Siemens Online Terminal

The Siemens Online Terminal, also known as Online Access Device (OAD), was an all-in-one touchscreen communications prototype that was being developed by , based on the Newton platform from Apple Computer.Newton OS Computers from Licensees, Apple Computer. Archived 1997-07-07.Das "OAD" (German), Logic Tools Newton Page. Archived 2001-05-26. It has also been unofficially referred to as a NotePhone 2 or NotePhone 2000.Siemens Notephone 2 by Grant Hutchinson, NewtonTalk. 2019-01-13.Messenotizen by Siemens - NotePhone2000? by Sonny Hung, Flickr. 2006-02-07.
==Development and marketing==
Development on the Online Terminal began in 1996 using the MessagePad 120 platform, then shifted to the StrongARM processor that would be used in the MessagePad 2000. Siemens unveiled and demonstrated the Online Terminal prototype on March 1997 at in , Germany.CeBIT ‘97, Siemens. 1997-04. Archived 1997-07-27.
==Features==
The Online Terminal prototype featured a large 9.4-inch backlit grayscale display that was reminiscent of Apple's MessageSlate prototype and included a slide-out keypad. Being based on the MessagePad 2000, it was presumed to have used the same 162 MHz StrongARM 110 processor and 1 MB of dynamic RAM with an additional 4 MB of built-in flash memory for storage. A prototype was observed running a pre-release build of Newton OS 2.1. It included a slot for security and storage space could be expanded through the PCMCIA Type II slot.
==Cancellation==
When Apple ceased development on the Newton platform on February 27, 1998, Siemens attempted to salvage the Online Terminal by subsituting the Windows CE operating system and rebranding it @net, the but project was soon cancelled that same year.
==References==
==External links==
*Online-Terminal Prototyp (German) by Siemens
*Siemens Online Terminal at the Newton Glossary
Category:Unreleased hardware