Licensing technology as much as posible. 4-5 x speed of windows CE processors. Fast enough for softmodems, speech recognition, etc.
Development goes back two years.
Worked closely with Apple. Newton Technology Directions Goal is to move to a reference platform Continue integration with industry standards Modular OS with increased ROM extension capabilities Investigation and integration of developing technologies softmodems, text to speech, speech control and recognition still being worked on. Maybe, but not soon. Focusing on more robust solutions. Newton is trying to get as good connectivity as Pilot Limited availability now.