and prosecuted.
Therefore, the project, which is called Newton was not only a challenge at the hardware but also software. Was to create a new operating system, seeking new forms of interaction between man and machine as the Macintosh model did not fit completely to what accounted for Newton, and, above all, had to develop a handwriting recognition system that not only works but cupiese in what would be the device.
However, for 1989, the star of Jean-Louise Gassée Apple was fading and gradually his protege Newton project ceased to be so protected. As more and more funds were allocated to the project, the Apple device was interfering more in the daily life of the project, adding new red tape, reports, spreadsheets requirements and all that excites both an engineer.
Finally, Gassée was pressured to such an extent that he resigned, and he also presented Sakom. Thus, as with the Macintosh, the man who had started the project went through the back door. Together, they founded
Sakom Gassée and Be, Inc. , whose name if you've been aware of these lines will ring you because they were mentioned in
The return of Steve Jobs at Apple (1997) to be about to be bought Be, Apple Inc MacOS BeOS to replace (if not read, Gassée asked too much money thinking that Apple was desperate, what made Apple look for alternatives and end up buying NeXT and, therefore, allowing the return of Jobs to Apple) .
still in 1989, Bill Atkinson, the creative genius of the Lisa user interface and the Mac and possibly one of the best programmers in the world, prepared a meeting to discuss future projects and he invited a former senior engineers and engineers Apple and Steve Capps (pictured) and Andy Hertfelder and also attended by John Sculley, Apple's CEO.
After hearing about the project Capps wonders of Newton, who had just left without a leader and was in danger of disappearing, it asked for a show to see what I did with him, as he himself claimed not to understand and before deciding he wanted to see for themselves eyes. When Sculley saw what was developing the Newton was delighted and decided to put all that were needed (funds, engineers, whatever) and set 1992 as deadline (ie, just over two years).
Sculley To understand why I was so excited about the Newton we must go back to 1987. Apple's success so far rested on two main products, each of them revolutionary in its time. First came the Apple II, the machine that made Wozniak and Apple in a heavyweight micro industry. Then came the Macintosh, with its graphical interface and charisma, the machine and the main Jobs Apple support in the late 80's.
Jobs and Woz was both visionary people who understand technology. Sculley envied them for that. Apple has never made so much money at his command, and Sculley was also winning awards and was admired as CEO of Apple. But despite its apparent success, he only was a top executive. It was a visionary. He had "his" machine. There was a pileup of Sculley, as it was the Apple II, Woz or Jobs Mac. In his autobiography
Odyssey, spoke of the Knowledge Navigator
like a futuristic device that can offer all times the information they need when they need it.
This vision, in fact, finished shaping it into a series of promotional videos. Everything shown in the videos was just science fiction, but Sculley symmetry between the Knowledge Navigator
and Newton was clear, so that he thought he could go down in history not only as the great but as Apple CEO a visionary level Jobs and Wozniak. Here in this video the concept of what is
Sculley's Knowledge Navigator .
And that is the case of Newton is a special case. Perhaps in that sense, is somewhat similar to the hype iPad produced and the enormous excitement generated, but we'll see if history repeats itself or not Apple's new toy. Now, let's focus on today's topic: the birth of the Apple Newton . 
Gassée Jean-Louise (pictured) was the replacement for Steve Jobs at Apple as chief of new products even before Jobs himself leave Apple to found NeXT, so it was in his power to initiate new projects and negotiating . What Sakom wanted the project was small, with a limited number of engineers and bureaucracy added, something like what was the original Macintosh project started by Jeff Raskin . 
still in 1989, Bill Atkinson, the creative genius of the Lisa user interface and the Mac and possibly one of the best programmers in the world, prepared a meeting to discuss future projects and he invited a former senior engineers and engineers Apple and Steve Capps (pictured) and Andy Hertfelder and also attended by John Sculley, Apple's CEO. 
