Software developers will now be able to use the PenPoint GPS application programming interface (API) defined by the partner companies and published by GO on its Bulletin Board and CompuServe later this summer.
Category: Timeline (1993)
AT&T, GO, PenStuff, and Trimble Turn Personal Communicators into “Personal Navigators”
Users will be able to find their location on maps, navigate point to point, find restaurants, shopping centers, or businesses “on the go,” and even get current traffic and weather information.
PenStuff and Trimble Navigation Develop GPS Standard for PenPoint
The API defines the means by which third-party developers may access GPS data collection devices under PenPoint.
XIRCOM Announces Development Plan for Cordless Local Area Network Technology
Xircom demonstrated its new cordless LAN products for portable, hand-held and pocket-sized computing devices.
Early Adopters Will Push PDA Sales To 65,000 In 1993
The market for personal digital assistants (PDAs) is finally taking off as the first products reach retailers.
Fujitsu Personal Systems Inc. and GO Corp. Announce Marketing Partnership
Fujitsu Personal Systems Inc. and GO Corp. jointly announce a partnership designed to help value added resellers (VARs) and system integrators to quickly and efficiently address the mobile computing requirements of vertical markets.
CIC PenDOS Software Developer Kit Available in Japan
Communication Intelligence Corporation announces the availability of its PenDOS Software Developer Kit (SDK) for DOS/V users in Japan.
aha! software Delivers on Promise of Electronic ink — Does for Pen What Word Processor Did for Typewriter
aha! software announces the release of its first product, InkWriter, the initial product in its InkProcessor product line.
CIC and Borland Bring Pen Computing to dBASE Users
Communication Intelligence Corporation announce the availability of new pen-centric objects for Borland International Inc.’s dBASE IV database software.
Zenith Data Systems Announces Pen-Based Z-NOTE
Zenith Data Systems announces the Z-NOTEPAD 425Ln, a pentop version of the award-winning Z-NOTE.