Motorola Marco

The Motorola Marco, also marketed as Marco by Motorola, was a touchscreen mobile device that was released by Motorola, based on the Newton platform from Apple Computer.
==Release==
Motorola unveiled the Marco, which it described as a "Wireless Communicator", on January 4, 1995 at the Macworld Expo.Motorola Rings in 1995 With the Launch of the Marco Wireless Communicator by Motorola, Newtman's Newton Site. 1995-01-04. It was priced from 900 to 1,400 depending on service bundle. Wireless service options included and for $50 to 130 per month. Motorola also shipped a similar competing product named , based on General Magic's Magic Cap operating system.BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY; A Change in Wireless Computing by John Markoff, The New York Times. 1995-01-03. Archived 2015-05-26.The CW Guide to PDAs: Marco Wireless Communicator by Alan Radding, Computerworld, p.75. 1995-07-03.
==Features==
The Marco was based on a heavily modified version of the MessagePad 120 in a custom case with wireless capabilities. It used the same 20 MHz ARM 610 processor with a customized 5 MB ROM and 1 MB of static RAM. Newton OS 1.3 used 544 KB, leaving 480 KB available for user data. Storage space could be expanded through the PCMCIA Type II slot. There was physical space for a second slot which was blocked off and not enabled in software. The monochrome LCD screen displayed 320 x 240 pixels.Motorola Marco specifications, Newtman's Newton Site. 2006-06-25.
==Discontinuation==
No major system updates were offered for the Marco before it was discontinued. Unsold units were reportedly destroyed along with s of batteries, instead of shipping them into the dealer channel to support existing users.Motorola Marco tour, page 20, Newtman's Newton Site. 2006-06-25.
The Motorola Marco brand was revived in 2007 for a phone based on the .Motorola Marco Unveiled! Possible T-Mobile@Home action! by Jonathan S. Geller, Boy Genius Review. 2007-07-20.
==References==
==External links==
*Motorola Marco by Douglas Luckie at Michigan State University
*Motorola Marco at My Apple Newton (2005-05-06)
*Marco by Motorola at Newtman's Newton Site
*Motorola Marco at Newtonhonk
*Marco at the Newton Glossary
*Motorola Marco at the Smithsonian National Museum of History
*Motorola Marco at VintageComputer.net
*Motorola Marco now working! by MOS8_030 at 68k Macintosh Liberation Army (2018-02-25)
*Motorola Marco at Wikimedia Commons
* at Wikipedia
Category:1995 introductions