Re: HP Zoomer ?

Billy Tanksley <tanksley@coyote.csusm.edu>

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From: Billy Tanksley <tanksley@coyote.csusm.edu>
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Subject: Re: HP Zoomer ?
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On Fri, 29 Apr 1994, Brian Smithson wrote:

> > The snippet Brian forwarded mentions a planned HP/Novell/Geoworks 
> > PDA.  Forgive me if I'm wrong, but doesn't Zoomer mean more than 
> > merely a PDA running Geoworks?  Doesn't Zoomer also mean application
> > software from Palm Computing?
> You are correct. I'm not sure if there is a precise definition of
> "Zoomer", but I think that it does involve more than GEOS. That's

The definition includes, but is not limited to, Geos.  (In other words, my
PC isn't a Zoomer because it has no 3-voice sound (among other things)
even though it runs Geos, and your Zoomer does not cease being a Zoomer
because you run FontMagik on it).

> why I put a "?" after "HP Zoomer". But I wonder what HP and Novell
> might opt for instead of Palm and/or Geoworks Ensemble applications?
> Maybe extending the Motifish user interface to run some variant of
> HP-VUE? Maybe using some of Novell's  recent acquisitions like
> WordPerfect Office?

No, they want a cheap PDA.  WP on a PDA would be EXPENSIVE!!! 
Furthermore, you don't "extend the user interface", you extend HP-VUE. 
(Whatever that is).

Oops, if HP-VUE is a user interface, you write a UI module for Geos (and
make MANY PC-Geos users VERY happy :).

-Billy
PC/Geos: it's not just a User interface anymore ;)