<s>
The	O
eMate	B-Device
300	I-Device
was	O
a	O
personal	B-Application
digital	I-Application
assistant	I-Application
designed	O
,	O
manufactured	O
and	O
sold	O
by	O
Apple	O
Computer	O
to	O
the	O
education	O
market	O
as	O
a	O
low-cost	O
laptop	B-Device
running	O
the	O
Newton	B-Device
operating	I-Device
system	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
the	O
only	O
Newton	B-Device
Device	O
with	O
a	O
built-in	O
keyboard	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
eMate	B-Device
was	O
introduced	O
on	O
March	O
7	O
,	O
1997	O
for	O
US$799	O
and	O
was	O
discontinued	O
along	O
with	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
Newton	I-Device
product	O
line	O
and	O
its	O
operating	O
system	O
on	O
February	O
27	O
,	O
1998	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
eMate	B-Device
300	I-Device
featured	O
a	O
6.8	O
"	O
480x320	O
resolution	O
16-shade	O
grayscale	O
display	O
with	O
a	O
backlight	O
,	O
stylus	B-Device
pen	I-Device
,	O
keyboard	B-Device
,	O
infrared	O
port	O
,	O
and	O
standard	O
Macintosh	O
serial/LocalTalk	O
ports	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
keyboard	B-Device
was	O
roughly	O
85%	O
the	O
size	O
of	O
a	O
standard	O
"	O
full	O
size	O
"	O
keyboard	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
order	O
to	O
achieve	O
its	O
low	O
price	O
,	O
the	O
eMate	B-Device
300	I-Device
did	O
not	O
have	O
all	O
the	O
features	O
of	O
the	O
contemporary	O
Newton	B-Device
equivalent	O
,	O
the	O
MessagePad	B-Device
2000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
eMate	B-Device
used	O
a	O
25MHz	O
ARM	O
710a	O
RISC	B-Architecture
processor	I-Architecture
and	O
had	O
less	O
memory	B-Architecture
than	O
the	O
MessagePad	B-Device
2000	O
which	O
used	O
a	O
StrongARM	B-Device
110	O
RISC	B-Architecture
processor	I-Architecture
and	O
was	O
more	O
expandable	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
the	O
eMate	B-Device
300	I-Device
was	O
faster	O
than	O
the	O
previous	O
MessagePad	B-Device
130	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
the	O
MessagePad	B-Device
line	O
,	O
the	O
eMate	B-Device
300	I-Device
featured	O
an	O
internal	O
memory	B-Architecture
expansion	O
slot	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Companies	O
like	O
Newertech	O
produced	O
cards	O
for	O
the	O
eMate	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
cards	O
expanded	O
the	O
data	O
bus	O
from	O
16	O
bits	O
to	O
32	O
bits	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
providing	O
additional	O
DRAM	O
(	O
program	O
memory	B-Architecture
)	O
,	O
and	O
flash	O
(	O
storage	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
one	O
of	O
these	O
cards	O
was	O
installed	O
,	O
the	O
internal	O
DRAM	O
was	O
disabled	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
internal	O
flash	O
RAM	B-Architecture
is	O
combined	O
with	O
the	O
flash	O
on	O
the	O
card	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
:	O
If	O
a	O
memory	B-Architecture
card	O
were	O
to	O
have	O
4	O
MB	O
of	O
DRAM	O
and	O
2	O
MB	O
of	O
flash	O
,	O
the	O
Newton	B-Device
would	O
report	O
having	O
4	O
MB	O
of	O
flash	O
,	O
and	O
4	O
MB	O
of	O
DRAM	O
,	O
not	O
5	O
MB	O
of	O
DRAM	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
the	O
expansion	O
slot	O
,	O
the	O
eMate	B-Device
also	O
featured	O
a	O
single	O
non-CardBus	O
PCMCIA	B-Architecture
slot	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
could	O
be	O
used	O
for	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
different	O
cards	O
,	O
including	O
modems	O
,	O
ethernet	O
cards	O
,	O
wireless	O
cards	O
,	O
bluetooth	O
cards	O
,	O
and	O
flash	O
memory	B-Architecture
(	O
linear	O
and	O
ATA/Compact	O
Flash	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
eMate	B-Device
300	I-Device
featured	O
a	O
green-colored	O
translucent	O
durable	O
case	B-Application
designed	O
for	O
intense	O
use	O
in	O
classrooms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
eMate	B-Device
300	I-Device
featured	O
a	O
dark	O
green-colored	O
keyboard	B-Device
similar	O
to	O
that	O
of	O
PowerBooks	B-Device
of	O
the	O
same	O
era	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Purple	O
,	O
clear	O
,	O
red	O
,	O
and	O
orange	O
colored	O
eMate	B-Device
prototypes	B-Application
were	O
produced	O
for	O
show	O
only	O
and	O
were	O
never	O
put	O
into	O
mass	O
production	O
.	O
</s>
