Newton 2.0 Platform Product Listing

Newton 2.0 Operating System

Newton 2.0 is a new version of the Newton operating system based in large part on feedback from current Newton platform developers and customers. Newton 2.0 features significant improvements in integrating with Windows and Mac OS-based personal computers and enterprise environments, communicating with others by supporting LAN and WAN connectivity, and organizing information.

Additional features include providing users with access to online and Internet messaging services, the ability to receive as well as send faxes, support for an external keyboard, and significant advances in handwriting recognition.

Availability: December 1, 1995. The Newton 2.0 operating system will be available on the Apple MessagePad 120 beginning in December 1995.
Apple Price: Apple MessagePad 120 with Newton 2.0, US$699.

Along with development of Newton 2.0, there also are new productivity technologies and utilities that provide both customers and developers with enhanced capabilities. These utilities and technologies will begin to be available starting in December and throughout the first two quarters of 1996.

 CUSTOMER PRODUCTS

 Newton Backup Utility (NBU)

The Newton Backup Utility provides customers with the ability to back up data on a Newton PDA to a Windows or Mac OS-based personal computer. NBU also enables users to restore information from a PC to a Newton PDA, as well as download applications from a PC to a Newton PDA.

Availability: December 1, 1995 for Mac OS-based personal computers.
Apple Price: Bundled with the Apple MessagePad 120 with Newton 2.0, available without charge on online services and the World Wide Web.

 Newton Backup Utility (NBU) for Windows OS-Based Personal Computers

Availability: January 1996
Apple Price: Bundled with the Apple MessagePad 120 with Newton 2.0, available without charge on online services and the World Wide Web.

 Newton Press

Newton Press provides users with a convenient drag-and-drop method for publishing electronic documents, or "books." Newton books make it easy to take essential information--a price list, catalog, or travel itinerary, for example--that resides on a personal computer or on-line service with you while on the go. A Newton book is automatically created by simply dropping text files, graphics, e-mail, or reference information onto the Newton Press icon on a Windows or Mac OS-based personal computer. After formatting the book on a PC, users can import the book into a Newton PDA and view, fax, annotate, and print it, as well as distribute it (via e-mail or beaming) to other Newton PDA users.

Availability: December 1995 for Mac OS-based personal computers
Apple Price: US$69

 Newton Press for Windows OS-Based Personal Computers

Availability: Q1, 1996
Apple Price: US$69

 Newton Keyboard

The Newton Keyboard is an external keyboard that connects to a Newton 2.0 PDA and allows users to easily and quickly type information into a Newton PDA. Using the Newton Keyboard, users can write e-mail, take notes, and add information to any built-in application.

Availability: December 1995
Apple Price: US$89

 Newton Connection Utilities (NCU)

The Newton Connection Utilities provide users with the ability to integrate data between a Newton PDA and a Windows or Mac OS-based personal computer. These utilities offer the same backup, restore, and installation features of NBU, with the additional ability to allow users to synchronize PC files with corresponding data residing on a Newton PDA. For example, a list of contacts on a PC can be synchronized with the Names file on a Newton PDA so that users always have current and complete information. With NCU, users can also import and export text files and information between a PC and Newton PDA. And by using a modem, users can perform these tasks remotely. With NCU, users can enter data directly into a Newton PDA via their PC keyboard.

Availability: Q1, 1996 for Windows and Mac OS-based personal computers
Apple Price: US$69

 DEVELOPER PRODUCTS

 Newton Toolkit 1.6 for Mac OS-Based Personal Computers

Allows developers to easily create software solutions that run on any Newton PDA. Newton Toolkit is an interactive development environment featuring rapid prototyping and a library of extensible components. Newton Toolkit 1.6 includes a compiler and profiler that allow developers to achieve the highest possible application performance.

Availability: December 31, 1995
Apple Price: US$299

 Newton Toolkit 1.6 for Windows OS-Based Personal Computers--Beta Version

This is the first beta release of Newton Toolkit which runs on personal computers using Windows 95, Windows 3.1, or Windows NT.

Availability: Q1, 1996

 Desktop Integration Libraries (DILs)

This Newton platform technology makes it easy for developers to create customer solutions that allow for direct synchronization of data between applications on Mac OS- and Windows-based PCs and Newton PDAs. The Desktop Integration Libraries (DILs) are C libraries which make it possible for data in PC applications to be synchronized with data on Newton PDAs in one easy step. For example, the same personal information management (PIM) applications you use on your PC can talk directly to your Newton PDA.

Availability: Q1, 1996 for Windows and Mac OS-based personal computers.
Apple Price: Bundled with Newton Toolkit 1.6, available without charge on online services and the World Wide Web.

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