Apple Newton (1993)

Another product Apple released in 1993 was the Apple Newton, Apple’s very own PDA, or personal digital assistant for the younger audience. Forget about your iPhone or Siri; back in the day, the Apple Newton kept your important dates and even recognized your handwriting on the spot. Or at least that what it tried to do. The Apple Newton didn’t do a good job recognizing handwriting. That, combined with other undesired features, led Steve Jobs to discontinue Newton after returning to Apple in 1998.

Nowadays, you don’t hear of any PDAs, but the Newton will live in our memories for the rest of time. Fortunately, the iPhone does better work the Newton ever could, and the Apple Pencil’s handwriting recognition is the best on the market.