How For All Mankind Made the Apple Newton Color That Never Existed

A color Apple Newton that can make FaceTime calls is just a dream.
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an episode of for all Mankind Featuring some retro Apple technology that real people in the 1990s could only dream of: an Apple Newton with a color screen. And one that can make video calls!

One of the show’s producers revealed a clever trick.

Difficult! color in apple newton for all Mankind is actually an iphone

When it debuted in 1992, the Apple Newton MessagePad was far ahead of its time. The handheld device had a touch-sensitive screen, handwriting recognition, hard disk and other advanced features.

What it didn’t have was a color display. And it certainly couldn’t make video callsthe first version of Wi-Fi wouldn’t come along until 1997.

But recently the audience for all Mankind The episode saw a color Newton which was used for video chatting. It fits in with the show, which is an alternate history science fiction series about the people who colonized Mars in the 1990s.

And now we know how it was done. Producer Ben McGinnis revealed the secret on Thursday via twitter,

“Technology progressed rapidly in the 1990s @forallmankind_alt-history!” McGinnis said. “All of us @Apple nerds had a blast making (and playing with) our modified Newton’s removable camera and video call! The props even fit inside an #iPhone 12 Pro Max.”

Technology advances rapidly in the 1990s @for all Mankind_ Apex-History! We all @Apple The nerds had a blast making (and playing with) our modified Newton’s removable camera and video call! Props even fit inside an #iPhone 12 Pro Max. The show had #Newton POV angles #shotoniphone #Apple

He also posted pictures showing off the Newton MessagePad which is actually just a wrapper around the iPhone.

It’s really not surprising that for all Mankind bring back Newton. The show is finally on Apple TV+. Season 3 of the sci-fi drama is now streaming on the streaming service, and is garnering decent number of viewers. But how many of them recognized MessagePad?

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