Personal digital assistant (Newton, PalmPilot)
Asistente digital personal (Newton, PalmPilot)
- Date
- 1993-1996 · confidence high
- Place
- Palm Computing, Santa Clara, California, United States; Apple Newton, Cupertino (1993)
- Credited to
- Jeff Hawkins and Donna Dubinsky (PalmPilot); Apple (Newton MessagePad, 1993)
- People
- 👤 Donna Dubinsky1955–👤 Jeff Hawkins1957–
- Field
- Knowledge & symbols
What it is
A pocket computer with a touchscreen, diary, contacts and PC synchronisation. It taught the industry touch interaction and preceded the smartphone.
What it led to
- The smartphone (Palm Treo, BlackBerry, iPhone)
- The synchronisation of personal data between devices
- Handwriting recognition
Built on
- Portable / laptop computer1981-1982
- RISC architecture and ARM processor1980-1985
- resistive touchscreen
- ARM architecture
Made possible
- Modern smartphone (iPhone)2007
- BlackBerry
- cloud synchronisation