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The name of this product is MessagePad, not Apple MessagePad. The only reason that it would make sense to include the brand name would be if there were another product with the same name that it were important to distinguish from, which is not the case here. The article on the iBook is at iBook rather than Apple iBook. To me, it makes sense to remove the brand name from the article title. MessagePad currently redirects here. —INTRIGUEBLUE (talk|contribs) 12:38, 11 February 2009 (UTC)Reply

• Support Since MessagePad already redirects here, this is obviously the primary topic. --Born2cycle (talk) 05:23, 12 February 2009 (UTC)Reply
• Oppose Crown Victoria redirects to Ford Crown Victoria, not the other way around. 76.66.196.229 (talk) 07:04, 13 February 2009 (UTC)Reply
  • Comment Well, let me put it this way. Apple MacBook redirects to MacBook, Apple iMac redirects to iMac, Apple Power Mac redirects to Power Macintosh, and there isn't even an article for Apple Mac Pro. This is a computer, not a car. The brand is not integral to the product like with vehicle makes and models. —INTRIGUEBLUE (talk|contribs) 14:05, 14 February 2009 (UTC)Reply
• Comment. "Apple MessagePad" is very rarely used, compared to "MessagePad". See Google. Also MessagePad gets more page views than Apple MessagePad. Unless the page was moved recently, that is very rare for a redirect, and a clear indication that the page is named incorrectly. 199.125.109.99 (talk) 02:32, 16 February 2009 (UTC)Reply

How on earth is the simpsons movie appeance reference relevant to this article? Is this an encyclopedia or just a bag of trivia? 193.136.152.161 (talk) 17:51, 2 July 2009 (UTC)Reply

Normally I would cuncur and remove the trivia. Since there's an accompanying picture in an article lacking in that regard and since it is mentioned within a prose paragraph relevant to the article and not just a list inviting further trivia; I think it should stay. ThemFromSpace 18:10, 2 July 2009 (UTC)Reply

Why is the MessagePad document not inside the Newton (platform) document? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mwaisberg (talk • contribs) 09:04, 31 December 2009 (UTC)Reply

The specifications listed are the same for both the 2000 and the 2100. What, other than the number, is the difference? Bizzybody (talk) 06:27, 3 June 2010 (UTC)Reply

1MB vs 4MB of RAM. Apple had an upgrade program. The 2000 had the "inset" Apple logo, with the logo a painted piece of material shaped like an Apple and recessed. The 2100 had a flat circle with a surface-painted Apple logo on it. Apple had spun the Newton division off into Newton, Inc, and as I understand it, they machined out the Apple logo on the molds in anticipation of replacing the Apple logo with a Newton, Inc. logo. When Jobs pulled it back in, they had to do something and stuck a lame, flat logo in. There was also some extra silk-screening on them, I think "Newton Technology". Bhimaji (talk) 07:50, 3 June 2010 (UTC)Reply

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