Level up your on-the-go gaming experience with the REDMAGIC 8S Pro at https://bit.ly/44XgqhV Create your build at https://www.buildredux.com/linus The iPhone revolutionized the smartphone industry and put one in nearly everyone’s pocket. But the iPhone didn’t appear from nowhere - it owes much of its inspiration to the ill-fated Apple Newton. Discuss on the forum: https://linustechtips.com/topic/1529810-before-the-iphone-there-was%E2%80%A6/ Purchases made through some store links may provide some compensation to Linus Media Group. ► GET MERCH: null ► GET EXCLUSIVE CONTENT ON FLOATPLANE: https://lmg.gg/lttfloatplane ► SPONSORS, AFFILIATES, AND PARTNERS: https://lmg.gg/partners ► EQUIPMENT WE USE TO FILM LTT: https://lmg.gg/LTTEquipment ► OUR WAN PODCAST GEAR: https://lmg.gg/wanset FOLLOW US ---------------------------------------------------   Twitter: https://twitter.com/linustech Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/LinusTech Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/linustech TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@linustech Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/linustech MUSIC CREDIT --------------------------------------------------- Intro: Laszlo - Supernova Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKfxmFU3lWY iTunes Download Link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/supernova/id936805712 Artist Link: https://soundcloud.com/laszlomusic Outro: Approaching Nirvana - Sugar High Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngsGBSCDwcI Listen on Spotify: http://spoti.fi/UxWkUw Artist Link: null Intro animation by MBarek Abdelwassaa https://www.instagram.com/mbarek_abdel/ Monitor And Keyboard by vadimmihalkevich / CC BY 4.0  https://geni.us/PgGWp Mechanical RGB Keyboard by BigBrotherECE / CC BY 4.0 https://geni.us/mj6pHk4 Mouse Gamer free Model By Oscar Creativo / CC BY 4.0 https://geni.us/Ps3XfE CHAPTERS --------------------------------------------------- 0:00 Intro 1:04 What IS a Newton? 2:10 Meet the MessagePad 2000 3:44 Surprisingly robust I/O 6:52 Linus learns how to Newton 9:47 Linus gets distracted by games 11:15 Recording a voice memo 11:54 Managing notes and doodling 13:11 It had a real keyboard 15:45 It was never meant for WiFi, but... 18:03 Linus crashes it 18:43 Adding events to the calendar 21:15 There's a NES emulator... 22:29 It was amazing for the time! 23:51 Why did it fail then? 24:21 Newton's legacy lives on in the iPhone