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![dh Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:24/cr:twitter::352553.png) David Hauser [@dh](/creator/twitter/dh) on x 9003 followers
Created: 2025-07-24 14:14:13 UTC

One example? The Newton MessagePad.

It was supposed to be a game-changer. A $XXX digital assistant.
But it was clunky and hard to use.

It failed badly. Like many Apple products in the 90s.

By 1997, the company was nearly out of cash.

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