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Newton at MacWorld, CES
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Albert Willis)
Thu Jan 14 02:02:37 1993
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 93 01:36:05 EST
From: awillis@MIT.EDU (Albert Willis)
To: bcs-newton@world.std.com
I'm still in recovery mode from my trip to the west coast. I was
planning on writing a Newton update, which I will still do.
But, for the impatient, here's what I learned:
Newton Notepad will ship sometime during the 2nd quarter. That's the
April-May-June time frame. There wasn't much of a Newton presence at
MacWorld--most of the Newton team was at the Consumer Electronics Show
in Las Vegas, which ran concurrently with MacWorld.
Apple was giving a Newton technology update at CES. I did manage to
speak to two key members of the Newton team. The bottom line: Newton
will deliver the goods as promised.
Q: Is Newton a business or consumer electronics device?
A: Yes.
Apple will target the business market with this first one, but knows
that all kinds of early adopters will be buying Newtons. Since they are
developing a family of products, there will be Newton-based products
that are aimed at consumers.
In a day or so, I'll write a detailed Newton update and post it to the
list.
Al Willis
Director, BCS Newton User Group
