[NTLK] For All Mankind

[Mike Drabicki]

For those that are keeping score…For All Mankind Season 5 has updated the Newton. It looks like an elongated iPod with an aluminum Apple logo back. The Newton runs a version of an early iOS. Honestly, I named my first iPhone, MessagePad 2200, so I’ve always considered the iPhone a Newton, ARM and all.

- Mike Drabicki

> On Jun 23, 2022, at 5:03 PM, Michael Blazer <michael.blazer at alumni.utoronto.ca> wrote:
> 
> AppleInsider says they were MP120s, and that they did the video call shots
> by putting an iPhone inside a Newton case.  Sounds like some other shots
> may have used actual working MPs.
> 
> https://appleinsider.com/articles/22/06/23/for-all-mankind-prop-fused-an-apple-newton-messagepad-120-and-an-iphone-12
> 
> [OT]  For those contemplating subscribing to AppleTV+, I have found it to
> be well worth it especially considering the low cost ($6 in Canada).  In
> particular, "Severance" was one of the best sci-fi shows I've seen in a
> long time.
> 
> Michael
> 
> On Tue, 21 Jun 2022 at 10:43, Nick Chaiyachakorn <
> little.green.salad.bowls at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> If what everyone says about Apple carpetbombing other shows with product
>> placement is true…
>> Well, I don’t mind alternate universe product placement too ;) Although
>> they’ve painted themselves in a corner in a hypothetical future series,
>> where they somehow have to transition from omnipresent Newtons to
>> omnipresent iPhones. (Some of the main characters are in their 70s,
>> though…)
>> 
>> On Mon, Jun 20, 2022 at 7:11 PM, Dan <dan at dbdigitalweb.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> Yes they are 120's (or possibly 130's but I would stay with the 120), of
>>> course they didn't have a color screen or could do video conferencing,
>> but
>>> still very cool.  And those docks are great.  Many of us wish they did
>>> exist I am sure.
>>> 
>>> This makes me think about subscribing to AppleTV lol.  Already have a
>>> couple other streaming services though and I unfortunately I can't afford
>>> to have them all.  Ah well perhaps cancel one next month and get Apple TV
>>> for a few.
>>> 
>>> -Dan
>>> 
>>> On 6/20/2022 9:40 AM, Michael Blazer wrote:
>>>> As predicted in this year-old thread, the first couple of episodes of
>>>> season 3 (now set in the early 1990s) do feature Newtons!
>>>> 
>>>> My first sighting was the NASA director's assistant following her
>> around
>>>> reading off her day's agenda on a Newton.  Newtons are also shown being
>>>> used for colour video calls, including one between Earth and the moon
>>>> base.  Those ones have a nice camera attachment on top.  A couple of
>>> times
>>>> characters are shown returning their Newtons to some kind of large
>> dock,
>>>> which looks like it might be based on an Apple external hard drive that
>>> may
>>>> have really existed.  There are some closeups of pretty
>> authentic-looking
>>>> UIs too.
>>>> 
>>>> I thought they looked like 2000 series Newts but this iMore article
>> says
>>>> they're 120s:
>>>> 
>>> 
>> https://www.imore.com/cult-favorite-apple-device-makes-brilliant-cameo-all-mankind-season-3
>>>> 
>>>> Cult of Mac managed to review the new season without even mentioning
>> the
>>>> Newtons :-/
>>>> 
>>>> Michael
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On Fri, 30 Apr 2021 at 21:30, Maury Estabrooks <maurye at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> The AppleTV + series, For All Mankind, has a real possibility of
>> adding
>>> a
>>>>> Newton device to season 3. The premise of the show is what if the USA
>>> lost
>>>>> the space race. What would/could happen if the Cold War extended to
>> the
>>>>> Soviet and US bases on the moon.
>>>>> 
>>>>> I was listening to a podcast summarizing the final episode this
>> season.
>>>>> Season 2 was based  in the 1980s. Season 3 is based in the early to
>> mid
>>>>> 1990s with man and or woman on Mars. The podcast hosts speculated the
>>>>> possibility of a Newton device playing a role as an Apple centric
>> show.
>>>>> Food for thought.
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