From MacUser UK comes this review by Tom Calthrop, originally published in January, 1997.
It begins:
"In marketing the MessagePad 2000 as a 'mobile Internet computer for the business professional', Apple is keen to lay to rest the idea that the Newton is an expensive cross between a Filofax and a Psion. The 2000 provides Internet access, fax and print facilities, and relational database, spreadsheet and word processing software, courtesy of 160MHz of processing power."

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