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MessagePad Still Kicking (11/6/97)
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A few sites, including Mac OS Rumors, are reporting that the MessagePad 2100 will not be the last in the MessagePad line, as has been widely rumored, following several layoffs in the Newton department. Now Rumors is saying that we can expect a new MessagePad in "early to mid 1998." (We'd expect closer to mid than early, since the 2100 has only just begun shipping.) It would appear likely that the next MessagePad will include some of the goodies originally expected in the 2100, like an SA-1100 chip, and possibly a color screen.

While the eMate's future seems secure, having been blessed as "way cool" by Steve Jobs, the MessagePad's future is still uncertain. As Rumors suggests, its fate will probably be decided in the months following Apple's November 10th Big Thing, whatever it turns out to be. But it seems we are likely to receive at least one more MessagePad in the future.

 
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The above scene was taken from the 11/6/97 episode:

November 6, 1997: (Sorry—this was before we started writing intro text for each episode!)

Other scenes from that episode:

  • 154: It Ain't Over Yet (11/6/97)   Apple's buyout of Power Computing is on hold due to a federal antitrust review, according to the Austin American-Statesman. But instead of being a surprising federal attack on Apple for anticompetitive practices, Power's corporate counsel John Teets says "[the review] appears to pertain to [the Department of Justice's] ongoing investigation of Microsoft."...

  • 155: New Front-Runner (11/6/97)   Stop them presses... Webintosh is reporting that the new front-runner in the Apple CEO race is Ed McCracken, the former CEO of SGI. Ed announced his resignation from SGI about a week ago, following "disastrous" financial results due to SGI's difficulty in penetrating the UNIX server market, according to a Techweb story...

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