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. Start . {Handwriting recognition example (http://www-personal.engin.umich.edu/~jxm/tablespoons.html)}. (1997-09-12)
