RUMOR: The Return Of The Newton?

Kasper Jade over at AppleInsider.com is reporting a possible return of the Newton to Apple's line of Multi-Touch products, something I highly speculate but am not completely putting off at this time. Who knows what Apple has up their sleeve?

According to the site, "the mutil-touch PDA has been described by sources as an ultra-thin "slate" akin to the iPhone, about 1.5 times the size and sporting an approximate 720x480 high-resolution display that comprises almost the entire surface of the unit. The device is further believed to leverage multi-touch concepts which have yet to gain widespread adoption in Apple's existing multi-touch products -- the iPhone and iPod touch -- like drag-and-drop and copy-and-paste.

What might the device look like? Here's an artist's rendition of the rumored PDA:


Part of the rumor is fueled by a comment made by Steve Jobs back in 2004 at the Wall Street Journal's D: All Things Digital conference where in a Q&A he apparently made reference to an Apple PDA that the company had decided not to ship.

I guess only time will be the tell on this one, but as for me I'm hoping that the same features rumored to be on this new "PDA" will also come in future updates to my iPhone.