The Newton was Apple's first ARMA CPU architecture family known for energy efficiency — dominates smartphones and growing in servers and laptops.-based product — the ARM6 core in the MessagePad predated the Archimedes' success in phones and Macs by decades. Developers wrote NewtonScript apps; the handwriting UIUser interface — the parts of software people see and interact with. inspired ridicule and admiration. Though commercially mixed, it proved Apple would bet on ARMA CPU architecture family known for energy efficiency — dominates smartphones and growing in servers and laptops. and mobile form factors long before the iPhoneApple's smartphone line — touch-first mobile computing and the App Store ecosystem since 2007..

The Newton was Apple's first PDAPersonal digital assistant — a pocket device for calendar, contacts, and email before smartphones. and among the first products using ARMA CPU architecture family known for energy efficiency — dominates smartphones and growing in servers and laptops. processors.

It connected Apple's mobile ambitions to the ARM architectureA family of CPU designs known for energy efficiency — dominates smartphones and increasingly servers and laptops. that powers iPhones and M-series Macs today.