Big electronics firms support General Magic

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General Magic Inc is expected to publicize on Feb 8, 1993, its plans to develop software that allows wireless portable computers from different vendors to communicate with each other. A unifying software would speed the sales of the 'personal communicators, sometimes called personal digital assistants. General Magic will probably also name Apple, Motorola Inc, Sony Corp and AT and T as its backers. These and other electronics firms are considering implementing General Magic's technology in their new products. The nascent market for personal communicators is still un-formed, but that has not kept major companies from pushing forward with their own product development efforts. For example, Apple plans to start selling its Newton pen-based personal communicator in 1993.

Computer software industry, Software industry, Software, Standard, Standardization, Personal communications services, Interoperability, NetPhonic Communications Inc.

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Apple to keep Newton unseen at trade show

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Apple Computer Inc will promote its Newton personal digital assistant (PDA) at the Consumer Electronics Show, which will be held in Chicago in the week of May 25, 1992. Attendees will see pictures of Newton and demonstrations of the product's features, but no actual Newton will be shown. Apple says Newton is still under development and declines to say whether an actual prototype yet exists. Apple Pres John Sculley describes Newton as pen-based and about the size of a videotape cassette. Sculley envisions a very promising outlook for PDA-like devices. Sculley says PDAs signify the start of a convergence of computers, consumer electronics, telecommunications, entertainment, and publishing into one enormous, overarching industry.

Consumer electronics, Trade shows, Consumer Electronics Show, 1992 AD, Trade Show, Apple Newton MessagePad (Personal digital assistant)

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Apple to expand line with server, pen for PowerBook

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Apple will roll out its first-ever servers in Apr 1993. The long-anticipated debut of Apple's new 'Workgroup' servers is crucial to the company's efforts to appeal to business users. Large organizations use servers to manage networks of desktop microcomputers. Many users buy IBM-compatible servers and add special software to run Apple networks. The new Workgroup servers, priced from $3,000 to $13,000, are specifically designed to run networks of Apple Macintoshes. The machines are up to four times faster than Apple's high-end Quadra, the company's nearest approximation to a server to date. Apple also announces that it is developing a pen-based version of its PowerBook notebook computer.

File servers, Market Entry, File Server

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