Envoy
Motorola's integrated personal wireless communicator.
Envoy is a
personal digital assistant which incorporates two-way wireless and wireline communication.
It was announced on 7 March 1994 and released in the third quarter of 1994.
It runs Genral Magic's Magic Cap {operating system} and Telescript(TM) communications language on Motorola's Dragon chip set.
This includes the highly integrated Motorola 68349 processor and a special purpose application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) referred to as Astro.
This chip set was designed specifically for Magic Cap and Telescript.
A user can write on the Envoy communicator with the accompanying stylus or a finger, to type and select or move objects on its screen.
An on-screen keyboard can be used to input information, draw or write personal notations, or send handwritten messages and faxes.
Envoy can send a wireless message to another Envoy, PC or fax; broadcast a message to a group, with each member of that group receiving the message in their preferred format; gather information based on your requirements; schedule a meeting and automatically invite attendees; screen, route and organise messages; send a business card to another Envoy across a conference room table; access real-time scheduling and pricing information for US airline flights, then order tickets via fax or electronic mail; keep track of contacts through an address book; receive daily news summaries and stock information; capture, organize and review business and personal expenses on-the-go; gather, edit and analyze information in spreadsheets and graphs compatible with Lotus 1-2-3 and Excel; shop in an electronic mall.
(http://www.motorola.com/MIMS/WDG/Technology/Envoy/)}.
[Was it released in Q3 '94?]
