[223] in bcs-newton
Re: Info World articles
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (laird@marble.com)
Tue Aug 31 11:52:43 1993
Date: Tue, 31 Aug 1993 11:51:31 -0500
To: Cesar Maiorino <uunet!technet!cdm@world.std.com>
From: laird@marble.com
Cc: bcs-newton@world.std.com (bcs-newton@world.std.com)
>There are 2 articles in the 8/30 Info World about the Message Pad. I
>don't have time to digest them right now, but I'll give the headlines and
>a one-liner for each.
>
>"Apple plans to ship Newton fix this week" - Yvonne L. Lee
>
>- Will be a free upgrade. Distribution method not disclosed.
>
>"Apple's MessagePad is an expensive gadget at best" - Kevin Strehlo
>
>- Basically complaining about bugs and handwriting recognition accuracy and
> unavailable services/apps.
My take on the MacWorld release of the MessagePad was that it wasn't a
'real' release, but rather was a quick shipment of something which doesn't
have any fatal bugs in order to get MessagePads into enthusiasts' hands,
and that the September 11th "North American Release" will be where things
come together -- the handwriting bug should be fixed, the developer program
should be worked out, Apple Online Services will be better defined, the
pager system will be in place, and so on.
>Cesar Maiorino
>cdm@technet.macom.com
- Laird Popkin laird@marble.com
Marble Associates 617/891-5555
