In other words, you could browse the net, make some calls, send texts or email and send multimedia files. The concept was brilliant and it is just about what the iPhone does now. Instead of assistants, the iPhone uses specific apps and the internet. Cirurgia Plástica BH
A fantastic idea that is only now being realized.
If Sculley's idea was so great (and it was) then why, one wonders, was the Newton (the early embodiment of the concept) such a flop?
You'll get the egg freckles excuse, you'll hear that the Newton was too expensive and you'll be told the product was just too big.
John Sculley versus Steve Jobs: A Study in Timing