AT&T Microelectronics and GO Corporation Announce Development Relationship

AT&T Microelectronics and GO Corp. made public their relationship to jointly develop products that will be the foundation for an open platform to address the emerging Personal Communicator market.

AT&T Microelectronics Forms Personal Communication Systems Unit to Pursue Market for ”Communicators”

Unit will develop semiconductor products, development tools and software based on the Hobbit microprocessor.

ZDS Pen Upgrade For Z-NOTE Series Notebook PCs

Zenith Data Systems announces its intention to offer a pen-capable display upgrade for its award-winning Z-NOTE series of notebook PCs

Apple And Toshiba Announce Agreement For New Multimedia PDA

Companies announce agreement to develop new Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) products in the multimedia player category.

Mouse Systems Corp. Enters Pen Computing Market with PenMate

Mouse Systems Corp., developer of the first mouse for the IBM PC, debuted PenMate.

Apple Computer to Use ARM Processor in PDA

Advanced RISC Machines Ltd. (ARM) has announced a major design win for the ARM610 processor, just six months after the initial launch of the ARM6 technology.

Apple Unveils New Newton Technology

Apple previews the industry’s first PDA.

Tandy Corp. Announces Intent to Create New Family of Personal Information Processors

Tandy announces that it has agreed in principle with Casio Computer Co., Ltd. to work together to design, develop, manufacture, market and distribute a new family of “Personal Information Processors.”

MicroTouch Announces GO PenPoint Support for Digitizer that Offers Both Finger and Stylus Input

MicroTouch Systems, Inc. announces that its TouchPen pen computing digitizer, one of the first to offer both touch and pen input, now supports Go Corporation’s PenPoint Operating System for pen computers.

Fujitsu Personal Systems Begins End-User Shipments of PoqetPad Pen-Based Computer

Fujitsu Personal Systems, Inc. (previously Poqet Computer Corp.) announces that shipment of production version of PoqetPad, the company’s 1.2-pound, hand-held, pen-based computer, began on April 30.