Comments on: Newton “Batmobile” Prototype http://blog.laptopbatterylife.com/2012/09/19/newton-batmobile-prototype/ Durable Laptop Batteries Tue, 30 Apr 2013 01:48:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: splorp http://blog.laptopbatterylife.com/2012/09/19/newton-batmobile-prototype/#comment-19347 splorp Wed, 19 Sep 2012 21:23:15 +0000 http://blog.laptopbatterylife.com/2012/09/19/newton-batmobile-prototype/#comment-19347 That is unfortunate, but please let me know what you’re selling. I may be interested in a few items to fill in the gaps of my collection.

]]> By: sonnyhung http://blog.laptopbatterylife.com/2012/09/19/newton-batmobile-prototype/#comment-19346 sonnyhung Wed, 19 Sep 2012 20:25:51 +0000 http://blog.laptopbatterylife.com/2012/09/19/newton-batmobile-prototype/#comment-19346 @ slorp – So am I ^_^,

I’m clasping my hands tightly that I might get an actual unit in my hand to photograph and possibly own. I will hopefully be able to write up a historical report on it if I’m able to interview them. To bad I’m having to sell my collection of Newtons soon to bank roll my camera upgrade and pay bills but such are the decisions in life :|

]]> By: splorp http://blog.laptopbatterylife.com/2012/09/19/newton-batmobile-prototype/#comment-19345 splorp Wed, 19 Sep 2012 20:11:44 +0000 http://blog.laptopbatterylife.com/2012/09/19/newton-batmobile-prototype/#comment-19345 Thanks for pointing to that project, Sonny. I actually thought about Petrosains when I read Patrick’s original question and had meant to drop you a note about it. I’d love to see an update and some current photographs of those red-swaddled Newtons.

]]> By: sonnyhung http://blog.laptopbatterylife.com/2012/09/19/newton-batmobile-prototype/#comment-19344 sonnyhung Wed, 19 Sep 2012 20:08:56 +0000 http://blog.laptopbatterylife.com/2012/09/19/newton-batmobile-prototype/#comment-19344 @patrickhunt – Just wanted to chime here on this topic. Here is a link to something that speaks about the use of Newton

Petrosains Project

Because of this comment I just decided to call a contact regarding the above mentioned link because it reminded me to follow up on it. What I can tell you is that they are in fact still in use (at least a Petrosains) to this very day from my source. I will try to update with more pictures and other interesting facts, items and possibly interview(s) regarding this.

]]> By: splorp http://blog.laptopbatterylife.com/2012/09/19/newton-batmobile-prototype/#comment-19343 splorp Wed, 19 Sep 2012 19:30:04 +0000 http://blog.laptopbatterylife.com/2012/09/19/newton-batmobile-prototype/#comment-19343 @klinkenslugger No worries. Every once in a while I come across another Newton-related code name that I’ve never heard of. “Brick” is definitely feasible.

@feras Luck, and a healthy PayPal account.

@somebody Sometimes you need to push projects out the door and tidy things up later. Unfortunately for the Newton, it took too long to tidy up every little thing before the project was Steve’d.

@mark You gotta love the rainbow.

@infodriveway I noticed. Zoinks! Gizmodo’d, Tumblr’d, and Cult of Mac‘d too.

@ardgedee That’s some interesting information. I didn’t know about the wooden prototypes, other than the display models that were used for tradeshows and retail stores. Ask your friend if he’d be interested in selling his prototype … we should talk.

@patrickhunt I haven’t heard whether they’re still in use there, but I would assume that they’ve been retired long ago.

]]> By: jpatrickhunt http://blog.laptopbatterylife.com/2012/09/19/newton-batmobile-prototype/#comment-19342 jpatrickhunt Wed, 19 Sep 2012 18:42:32 +0000 http://blog.laptopbatterylife.com/2012/09/19/newton-batmobile-prototype/#comment-19342 I wish I still had my Newtons. Are they still in use at the Air and Space Museum in DC?

]]> By: ardgedee http://blog.laptopbatterylife.com/2012/09/19/newton-batmobile-prototype/#comment-19341 ardgedee Wed, 19 Sep 2012 18:06:20 +0000 http://blog.laptopbatterylife.com/2012/09/19/newton-batmobile-prototype/#comment-19341 A friend went to the first Newton developers conference and came back with one of the Newton prototypes. I remember him saying that Apple was giving them away to attendees; some were carved from wood. The case on his was a greener color than the Newtons that shipped. He still has his, somewhere, along with at least one of every official Newton model.

]]> By: infodriveway http://blog.laptopbatterylife.com/2012/09/19/newton-batmobile-prototype/#comment-19340 infodriveway Wed, 19 Sep 2012 17:11:51 +0000 http://blog.laptopbatterylife.com/2012/09/19/newton-batmobile-prototype/#comment-19340 You’ve been Fireballed. Great pic, by the way…

]]> By: Mark Ellison http://blog.laptopbatterylife.com/2012/09/19/newton-batmobile-prototype/#comment-19339 Mark Ellison Wed, 19 Sep 2012 16:58:08 +0000 http://blog.laptopbatterylife.com/2012/09/19/newton-batmobile-prototype/#comment-19339 Cool old school apple logo! so colory

]]> By: Be Somebody Or Be Somebody's Fool http://blog.laptopbatterylife.com/2012/09/19/newton-batmobile-prototype/#comment-19338 Be Somebody Or Be Somebody's Fool Wed, 19 Sep 2012 16:44:06 +0000 http://blog.laptopbatterylife.com/2012/09/19/newton-batmobile-prototype/#comment-19338 Lovely. At the time, Apple may have decided they couldn’t afford to wait for perfection. That was a rough decade for them.

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