Apple does defense in palms
Apple is busily busy with the development of a palmtop that now yet the code name P1 carries. This palmtop (a mini computer with the size of a robust calculator) must be the first half of the next year available.
When Apple at the beginning of this year (see news of 2 March) its loss data Newton Message Group division rejected, said the though that with this not the last word had been said what concerned palm top. The MessagePad of Newton was never successful was this speeltje indeed one of the first palm top with handwriting recognition, but very.
The P1 will have been based on an undressed version of the Apple operating system, and thus an own OS will not have, as the Newton-products. Naturally the P1 will have been directed totally on internet applications with a thread lynx connection and an ether card, so that all forms of communication lie within reach.
Neat as the fresh gentroduceerde Haul VII of 3Com (see news of 3 December) will Apple a cooperation with a provider seek the technology for thread lynx connection possible to make. The P1 will be vigorously expensiver then the competitor of 3Com: between the 1000 and 1200 dollars. Before the consumer 32 MB gets RAM memory and a hard disk of 2 GB.