MessagePad 120 with Newton OS 2.0. (Apple PDA) (Hardware Review)(Evaluation) From: Macworld | Date: March 1, 1996| Author: Seiter, Charles | COPYRIGHT 1996 Mac Publishing. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Apple's Newton MessagePad 120 PDA provides all of the functions expected from a handheld computer. The 120 employs the Newton Operating System 2.0 and has eliminated the handwriting recognition problems users experienced with earlier versions of the PDA. Palm Computing's new character-recognition program now provides almost 100 percent accuracy in reading hand-printing. Accuracy suffers somewhat when text is written in cursive. A keyboard is available for $89, but it is nearly as large as the...

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