Is Apple Newton’s Handwriting Recognition Better Than the reMarkable?

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The Apple Newton was often mocked for its early handwriting recognition software in the 1990s. After only 5 years in the market, Apple decided to discontinue the device. How does the final version of Newton from 1997 stack up against the fantastic reMarkable 2 paper tablet in 2024? ARTICLE VERSION: www.amigalove.com/viewtopic.p...
Table of Contents
00:00 - 00:26 Intro Titles
00:27 - 01:17 Newton Advertisements
01:18 - 01:52 Newton Handwriting Recognition Introduction
01:53 - 02:06 Simpson’s Satire
02:07 - 02:38 Newton Software Potential
02:39 - 03:10 Palm’s Grafitti
03:11 - 05:06 Newton Keyboard Options
05:07 - 05:59 Handwriting Recognition Demo
06:00 - 06:47 The End of the Newton
06:48 - 07:03 Legacy
07:04 - 08:05 reMarkable 2 Tablet Overview & Demo
08:06 - 08:47 Hypocrisy
08:48 - 09:58 reMarkable 2 Handwriting Recognition
09:59 - 10:43 Newton vs reMarkable Features
10:44 - 12:01 Conclusion & Newton Games Demo
12:02 - 12:19 Outro
● Many thanks to AmigaLove monthly Site Supporters and Channel Members for their support!!!
Michael Wallen (walldog)
Travis Carter (joethezombie)
Graham Shaw (grshaw)
Acknowledgements
● Intro/Outro music (and more) by the ULTRA bad ass: Axion, with permission [Canada].
axionsynthwave.bandcamp.com/
● Additional Soundtrack music permission by the RIGHTEOUSLY awesome Droid Bishop, with permission [Los Angeles, CA]
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● Amiga 3D case render during the intro by the INSANELY talented Thomas (Tommes) Koch

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@batteman Ай бұрын

Psion is my Newton here ;-) As usual, a great video, thx !

@AmigaLove Ай бұрын

The Psion is *gorgeous* - really like that keyboard, too. Good to see you, Batteman!

@moosefuel Ай бұрын

This is the video we need but didn't know we needed!

@AmigaLove Ай бұрын

Haha!! Thanks, @moosefuel, you made my day.

@folklorg Ай бұрын

Wow, lovingly made!

@AmigaLove Ай бұрын

Thanks so much, @folklorg, I really appreciate it. Glad you enjoyed it and thanks for being here.

@michaelwallen738 Ай бұрын

Superb (did I spell that right?) video! Now Im all over looking for newton for my "modest" MAC LCII! Super good quality and thought out video! excellente...

@AmigaLove Ай бұрын

Thanks so much, Michael! If you do grab a Newton, keep an eye out for the final models, either the MessagePad 2000 or 2100. Those were the chefs kiss best ones made right before they pulled the plug. They provide the most options to explore, too. You'll also need to track down a cable converter if the one you eventually get doesn't come with one. It's that weird boxy adapter I show in the video when I use the physical keyboard.

@markusjuenemann Ай бұрын

Well done!

@AmigaLove Ай бұрын

Thanks so much, Markus. Glad you enjoyed it! Has been a passion project of mine for a while. Glad to get it out!

@markusjuenemann Ай бұрын

@@AmigaLove It´s really appreciated!

@104d_3rr0r_vince Ай бұрын

AmigaBill at the end 🤣

@AmigaLove Ай бұрын

Haha doood - that's *my* voice (imitating Amiga Bill). ;)

@104d_3rr0r_vince Ай бұрын

@@AmigaLove You fooled me 😀

@danielktdoranie Ай бұрын

I had a Newton in late 90s I got for free off a neighbour who a Lawyer and a Judge who took the Windows pill (got a PowerBook 5300 off him too). Anyway I used it a lot and spent a lot of time getting Newton to recognise my handwriting. Anyway, flash forward decades later and I buy an iPad and an Apple Pencil… it is true that we still haven’t gotten back to the ability of the Newton. Apple really sold the Newton poorly, they did what they always did and over sold it, what they needed to do was market it properly set expectations correctly

@AmigaLove Ай бұрын

100%. I feel that they should have attempted to sell the device for less to get it into the hands of more customers, and the real reactions would have blunted the early criticism. By 1997 and os 2.0 the software was *fantastic* and far less cumbersome and unintuitive than Graffiti. But the true power of Palm was its better price point. Ironically, some of the excellent engineers at Palm (esp the software side) and Newton ultimately helped build the road to Apple's rebirth, and the iMac. Weird how things turn out sometimes.

@danielktdoranie Ай бұрын

@@AmigaLove totally. I understand many of the engineers in General Magic went on to give us smartphones, a few of General Magic people went on to make the iPod and then iPhone and then the founder of Android worked at General Magic too

@RISCGames Ай бұрын

Loved the Newton. Really want a remarkable but the price and cloud based subscription is really off putting. Hopefully these companies that keep pushing paid for cloud stuff that simply doesn’t need to cost anything will figure this out before they falter completely.

@AmigaLove Ай бұрын

Good news is the cloud service isn't a requirement. If you happen to have Google Drive or Dropbox you can integrate those services. But if you only want to use the tablet on its own, it does 95% of what you'd want (minus handwriting recognition or syncing) as it is. If you just want a top-shelf e-ink based paper notebook, I'd highly recommend getting a gen 1 reMarkable off Ebay. Good place to start. And with 8GB memory, you're not likely to run out of space any time soon just from your digital notebooks.

@DisruptedSinner Ай бұрын

A friend of mine had a brand new Newton back in the day and it was awesome. reMarkable is just an eInk slab with a few features but is also extremely limited. It has a lot of marketing behind it and I'd still never buy one, especially at the price point they're asking. My Samsung Galaxy S6 Lite w/ stylus + OneNote can do more than a crappy reMarkable, plus SO much more (and in color).

@winrg1234 2 күн бұрын

the remarkable is actually very hackable! it's pretty easy to get a shell on it and they've made toolchains public. it's not marketed or common, but it is very doable

@AmigaLove 2 күн бұрын

That's very interesting. Didn't know that. I'm not a programmer but that's still pretty cool.