Re: Palm/Sharp/GeoWorks agreement...

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Message-id: <9309092019.AA26957@apple.com>
Date: Thu, 9 Sep 93 13:21:31 PDT
From: "Michael Graff" <starnet!apple!vnet.IBM.COM!graff>
To: zoomer-list-1993@grot.starconn.com
Subject: Re:  Palm/Sharp/GeoWorks agreement...
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In <9309090300.AA25648@palm.com> Ain McKendrick writes:

>Shag <birchall@pilot.njin.net> writes:
>>Now the obvious questions... is the PT-9000 going to be a rebadged Zoomer,
>>or Something Completely Different?  (I can't see Sharp and Casio collaborating
>>on something)... when will it be out, or is it already?  Pricing?
>
>No, it is a completely new machine.  The details that have been made
>public are that it is a larger machine with a detachable keyboard in
>addition to a pen interface.  Sharp will probably make a formal
>announcement with more specifics within the month.  Like the Zoomer, it
>will run GEOS and Palm's applications will be able to share data between
>the two machines.

This is quite interesting.  Will it be a notebook, subnotebook?  Full
size keys?  Under 1000 dollars?

How ironic that a Sharp and a Casio will run the same programs and
share data.  Especially since Sharp's Newton ExpertPad is a direct
competitor to Casio's Zoomer.

...Michael Graff