First in-dept report on Apple’s new Personal Digital Assistant.
Category: Timeline (1993)
Oracle Announces Connectivity To Newton MessagePad
Software provides “Glue” to bond Oracle database and messaging systems to new PDA.
Apple Goes From GUI To STICI: The Newton Heralds The Next-Generation Of Computer Interface
The Newton MessagePad becomes first computer to incorporate the next wave of user interface, the STICI (pronounced “sticky” and standing for Self-Teaching Interpretive Communicating Interface).
CIC Handwriter Recognition System Software Bundled with new NEC VersaPad
Communication Intelligence Corp. announces that its PenDOS pen operating environment software is offered on the VersaPad, NEC’s lightweight pen-tablet.
SelecTronics Names Roy Haythorn President and CEO
Licensing arrangements through Microlytics with Apple Computer, Claris Corp., Symantec, Lotus, Caere, Casio, Sharp Electronics, and over 80 additional firms provide both revenue to SelecTronics and connections to the world of Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) products.
Apple Newton Technology Licensed to Leading Corporations
Several leading corporations, including Sharp, Matsushita, Siemens/Rolm, and Motorola, licensed Apple Newton technology.
Trimble, AT&T, PenStuff, and GO Announce GPS Interface for PenPoint
Software developers will now be able to use the PenPoint GPS application programming interface (API) defined by the partner companies and published by GO on its Bulletin Board and CompuServe later this summer.
AT&T, GO, PenStuff, and Trimble Turn Personal Communicators into “Personal Navigators”
Users will be able to find their location on maps, navigate point to point, find restaurants, shopping centers, or businesses “on the go,” and even get current traffic and weather information.
PenStuff and Trimble Navigation Develop GPS Standard for PenPoint
The API defines the means by which third-party developers may access GPS data collection devices under PenPoint.
Early Adopters Will Push PDA Sales To 65,000 In 1993
The market for personal digital assistants (PDAs) is finally taking off as the first products reach retailers.