EMate 300

The eMate 300 featured a 6.8" 480x320 resolution 16-shade grayscale display with a backlight, stylus pen, keyboard, infrared port, and standard Macintosh serial/LocalTalk ports.{{Citation |title=eMate 300 Specs: EveryMac.com |url=https://everymac.com/systems/apple/messagepad/stats/emate_300.html |access-date=2024-12-17}}{{Citation |title=Newton eMate 300: Encyclopedia of Apple Computers |url=http://applemuseum.bott.org/sections/computers/e300.html|access-date=2024-12-17}}

The keyboard was roughly 85% the size of a standard "full size" keyboard.

Power came from built-in rechargeable batteries, which lasted up to 28 hours on full charge. In order to achieve its low price, the eMate 300 did not have all the features of the contemporary Newton equivalent, the MessagePad 2000. The eMate used a 25 MHz ARM 710a RISC processor and had less memory than the MessagePad 2000 which used a StrongARM 110 RISC processor and was more expandable. However, the eMate 300 was faster than the previous MessagePad 130.{{cite magazine

| magazine = MacUser

| url = https://archive.org/details/eu_Macuser-1997-01_OCR/page/n30/mode/1up

| date = January 1997

| title = eMate 300 goes to head of the Class

| first = Andrew

| last = Gore

| page = 27

| volume = 13

| issue = 1

}}{{cite magazine

| magazine = Macworld

| url = https://archive.org/details/MacWorld9708August1997/page/n65/mode/1up

| date = August 1997

| title = eMate 300

| first = Tom

| last = Negrino

| page = 62

| volume = 14

| issue = 8

}}

Unlike the MessagePad line, the eMate 300 featured an internal memory expansion slot. It was located in the hatch under the battery door, next to the ROM card. Both cards fit into both slots, but the ROM card was larger. The expansion card is on the left. Companies like Newertech produced cards for the eMate. Most cards expanded the data bus from 16 bits to 32 bits, as well as providing additional DRAM (program memory), and flash (storage). When one of these cards was installed, the internal DRAM was disabled, but the internal flash RAM is combined with the flash on the card. For example: If a memory card were to have 4 MB of DRAM and 2 MB of flash, the Newton would report having 4 MB of flash, and 4 MB of DRAM, not 5 MB of DRAM.[http://support.apple.com/kb/TA38458?viewlocale=en_US Apple eMate 300: Memory Upgrade Discussion] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120614024533/http://support.apple.com/kb/TA38458?viewlocale=en_US |date=June 14, 2012 }}. Support.apple.com (February 18, 2012). Retrieved on August 2, 2013.

In addition to the expansion slot, the eMate also featured a single non-CardBus PCMCIA slot. It could be used for a number of different cards, including modems, Ethernet cards, wireless cards, bluetooth cards, and flash memory (linear and ATA/Compact Flash).

Apple designer Jony Ive was assigned to the company's Industrial Design Group in 1992 and created the design for the eMate 300, as well as the smaller MessagePad models prior.{{cite book |last=Kahney |first= Leander|date= November 14, 2013|title=Jony Ive: The Genius Behind Apple's Greatest Products |url=https://www.amazon.com/Jony-Ive-Genius-Greatest-Products/dp/159184617X |isbn= 978-1-59184-617-8}} The eMate 300 featured a green-colored translucent durable case designed for intense use in classrooms. The eMate 300 featured a dark green-colored keyboard similar to that of PowerBooks of the same era. Purple, clear, red, and orange colored eMate prototypes were produced for show only and were never put into mass production.{{Cite web |url=http://www.splorp.com/newton/pink/ |title=Splorp – Newton – The elusive pink eMate |access-date=February 26, 2006 |archive-date=February 4, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060204121156/http://www.splorp.com/newton/pink/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/sonnyhung/sets/72157594310218080/ |title=Sonny – Newton – The Ultra Rare Clear eMate |access-date=January 18, 2017 |archive-date=October 3, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151003095358/https://www.flickr.com/photos/sonnyhung/sets/72157594310218080/ |url-status=live }}

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• [http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/messagepad/stats/emate_300.html Everymac.com – eMate 300 Specifications]
• [http://applemuseum.bott.org/sections/computers/e300.html The Apple Museum – Newton eMate 300]
• [http://www.applefritter.com/node/4502 Applefritter – eMate 300]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20060315104224/http://www.insanely-great.com/reviews/emate.html IGM – eMate 300 review]
• [http://newton.plumbrook.com/newtonfamily/ Compare the eMate and iBook]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20060812235809/http://www.felesmagus.com/newton/ Overclocking]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20070205081049/http://businessweek.com/1997/18/b352534.htm "Apple Gets An 'A'" at BusinessWeek]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20070119013524/http://archive.salon.com/21st/reviews/1998/03/17review.html Salon.com's review]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20070927031330/http://www.streettech.com/archives_hardware/emate.html STREETtech.com's review]
• [http://www.the-gadgeteer.com/review/apple_emate_300_blast_from_the_past_review Retrospective review at the-gadgeteer.com]
• [http://www.newtontalk.net Newtontalk: The Apple Newton mailing list]
• [http://www.bytecellar.com/archives/000121.php Byte Cellar: Newton eMate 300 As A Serial Terminal]

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