Nigel Ballards PDA CHART #43
starnet!apple!dataman.demon.co.uk!Nigel (Nigel Ballard)
Date: Thu, 02 Dec 93 16:13:36 GMT
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From: starnet!apple!dataman.demon.co.uk!Nigel (Nigel Ballard)
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Subject: Nigel Ballards PDA CHART #43
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Nigel Ballard's PDA comparison chart #43 (2nd December) 137chrs wide
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Casio Z-7000 Newton MessagePad Sharp AT&T AT&T PenPad Hexaglott
Tandy Z-PDA Sharp ExpertPad PT-9000 440 880 PDA 600 TouchMe
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Designer Casio/Tandy Apple/Sharp Sharp EO EO Eden/Amstrad Hexaglott
OS by Geoworks GEOS * Newt/OS by Apple Geoworks GO GO Eden Group Hexaglott
Recognition by Palm Computing ParaGraph Palm Computing GO GO Texas Hexaglott
SDK from Geoworks CD ROM Apple Geoworks GO GO Amstrad N/A
Developers fee No Yes 1% Royalty No No No No N/A
Ink as data Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
Deferred Ink Addr/Date only No Yes Yes Yes No No
JOT compliant No No Not known Next release Next release No No
Text entry Freeform Freeform Freeform Freeform Freeform Comb field Freeform
Cursive entry No Yes No No No No No
Cursor control Yes No No No No No Yes
AGENT apps. No Yes No Yes Yes No No
Keyboard port No No Yes(removable keyb) Yes Yes No No
Multilingual No(sp.vers) No(sp.vers) No(sp.vers) No(sp.vers) No(sp.vers) Yes No
CPU type X86(7.5Mhz) ARM610(20Mhz) VG230(16/8MHz)16bit Hobbit(20MHz) Hobbit(30MHz) Z8S180(14.3Mhz) 68330
CPU maker Casio custom RISC Machines UK Vadem(V30HL core) AT&T AT&T Zilog Motorola
System RAM 1Mb(384k user) 640K(172K user) 2Mb PSRAM (upg-3Mb) 4-12Mb 4-12Mb 1Mb(128K user) 256K
OS patching Yes(RAM) Yes(SRAM) Yes Yes(SRAM) Yes(SRAM) No No
RAM backup Yes 2xCR2032 Yes 1xCR2032 Yes 2x2032 Yes Yes Yes 1xCR2032 Yes
System ROM 4MB 4MB 6MB 8MB 8MB 64KB Flash 6MB
Display area 3.13x4 3x6 7" STN(CGA) 8 level 4.3x5.9 5.7x7.6 2.75x3.5 ?
Display res. 320x256(.3mm) 336x240(.3mm) 640x400(.25 pitch) 640x480 640x480 320x240 240x160
Display cover Yes Only on the Sharp Yes(combined stand) No No Yes No
Softcase supp. No Yes No No No No No
Contrast cont. Yes(mechanical) Yes(screen slider) Yes(screen slider) Yes(mechanical) Yes(mechanical) Yes(screen icon) Yes
LCD producer Casio Sharp Sharp Sharp Sharp Kyocera ?
Backlit disp. No No No No Yes No No
External disp. No No No No Yes(VGA) No No
Battery type 3x AA alkaline 4x AAA alkaline 6x AA alkaline NiCad NiCad 3x AA alkaline 4x AAA alkaline
Batteries inc. Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Battery life 75-90 Hours 4-9 Hours 22 Hours 4 Hours 4 Hours 40 Hours ?
Battery gauge No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Battery alarm No(message) No(message) Yes Yes Yes Yes(beep) Yes(beep)
Ni-Cad option No Yes(+fast charger) Lithium-Ion option Std. Std. No No
AC adapter Optional Included with Apple Optional Yes Yes No ?
Manual supplied Yes(VHS@Tandy) Yes+VHS videotape Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes(German)
Size 1x4.2x6.8 1x5x7 1.4x9.2x6.4 0.8x7x10.8 1x9x13 1x4x6 2x19x10
Weight 16 Ounces 15 Ounces 2.4 Pounds 2.2 Pounds 4 Pounds 14 Ounces ?
Pens supplied 1 telescoping 2(full length) Yes 2(full length) 2(full length) 3(full length) 2(full length)
I/R Data Tx/Rx Yes 9600(Casio) 19,200(Sharp ASK) Yes(HP-SIR) No No No No
I/R controller Yes Tx. 21ft No Not known No No No No
RS-232C Yes(10pin) RS-422(8pin DIN) Yes(9pin D-sub) yes yes Yes(6pin) Yes
RS-232C speed 19,200 230K/Sec. 19,200(8250 comp) 115,200 115,200 9600 ?
