retroremakes
January 19th, 2010, 00:05
The Newton might be in the valley between an iPhone and Apple's upcoming tablet, but it's essentially Apple's first stab at the form factor. And here's how they promoted it.
Setting aside the '90s taint on the ad, it's strange to see how much Apple pumped the faxing angle on the Newton in its subsequent TV spots, which we'll be revisiting soon.
http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?p=1 (http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?p=1)http://a.rfihub.com/eus.gif?eui=2226http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/A8z6lVQVPp-dbh0XB53bWIA8-vA/0/di</img> (http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/A8z6lVQVPp-dbh0XB53bWIA8-vA/0/da)
http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/A8z6lVQVPp-dbh0XB53bWIA8-vA/1/di</img> (http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/A8z6lVQVPp-dbh0XB53bWIA8-vA/1/da)
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?d=H0mrP-F8Qgo</img> (http://feeds.gawker.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?a=6b-VQS2b394:--4AmJPJuVQ:H0mrP-F8Qgo) http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?d=yIl2AUoC8zA</img> (http://feeds.gawker.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?a=6b-VQS2b394:--4AmJPJuVQ:yIl2AUoC8zA) http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?i=6b-VQS2b394:--4AmJPJuVQ:D7DqB2pKExk</img> (http://feeds.gawker.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?a=6b-VQS2b394:--4AmJPJuVQ:D7DqB2pKExk) http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?i=6b-VQS2b394:--4AmJPJuVQ:V_sGLiPBpWU</img> (http://feeds.gawker.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?a=6b-VQS2b394:--4AmJPJuVQ:V_sGLiPBpWU)
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~4/6b-VQS2b394
More... (http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/6b-VQS2b394/and-ad-for-apples-original-tablet-the-newton)
Setting aside the '90s taint on the ad, it's strange to see how much Apple pumped the faxing angle on the Newton in its subsequent TV spots, which we'll be revisiting soon.
http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?p=1 (http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?p=1)http://a.rfihub.com/eus.gif?eui=2226http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/A8z6lVQVPp-dbh0XB53bWIA8-vA/0/di</img> (http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/A8z6lVQVPp-dbh0XB53bWIA8-vA/0/da)
http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/A8z6lVQVPp-dbh0XB53bWIA8-vA/1/di</img> (http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/A8z6lVQVPp-dbh0XB53bWIA8-vA/1/da)
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?d=H0mrP-F8Qgo</img> (http://feeds.gawker.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?a=6b-VQS2b394:--4AmJPJuVQ:H0mrP-F8Qgo) http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?d=yIl2AUoC8zA</img> (http://feeds.gawker.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?a=6b-VQS2b394:--4AmJPJuVQ:yIl2AUoC8zA) http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?i=6b-VQS2b394:--4AmJPJuVQ:D7DqB2pKExk</img> (http://feeds.gawker.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?a=6b-VQS2b394:--4AmJPJuVQ:D7DqB2pKExk) http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?i=6b-VQS2b394:--4AmJPJuVQ:V_sGLiPBpWU</img> (http://feeds.gawker.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?a=6b-VQS2b394:--4AmJPJuVQ:V_sGLiPBpWU)
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~4/6b-VQS2b394
More... (http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/6b-VQS2b394/and-ad-for-apples-original-tablet-the-newton)