• billwashere@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    They bought themselves into a beta test/focus group. Apple still doesn’t know what this will be. It might be a Newton MessagePad. Or it might be the iPhone.

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      11 months ago

      There was quite a different reaction to the iPhone when it launched, so I’m pretty confident it’s not the latter.

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        11 months ago

        I just meant as successful. They’ve had several. The original iPod. The iPad. They’ve also had duds. The newton. The HomePod. The Pippin. Ping