Hello, author here! You’re right that I didn’t mention many other products in the broader PDA market. The article was about the Newton, and believe it or not, there are still word count limits for online articles. Discussing other products would have taken away from the central story. The hint about Palm was meant to get people interested in finding out more about similar devices.
Cupertino95014|3 years ago
Handwriting recognition was still a rathole that multiple smart people fell down. Palm figured out a compromise that humans would tolerate.