I used to write software for the Apple Newton line of personal digital assistants, the precursors to today’s iPhones and iPad devices.
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AlarmClock AlarmClock is for all those who have forgotten in the past to bring their travel clocks on business or vacation, have had bad experiences with absent-minded hotels, or are unhappy with the current clock implementation. AlarmClock is loud, configurable, and free, exactly what one needs in a travel clock! Download (NOS 2.x): BinHex | ZIP Download (NOS 1.x): BinHex | ZIP Source: Project (MacOS) |
Area Code Change Area Code Change makes it easy to update the phone numbers of entries in your Names application to the latest area code. AreaCodeChange is free. Source: Project (MacOS) |
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Backlight Plus™ Backlight Plus adds additional controls to your Newton’s backlight. Now, you can have the backlight on all of the time or on between specified times during the day. The app also adds a button to a defineable screen corner for one-tap access to your backlight. Backlight Plus is free. Source: Project (MacOS) |
Corrector+™ Corrector+ increases handwriting recognition on your Newton. Corrector+ allows you to define sets of corrections that are applied automatically as you write. Let the Newton adapt to you, not the other way around with Corrector+! Corrector+ is free. Source: Project (MacOS) |
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DragNDrop Names™ DragNDrop Names is an enhancement to the Names application that makes adding new addresses easier. Just drag text onto the Names app to instantly add new entries. DragNDrop Names is free. Source: Project (MacOS) |
Dvorak Dvorak is an extension that adds the Dvorak keyboard layout to your Newton. Now your virtual and external keyboards can be used Source: Project (MacOS) |
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HyperNewt™ HyperNewt is a revolutionary new way to create and organize data on your Newton. Its intuitive interface, flexible data management controls, and powerful linking capabilities make HyperNewt your Newton’s Download (English): MacBinary | BinHex | ZIP Download (German): MacBinary | BinHex | ZIP Source: Project (MacOS) |
HyperLink Manager Modules HyperLink Manager Modules for various third-party Newton OS applications. |
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Mapper Mapper is an application that lets Newton users view and scroll large images and maps on their Newton. Mapper is free. Source: Project (MacOS) |
Mapper Map Modules Third-party Mapper Map Modules for use with Mapper. Denmark: MacBinary | BinHex | ZIP SF Highway Map: Peter Belanger Web Site Lake Tahoe Map: Peter Belanger Web Site California Map: Peter Belanger Web Site |
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nBattleship™ nBattleship brings to your Newton the classic game of sink or be sunk! The object of the game is to destroy your opponent’s ship before having your ships sunk first. nBattleship for the Newton has head-to-head infrared support, allowing against another nBattleship-equipped Newton (NOS 2.x only)! nBattleship is free. Download (NOS 1.x): BinHex | ZIP Download (NOS 2.x): BinHex | ZIP Download (French 2.5): ZIP Source (NOS 1.x): Project (MacOS) Source (NOS 2.x): Project (MacOS) Source (French 2.5): ZIP |
NewtonID™ NewtonID provides a universal identifier for every Newton user running NewtOS 2.x Download NewtonID Developer Kit: BinHex Source: Project (MacOS) |
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newtToDo™ newtToDo is a full-featured to-do list application designed to help you manage lists of tasks more efficiently. Powerful features such as alarmed reminders, repeating tasks, additional priorities, sorting, and a customizable interface help you easily take control of your tasks. Source: Project (MacOS) |
nHTML™ nHTML is a HTML authoring tool for the Newton. With nHTML, users can create HTML documents with ease, with the power of web authoring in your hand. nHTML is free. Source: Project (MacOS) 3/6/2002: Ken Hagler has written a modified version of nHTML to support some character entities. Download |
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Proofread ProofRead is a simple search and replace tool for your Newton. Proofread is free. Source: Project (MacOS) |
Spellworks™ SpellWorks is an enhancement to the NewtWorks word processing application for the Newton. SpellWorks has an interactive spell checker that notifies you of misspelled words as you type. In addition, SpellWorks has an auto-expansion feature that lets you entertext in only a few keystrokes. Spellworks is free. Source: Project (MacOS) |
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Stanford Map Stanford Map is a map of Stanford University, located in Palo Alto, California. Users can scroll quickly around the campus and click on the various buildings to see their name. Find is implemented to search |
Styles+™ Styles+ enhances your built-in Styles palette with more fonts, sizes, and styles. Styles+ is free. Source: Project (MacOS) |
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>WriteHere Suite With WriteHere Suite, you can use your Palm organizer or Newton MessagePad as |
WriteHere Extras Extra software for WriteHere on the Newton OS platform for making WriteHere more Download: MacBinary | BinHex | ZIP Dowload WriteHere Tools API: Project (MacOS) Writing Formats for WriteHere. Write in WriteHere and have your text converted instantly into jive or Download Chemical Formula: BinHex | ZIP |
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Hi Adam
New site design looks good.
Nice to see this page of software back up and running again. It’d be sad to ever see it go forever.
Stop on by if you ever feel nostalgic. BTW, how would you like to be interviewed for my blog?
Cheers
Genghis
OH my gosh wow! modern software developed just for the Newton! you guys are great! I’ve just rediscovered the newton after becoming very disillusioned with the iPhone and android devices. I’m trying to get my hands on a unopened Messagepad 2100.
Anyone though of writing an epub reader so we could look at some books that aren’t classic, or converted by hand?
It was so hard to find this page, could you possibly add newton software as a tab?
I was disturbed and disappointed to find this page missing (bookmark no longer worked). Morgan Aldridge from UNNA pointed me in the right direction. Great site, I’ll be downloading some of these Newton apps, a few look very interesting.
Thanks for all the work and all these apps over the years.
Hello Adam – How can I purchase Write Here Suite for Newton? Kagi is gone so I
need to be able to send you funds for Write Here Suite. Thanks for your help,
Paul