Editing MessagePad (section)

{{Short description|1993 personal digital assistant}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2013}}
{{Infobox information appliance
| name         = MessagePad
| image        = Apple Newton-IMG 0454-cropped.jpg
| caption      = Apple Newton MessagePad 100
| manufacturer = [[Apple Inc.|Apple Computer]]
| type         =
| releasedate  = {{Start date and age|1993}}
| discontinued = {{End date and age|1998}}
| price        = <!-- this is price at initial release, not the current price -->
| connectivity =
| lifespan     =
| unitssold    =
| media        =
| os           = [[Newton OS]]
| input        =
| camera       =
| power        =
| cpu          = [[ARM architecture family#Advanced RISC Machines Ltd. – ARM6|ARM 610 RISC]]
| storage      =
| memory       = 4-8 MB (ROM)<br>640 KB-4 MB (RAM)<br>0-4 MB (Flash) (varies with model)
| display      =
| audio        =
| service      = <!-- online service/s offered -->
| dimensions   =
| weight       ={{convert|1.4|lb|g|abbr=on}} with battery
| touchpad     =
| successor    = [[iPad (1st generation)]]
| related      =
}}

The '''MessagePad''' is a series of [[personal digital assistant]] devices developed by [[Apple Inc.|Apple Computer]] for the [[Apple Newton|Newton platform]], first released in 1993. <!--Development was started in 1989 (as Walter Smith, one of the original developers, said on the Worldwide Newton Conference 2006 - the video can be found on YouTube.) and officially ended on February 27, 1998.--> Some electronic engineering and the manufacture of Apple's MessagePad devices was undertaken in Japan by [[Sharp Corporation|Sharp]]. The devices are based on the [[ARM architecture family|ARM]] [[ARM architecture#Advanced RISC Machines Ltd. – ARM6|610]] [[Reduced instruction set computer|RISC processor]], run [[Newton OS]], and all feature [[handwriting recognition]] software.<!--(this includes the whole MessagePad line and the eMate 300), however other companies, notably Sharp, Motorola and Digital Ocean, also released their own. People say, this was a prototype for [[iPad]].None of them was as successful as Apple's devices.--> Alongside the MessagePad series, Apple also developed and released the [[eMate 300]] Newton device.