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The mysterious case of the dummy Newton MessagePad

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Shown above is an Apple product which I’m willing to bet every single person reading this $100 they’ve never seen before—and a thousand bucks they’ve never touched. OK? You wanna take me up on that?</p><p>
Sorry, I’ve been a bit naughty; bets are off. You might have thought you were onto a good thing there at first glance. It’s just a Newton MessagePad, yeah? Somewhat rare, but hardly unheard of, right?</p><p>
Wrong. They’re actually wooden dummy models of the Newton MessagePad, but official Apple products nevertheless.</p><figure class="large " itemprop="associatedMedia" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" itemid="https://cms-images.idgesg.net/images/article/2015/09/newton-dummies-01-100617456-large.jpg">
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(And if you’re thinking, “Aha! Screw you, Phin! I have seen and touched those—cough up!” then I’d use all my winnings from everyone else to pay you gladly.)</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2986890/hardware/the-mysterious-case-of-the-dummy-newton-messagepad.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>

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