November 15,
1999
In This Article
The Byte.com Best Of Show Awards for
Comdex/Fall '99
Las Vegas, NV, November 17, 1999 -- BYTE.com
- "The Website For People Who Take Computing Seriously" is pleased to announce
the winners of the BYTE.com best of show awards for COMDEX/Fall'99.
BYTE.com Editor Paul Schindler said, "We
are extraordinarily pleased to have the opportunity to revive an important BYTE tradition,
which allows us to share our opinions with our readers, and those who should be our
readers." Long-time BYTE.com columnist Jerry Pournelle said, "We appreciate
Softbank's cooperation in allowing us to present these awards, which are not the official
show awards." The awards are decided by the BYTE editors based on innovation, impact
on the industry, and "way cool."
The nominees and winners in each category
are:
BEST HARDWARE
a.. Profile 2 Computer (Gateway)
"Legacy free" slotless but full
featured PC at consumer prices
b.. Qbe Personal Computing Tablet (Aqcess
Technologies, Inc.)
Mainstream operating system, color tablet that
has our artist lusting: another step towards Dynabook.
c.. Winner: Revo PDA (Psion, Inc.)
The right size and weight for keyboarders who
can't learn Graffiti.
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