Re: [NTLK] What would have happened to PDA market if Apple had waited?

From: Grant [Acclimated] Hutchinson (grant_at_splorp.com)
Date: Fri May 17 2002 - 23:42:07 EDT


In a previous message, brian.tiplady_at_astrazeneca.com typed vigorously:

>>What kinds of PDAs were
>>around at the time the Newton was introduced?
>>
>>Jim
>
>Sony Magic Cap
>Sharp Zaurus
>Casio XL-7000 (Penright! OS)
>HP OmniG0
>Some larger pen tablets running WinPen or WinDOS such as Fujitsu Stylistic

Just remember that the terms "Personal Digital Assistant" and "PDA"
didn't even exist until John Scully used them to describe the Newton.

g.

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