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AT&T EO Personal Communicator 880

The EO 880 was an early commercial tablet computer that was created by EO, Inc. (later acquired by AT&T Corporation), and released in April 1993. EO (Latin for “I go”) was the hardware spin-out of GO Corp.

Officially named the AT&T EO Personal Communicator, it was similar to a large personal digital assistant with wireless communications, and competed against the Apple Newton.

(Source: Wikipedia)

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Artifact Details

Model

Personal Communicator 880

Organization

EO, Inc.

Place Manufactured

United States

Date

1992

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The EO 880 was an early commercial tablet computer that was created by EO, Inc. (later acquired by AT&T Corporation), and released in April 1993. EO (Latin for “I go”) was the hardware spin-out of GO Corp.

Officially named the AT&T EO Personal Communicator, it was similar to a large personal digital assistant with wireless communications, and competed against the Apple Newton.

(Source: Wikipedia)

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Media

EO Personal Communicator

This show was originally broadcast on TV at De Anza College in Cupertino, California. Hosted by David Schacter (founder of the Worldwide PenPoint Developers Organization) and featuring Calyton Weimer of AT&T Microelectronics, the segment in this clip introduced some of the advanced features of the EO Personal Communicator and GO PenPoint operating system.