[22] in bcs-newton
Newton?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Bob_Frankston@frankston.com)
Thu Oct 1 15:21:39 1992
From: Bob_Frankston@frankston.com
To: bcs-newton@world.std.com
Date: Thu 1 Oct 1992 15:19 -0400
I've got to admit that I got onto this list because of the confusion between
the Newton -- something that gets annoying. Nonetheless, I am interested in
the Apple device. Sculley gave a talk on PDA's at Agenda '93 and claimed
that he never promised the Newton as a product for noncommercial users (i.e.,
consumers) despite the announcement taking place at CES. Instead it will be
aimed at corporate users who can afford it and, implicitly, its capabilities
would be tuned towards that audience.
On the other handle, he also used the term PDA (Personal Digital Assitant)
for a wide range of possible products they are considering. Implicit in this
was the implication that Newton itself was more research than product.
If there is a more general interest than just the Newton, perhaps this list
should be bcs-pda or some more generic name.
