MessagePad H1000

The original MessagePad (model H1000 or "OMP") was a touchscreen mobile device that was released by Apple Computer as the first model of its MessagePad tablet computer line.
==History==
===Development===
Three Newton models were originally planned for release: a large 9 x 12 inch version codenamed Senior, a mid-sized 6 x 9 inch version that was quickly cancelled, and a small 4.5 x 7 inch version codenamed Junior which would go on to become the first MessagePad.The Story Behind Apple’s Newton by Tom Hormby, Low End Mac. 2013-08-06.
===Release===
Apple CEO John Sculley unveiled the first device, tentatively called the Newton NotePad,Apple gets to the core of a consumer division by Mark Potts, The Washington Post. 1993-01-17. on May 29, 1992 during the keynote address of the in .On this day in 1992: Apple CEO John Sculley unveils the Newton, Apple's personal digital assistant, at CES in Chicago by Jon Erlichman, Twitter. 2017-05-29.Happy 25th birthday, Apple Newton, you beautiful failure by Stan Schroeder, Yahoo! Finance. 2017-05-29. However, it was still beset by thousands of bugs when 4,000 prototype units went into production on May 26, 1993 for use at displays at retail stores. It finally began shipping on August 3, 1993 at Macworld Expo Boston for the base price of 699. However, there were accusations of price gouging as high as $897 of early customers who had waited in long lines.Newton steals the show at Boston Macworld Expo by Knight-Ridder News Service, The Baltimore Sun. 1993-08-09. It was discontinued on March 4, 1994 with the release of the MessagePad 100.
==Features==
The MessagePad featured a 20 MHz ARM 610 processor with 640 KB of static RAM. 448 to 482 KB of RAM was used by Newton OS, depending on the version, leaving 158 to 192 KB available for user data. Storage space could be expanded through the PCMCIA Type II slot. The monochrome LCD screen displayed 336 x 240 pixels. A 9600 baud fax modem was optional.
===System updates===
Software patches updated the OS from version 1.0 to 1.0.5. A new ROM upgrade with Newton OS 1.1 became available on October 30, 1993 that could be installed by an Apple Authorized Service Provider. The final patch was version 1.1.1. The MessagePad 100 contained virtually the same hardware as the original MessagePad, but the newer model's ROM could be updated from version 1.2 to 1.3, neither of which was supported on the original.
==Variants==
Sharp Corporation licensed and produced a variant of the original MessagePad as the Sharp Expert Pad PI-7000. produced a version integrated with a phone called the Siemens NotePhone.Siemens NotePhone by Fritz Hohl, Rare & Old Computers. 2013-08-16.
==References==
==External links==
*Apple MessagePad Handbook (PDF) at Apple (2001-07-16, archived 2003-04-20)
*Newton MessagePad (OMP) at Apple-History
*Newton MessagePad (original) specs at EveryMac
*MessagePad OMP at Newtonhonk
*Original MessagePad at the Newton Glossary
*Apple Newton H1000 & MessagePad 100 - Specifications at Message-Pad.net
*Apple Newton MessagePad Model H1000 at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History
*MessagePad H1000 at the Newton Wiki
Category:1993 introductions