Newton, Inc.

Newton, Inc. was a wholly-owned subsidiary of Apple Computer that was spun off in 1997 to focus on the marketing of the Newton mobile platform and licensing technology for devices that run Newton OS.
==History==
The Newton project was begun by Steve Sakoman around 1987 with the support of Apple executives Jean-Louis Gassée and John Sculley. However, Sakoman and Gassée left Apple in 1990 to form Be, Inc. Sculley assigned Larry Tesler to salvage the project and Steve Capps was brought in to become the chief architect.The Story Behind Apple’s Newton by Tom Hormby, Low End Mac. 2013-08-06. Sculley unveiled the first Newton product, the MessagePad, on May 29, 1992 during the keynote address of the .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.
On May 22, 1997, Apple's new CEO Gil Amelio announced that the Newton Systems Group would be spun off into a separate subsidiary company. Sandy Benett, who had been serving as the group's vice president, was appointed chief operating officer and a CEO search was initiated.Apple Announces Newton Subsidiary, Apple Computer. 1997-05-22. The establishment of Newton, Inc. was formalized on July 1, 1997 with about 170 employees.Newton, Inc. Unveils Fresh Corporate Identity and Announces New Company Headquarters in U.S. and Europe, Apple Computer. 1997-08-06. Archived 1998-02-04.Newton Inc. - Apple spins off the MessagePad, ZDNet UK. 1997-05-23. The MessagePad 2100 was the first and only model to be released under the "Newton Technology" brand.
The subsidiary was soon re-absorbed back into Apple Computer after Amelio was fired by the board of directors and co-founder Steve Jobs took over as interim CEO. Jobs cancelled the Newton platform on February 27, 1998.Apple Drops Hand-Held Newton Line, Abandoning Plans to Spin Off the Unit by Jim Carlton, The Wall Street Journal. 1998-03-02.Why did Apple kill the Newton? by David MacNeill, Pen Computing Magazine. 1998-06. By then, only 30 employees remained in the group; many had left to work at Palm, a competitor in the mobile computing market.The Fallen Apple by Owen W. Linzmayer, Apple Confidential 2.0: The Definitive History of the World's Most Colorful Company p.202-203. 2004.
==References==
==External links==
*Newton, Inc. official website (archived 1997-12-10)
**Press Releases (archived 1997-12-10)
*Newton Inc. and Newton Systems Group at the Newton Glossary
===Articles===
*Today in Apple history: Newton spins off as its own company by Luke Dormehl at Cult of Mac (2020-05-22)
Category:Apple subsidiaries
Category:Defunct companies