Palm OS had just been sold to Japan’s Access. And, I wrote that I hoped Apple would re-enter the PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) market it had created (pre-Jobs) with the Newton. In the article I wrote:
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The Apple iPod is already half-way to becoming a PDA. All it really lacks in on-device user-input for contacts, events, etc (let\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s just forget the Motorola ROKR iTunes Phone for now, please).<\/p>\n
Competition is good for consumers in the gadget space. So, Mr. Jobs, I hope you consider re-entering Apple in the PDA space with the, uh, hmm Apple iPad<\/strong> (iSlate? iNote?) (yeah, no one will hire me as a marketing person, I know).<\/p>\nWould you buy an Apple iPad?<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\nTo this day no one has hired me to be a marketing person. But, hey, I named the iPad! Who knew \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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