apple newton

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apple newton - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  Apple Newton
  
     <computer> A Personal Digital Assistant produced by Apple Computer
     .  The Newton provides a clever, user-friendly
     interface and relies solely on pen-based input.  Eagerly
     anticipated, the Newton uses handwriting recognition software
     to "learn" the users handwriting and provide reliable
     character recognition.
  
     Various third-party software applications are available and
     add-on peripherals like wireless modems for Internet
     access are being sold by Apple Computer, Inc. and its
     licensees.
  
     Newton Inc.'s NewtonOS competes with Microsoft Corporation
     's Windows CE, and was to be compatible with
     DEC's StrongARM SA-1100, an embedded 200MHz
     microprocessor, which was due in 1998.
  
     (http://newton.apple.com/).
  
     Handwriting recognition example (http://www-personal.engin.umich.edu/~jxm/tablespoons.html)
     .
  
     (1997-09-12)