U.S. sales of PDAs and related devices exceed expectations.
Category: Hardware
AST’s Pen-enabled GRiD Convertible Receives Award of Merit
BYTE Magazine honors AST’s GRiD Convertible 386 and 486 notebook computers with the 1993 Award of Merit.
Cirrus Logic Becomes ARM Powered
Cirrus Logic to integrate ARM RISC core with peripheral functions.
Apple Computer Awarded Newton Contract by Department Of Defense
Apple Computer announces that it has received a $1 million contract from the Department of Defense (DOD) to explore and validate the application of Newton technologies within the medical sector of the DOD.
AT&T Expands 92K Hobbit Microprocessor Family
Increases performance, integration, and power options. Two-chip Personal Communicator designs now possible.
Psion Series 3a Sales Top 10,000 Units
Unlike the Newton, Psion employs a keyboard or voice input, as opposed to a pen device. “Pen has yet to be perfected,” notes Psion’s VP of Sales.
Newton MessagePad Sales Exceed 50,000
The MessagePad is one of the fastest selling products that Apple has ever introduced.
Logitech Increases Presence in Pen-Based Computing with Acquisition of Gazelle Graphics Systems
The new Logitech Gazelle Pen Digitizer Business Unit will conduct advanced pen and digitizer research and develop custom digitizer designs.
Fujitsu Personal Systems Wins Contract to Provide Mobile Pen-Based PCs to the State of Alabama
Fujitsu Personal Systems Inc. announces that its has been selected by the State of Alabama to provide its 325Point pen-based computers to the State of Alabama Auditors Department and more than 20 other state government departments and agencies.
Newton MessagePad Now Available in United Kingdom
Apple Computer UK announces that the Newton MessagePad is shipping and immediately available in the United Kingdom.