RE: What's in a name? Ask 3Com

Joe Barrera (joebar@MICROSOFT.com)
Sat, 17 Jan 1998 20:52:36 -0800

The term "palmtop" has been used long before the PalmPilot (nee Pilot)
existed. In particular, the HP 75LX was marketed as a palmtop in 1991 (1).
The first Pilot was introduced in 1996 (2).

- Joe

(1)
http://www.math.utah.edu/ftp/pub/tex/bib/toc/byte1990.html#16(5):May:1991
(2) http://www.byte.com/art/9603/sec4/art13.htm

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