Parallel port No No Yes(25pin D-sub) Yes Yes No No
SCSI II port No No No No Yes No No
Floppy drive No No External option Option Option No No
Cellphone optn No Future option(ROLM) No Option Option No No
PCMCIA slot 1x2.0(50ma max) 1x2.0(MS FlashFile) 1x2.0, 1x3.0 (HOT) 1x2.0 2x2.0 1x1.0 No slot
Max card size 20Mb(SunDisk) 4Mb(max approved) 20Mb(SunDisk) 20Mb(SunDisk) 20Mb(SunDisk) 2Mb N/A
Hard disk No No No 20Mb(optional) 64Mb(optional) No No
DTMF dialler No Yes Not known phone conn. phone conn. Yes No
Email apps. Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No
Fax/Modem No(ext optn) No(ext optn) No Internal option Internal option No No
Fax receive No No Yes Yes Yes No No
Max modem speed 9600 Baud 9600 Baud 9600 Baud 14,400 V42bis 14,400 V42bis N/A No
PC link s/w Yes(option) Yes(option) Yes(LapLink in ROM) Yes Yes Yes(option) ?
MAC link s/w Yes(option) Yes(option) Yes(option) No No No No
Audio generator Yes(+DAC) Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes
Volume control Yes(mechanical) Yes(screen slider) Yes(screen slider) Yes Yes No Yes
Audio input No No No Yes Yes No Yes
Headphone jack Yes(2.5mm) No Yes No No No Yes
Internal games Uki+Solitare+ No Uki+Solitare+ No No No Yes
Games buttons Yes(A+B) No No No No No No
Games paddle Yes No No No No No Yes
System password Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
Diary Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Real time clock Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
World clock Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Time/date stamp No Yes Not known No No No No
Alarm functions Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Address book Yes Yes(Rolodex type) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
INK scratchpad Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Graphics apps Yes Yes(intelligent) Yes Yes Yes No Yes
To-do list Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Calculator Yes(advanced) Yes(basic) Yes(advanced) Yes Yes Yes Yes
Conversions Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ?
Spreadsheet No No Yes(Geocalc) No No No No
Database No No Yes(GeoFile) No No No No
Word Processor No No Yes(GeoWrite) No No No No
Dictionary Yes(60,000 wd) No Yes No No No Yes
Spell checker Yes(100,000 wd) No Yes Yes Yes No No
Thesaurus Yes(660,000 wd) No Yes No No No No
Lang Translator Yes(26 langs) No Not known No No No No
Form Calculator Yes(19 apps) Yes(4 apps) Yes PenApps/Slate PenApps/Slate No No
US Holiday info Yes No No No No No No
US City info Yes No No No No No No
US State info Yes No No No No No No
Int. City info Yes No No No No No No
US area codes Yes No No No No No No
US Travel data Yes No No No No No No
Birthstones Yes No No No No No No
Zodiac signs Yes No No No No No No
Term. Emulation No No Yes(GeoComm) No No No No
America Online Yes in ROM No Yes in ROM No No No No
Internet apps No No Full access via AOL No No No No
Compuserve apps No No(3rd party app) Yes No No No No
Special access Zoom AOL forum NewtonMail(US only) No No No No No
ASCII text fax Yes(via AOL) Yes(send only) Yes(via AOL) Yes Yes No No
US Mail gateway Yes(via AOL) No Yes(via AOL) Yes Yes No No
Wire Services Yes(via AOL) No Yes(via AOL) No No No No
EAASY travel Yes(via AOL) No Yes(via AOL) No No No No
Pocket Quicken Yes in ROM No Yes in ROM No No No No
Re-badged Tandy/Grid/AST Sharp/Siem/Pan No No No No No
Price $699(street) $699(street) Sub $1,000 $1995 $2495 $499(Scottsdale) ?
Availability US/UK/AUS USA/CAN/UK Very early 94 Now Now UK/US Now(Germany)
* PenRight! OS on forthcoming AST-GRID 2390 re-jigged version of the Zoomer.
This chart can be found on:
CompuServe: GO NEWTON pda.zip
CompuServe: GO PALMTOP pda.zip
America Online: PDA FORUM pda.zip
Usenet: comp.sys.pen pda.uue
Internet: ftp csd4.csd.uwm.edu /pub/portables/pda.txt
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