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New Version Of Newton Toolkit To Ship Soon

Newton Toolkit Enables Developers To Build Creative Applications Quickly And Easily 

CUPERTINO, California--March 4, 1994--Apple Computer, Inc, today announced that a new version of the Newton Toolkit--the comprehensive developer system for the Newton platform--is anticipated to be available in early April 1994.  The Newton Toolkit is a powerful, sophisticated, yet easy to learn development environment designed to reduce significantly the time taken to develop creative Newton applications. Among the enhancements to the Toolkit are graphical tools, special utilities and Newton Book Maker--a new tool for publishers which facilitates the creation of electronic books.
      The Newton Toolkit includes everything needed for a developer working on a personal computer to create Newton applications extremely quickly.  The Toolkit employs reusable objects--modules of software code which have already been designed to perform useful tasks. Applications built with the enhanced version of the Toolkit may incorporate pictures, text and sound, as well as take advantage of the communications capabilites of Newton technology. Graphical tools enable developers to construct their applications while viewing them on the monitor, using tools for browsing, editing and debugging source code.  The Newton Toolkit also contains special utilities which enable Newton applications to be distributed on floppy disks and downloaded from the desktop, as well as on PCMCIA cards.
      Integral to the new version of the Toolkit is Newton Book Maker, a new tool for publishers which facilitates the creation of electronic books for devices based on Newton technology: travel guides, reference materials and corporate documentation.  Newton Book Maker has already been used by thousands of developers to create and publish titles for Newton users.  Newton Book Maker automatically creates sophisticated, customizable and easy-to-navigate applications from electronic documents (such as those created in familiar word- processing applications) containing both text and graphics.  Using Book Maker, people without any programming expertize can create interactive Newton books quickly and easily, using the expansive body of publications already available in electronic form.
      "International interest in developing titles for the Newton platform continues to grow.  Over 3000 Newton Toolkits have already sold, and more than 1000 developers expressed their enthusiasm for the Newton platform at the International Newton Development Conference in December 1993," said Gaston Bastiaens, vice president and general manager of Apple's Personal Interactive Electronics (PIE) division. "The continous evolution of the Newton Toolkit makes it an ever more attractive, productive and inspiring environment for developers. More than 32 Newton titles created by third party developers are now shipping, and another 60 have been publicly announced."
      The Newton Toolkit package will include a free Newton developer CD containing comprehensive documentation, technical information, tutorials, utilities and sample code.
      The beta version of Newton Toolkit for Macintosh is already available today by calling APDA on 1-800-282-2732.  All registered owners of Newton Toolkit will receive the final version of the Newton Toolkit by mail in April 1994.  Apple expects the Newton Toolkit for Windows to be available later this year.

      Headquartered in Cupertino, California, Apple Computer, Inc. develops, manufactures and markets personal computer, server and personal interactive electronic systems for use in business, education, home, science, engineering and government. A recognized pioneer and innovator in the personal computer industry, Apple does business in more than 120 countries across the world. -30- Apple, the Apple logo and Newton are registered trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc.  MessagePad is a trademark of Apple Computer, Inc. 
