Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

Apple Newton
     
         A {Personal Digital Assistant} produced by {Apple
        Computer}.  The Newton provides a clever, {user-friendly}
        interface and relies solely on pen-based input.  Eagerly
        anticipated, the Newton uses handwriting recognition software
        to "learn" the users handwriting and provide reliable
        {character recognition}.
     
        Various third-party software applications are available and
        add-on {peripherals} like wireless {modems} for {Internet}
        access are being sold by {Apple Computer, Inc.} and its
        licensees.
     
        {Newton Inc.}'s {NewtonOS} competes with {Microsoft
        Corporation}'s {Windows CE}, and was to be compatible with
        {DEC}'s {StrongARM} SA-1100, an embedded 200MHz
        {microprocessor}, which was due in 1998.
     
        {Home (http://www.newton.apple.com/)}.
     
        {Handwriting recognition example
        (http://www-personal.engin.umich.edu/~jxm/tablespoons.html)}.
     
        (1997-09-12)