Rory Reid at CNET UK back in 2009:
The Newton may be old and dusty, but it still shows the young pretenders a thing or too. The iPhone is a superior device in many ways, we’ll admit, but when it comes to sheer innovation, the Apple Newton MessagePad is a true pioneer. Long live the king.
I’ve been a huge fan of the Newton since I bought one in 2004 to use at college. While I had to sell my 2100 to pay off my wife’s engagement ring, I still dust off my eMate 300 pretty often to play with it.