Sharp PT9000, ExpertPad, Zoomer

starnet!apple!pilot.njin.net!birchall (Shag)

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Date: Thu, 9 Sep 93 20:42:52 EDT
From: starnet!apple!pilot.njin.net!birchall (Shag)
Message-id: <9309100042.AA26222@pilot.njin.net>
To: zoomer-list-1993@grot.starconn.com
Subject: Sharp PT9000, ExpertPad, Zoomer
Status: OR


According to ClariNet, here's the deal:
- Sharp makes the Newton for Apple, and has their own verion called ExpertPad.
- GEOS won out for the PT-9000 PIA 'cos it saves power.
- The PT-9000 will run for 25 hours on 6 AA's.  (This indicates it might have
  a more power-hungry CPU than the Zoomer, or a bigger screen)
- It'll be the size of a steno pad, the whole top part will be screen.
- The PT-9000 *might* actually run some of the desktop apps (GeoWrite, GeoFile,
  and GeoCalc are mentioned in the ClariNet article, but it might be a gaff).
- Palm Computing is making a connection kit to hook pen and desktop computers
  together (for file transfers, I guess).

- The upcoming GEOS/Zoomer developer conference will include a preview of the
  PT-9000, and they're going to _raffle off_ three Zoomers! ;)

-Shag