Word: casio
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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INCREDIBLE SHRINKING PC COMDEX's hottest technology appeared to do the impossible--import the legendarily clunky Windows desktop operating system to handheld computers from the likes of Casio, Compaq and Philips. The NEC Mobile Pro HPC runs fist-size versions of Microsoft Word and Excel on a 5-in. screen...
Unlike its predecessors, the Pilot costs under $300, making it much more affordable for the average consumer. The price is kept low by emphasizing basic functionality. While expensive PDAs like the Newton fared poorly, consumers gobbled up pocket organizers like Sharp's Wizard and Casio's B.O.S.S. because they did the basics right: they kept your schedule and phone numbers and made both accessible at the touch of a button...
When Sanders was not playing, he picked upvarious shakers and bells which he used to furtherthe pseudo-exotic atmosphere that teetered on thebrink between ritualistic splendour and purekitsch. Unfortunately, that line was irrevocablycrossed on the tune that ended the set. PianistWilliam Henderson moved over to a Casio keyboardand punched out a bubble-gum pop vamp whileSanders danced around the stage. Sanders thenpicked up a huge metal hemisphere, banged it witha mallet and let the reverberations from the belllinger until they faded to the infinite. Withthis, complete Karmic transcendence of the soulwas reached, although a curiously cheesy smellremained...
...gear has vaguely military associations (guns, of course, are gear). A definition is elusive, but a wristwatch that just tells time is not gear. A wristwatch that also reads out altitude and barometric pressure is gear to make a grown man whimper. L.L. Bean sells one made by Casio...
...based company: with profit margins steadily shrinking in the personal-computer business, CEO John Sculley has set out to expand Apple's business into advanced consumer electronics like CD-ROM players and personal digital assistants (PDAs), far more powerful versions of the electronic pocket diaries developed by Japan's Casio and Sharp. Sculley believes Apple has a key advantage because it pioneered software that makes computers simple...