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...expensive and too complex to ever be popular," Oracle's Ellison insists. "We need devices that are cheaper and easier to use." To that end, he is planning a whole family of Oracle NCs--all designed to draw effortlessly from Oracle's databases--including a bare-bones desktop NC for as little as $300, an NC executive phone and an NC set-top box that will plug into a standard TV, letting home viewers surf the Web and send E-mail from the comfort of their living-room couch...
Both the eMate 300 mobile computer, left, which is targeted at students, and the business-focused MessagePad 2000 are the kind of affordable computers that may one day replace bulky desktop machines. Each uses a modified version of Apple's Newton software and offers easy hookups to E-mail, the Internet and applications like spreadsheets and word processing. The eMate has a keyboard designed for kids' clumsy fingers and a special stylus that lets them draw and enter data by "writing" on the screen. And though Apple has packed both new devices with the latest technology, it hopes the machines...
...even IBM could withstand the seismic shifts that rocked the industry in the early 1990s. As personal computers increased in power, many customers began moving their data-processing chores to smaller, desktop systems. The shock waves bent many "big iron" manufacturers out of shape, including Prime Computer and Control Data Corp., which stopped making mainframes after heavy losses. Many companies like Wang Laboratories and Unisys have largely switched from hardware to software. The biggest fallen giant is Digital Equipment Corp., which last week reported a larger than expected quarterly loss of $66 million. Once the No. 2 computer maker after...
...Newton were too big and bulky to be of any use. Early PDAs were as big as a paperback novel and almost as heavy. They could be transported, but weren't truly portable in any sense of the word. They also required expensive add-ons to connect to desktop computers. At up to $1,000 a pop, these devices were no small investment for the average...
...same time, backing up your data is a cinch. The Pilot comes with a built-in docking station for use with your PC; plug it in, press a button, and the so-called "HotSync" process begins. With one touch, you can synchronize data between your desktop's time management software and your Pilot. U.S. Robotics also includes a functional organizer program with the Pilot; you can buy add-on programs that let your Pilot talk to other apps for a nominal fee. Dozens of freeware, shareware and commercial applications for the Pilot are also available on the Internet...