Former Newton Developer Hired Back At Apple After 15 Years
What other signs do we have pointing towards an Apple tablet? Michael Tchao, one of the original developers of Apple’s Newton, is being rehired to a VP of Product Marketing role at Apple after a 15 year hiatus from the company. During that time, one of his more successful career highlights was at Nike Techlab where he led efforts related to the Nike + iPod line of products.
The Newton was a failed Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) venture by former CEO John Sculley. The device was an organizer for contacts, notes, and calender, with the most important feature being handwriting recognition. First sold in 1993, Newton was killed in 1998 with analysts speculating it might have been competing with the Macintosh.
Michael Tchao was the person that initiated the project after approaching CEO John Sculley on a plane over the Pacific ocean. Sculley, who ousted Steve Jobs in a board battle, may have thought of Newton as a way to reinvent personal computing. It’s no surprise then that some speculated that the project might have also been killed by Steve Jobs when he returned as CEO.
From AppleInsider.
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