Envoy
Motorola's integrated personal wireless communicator. Envoy is a personal
digital assistant which incorporates two-way wireless and wireline
communication. It was announced on 7 March 1994 and released in the third
quarter of 1994. It runs Genral Magic's Magic Cap operating system and
Telescript(TM) communications language on Motorola's Dragon chip set. This
includes the highly integrated Motorola 68349 processor and a special purpose
application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) referred to as Astro. This chip
set was designed specifically for Magic Cap and Telescript.
A user can write on the Envoy communicator with the accompanying stylus or a
finger, to type and select or move objects on its screen. An on-screen keyboard
can be used to input information, draw or write personal notations, or send
handwritten messages and faxes.
Envoy can send a wireless message to another Envoy, PC or fax; broadcast a
message to a group, with each member of that group receiving the message in
their preferred format; gather information based on your requirements; schedule
a meeting and automatically invite attendees; screen, route and organise
messages; send a business card to another Envoy across a conference room table;
access real-time scheduling and pricing information for US airline flights, then
order tickets via fax or electronic mail; keep track of contacts through an
address book; receive daily news summaries and stock information; capture,
organize and review business and personal expenses on-the-go; gather, edit and
analyze information in spreadsheets and graphs compatible with Lotus 1-2-3 and
Excel; shop in an electronic mall.
http://www.motorola.com/MIMS/WDG/Technology/Envoy/.
[Was it released in Q3 '94?]
(1995-01-18)
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