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- From: edcrwfrd@unlv.edu (Edward Crawford)
- Subject: Re: Well, nice it was folks...
- Message-ID: <1992Aug20.173156.16820@unlv.edu>
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- Organization: UNLV
- References: <1992Aug19.195039.13803@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE> <1992Aug19.225518.12381@pony.Ingres.COM>
- Date: Thu, 20 Aug 92 17:31:56 GMT
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- Since some people dont know what a PDA is... A PDA Stands
- for Personal Digital Assistant, which apple is planning to ship
- in January. This is not a macintosh. It runs on an Acorn 601(?) which
- runs about 1.5 to 2 times faster than a Mac IIfx (40 mhzs 68030) and
- uses about 1/2 watt of power. This machine will ship at around 700.
- Apple claims that out of the box Newton (apples name for their pda)
- will have a 90% recognition but it will learn your style and get
- better. The PDA will be fully appletalk compatible, including serial
- connections and infared connections (future models will have better
- forms of connection)...
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- Someother stuff: Apple is concentrating first on making the PDA
- work with IBMS and secondly connecting it with the mac as there are
- more PC users.
- Apple has licensed the tech to other companies, such as Toshiba,
- allowing for clones.
- A cursive program should be available after Newton Ships
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- Oh and Newton is scheduled to ship the January.
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