[NTLK] For All Mankind

[Craig Bradley]

Your iPhone name is awesome. I was working in Apple’s Developer Relations at the time of the iPod and iPhone. I called them all Newtons with various numbers. I called the iPod photo (with first colour screen) a Newton 90c

On Sat, May 16, 2026, at 7:50 AM, Mike Drabicki via NewtonTalk wrote:
> 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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