ADVISORY/Is the PDA Market Dead? Top Industry Executives from Microsoft, PalmSource, NEC, Hewlett-Packard, and Research In Motion Discuss Why It's Not at Next Week's Planet PDA Show in Danvers.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

ADVISORY...for Monday - Friday (May 19-23)

Planet PDA Spring 2003

--(BUSINESS WIRE)

Where and When: Sheraton Ferncroft Resort, Danvers, MA --
                May 19-23, 2003

Website:  Visit WWW.PLANETPDAEXPO.COM for a complete conference
          schedule.

Session Leaders include:

  --  Albert Kooiman
      Business Development Manager
      NET Speech Technologies, Microsoft Corporation

  --  JB Parrett
      Principal Software Developer
      PalmSource, Inc.

  --  Larry Miller
      VP & General Manager, Mobile Solutions Division
      NEC Solutions America

  --  Naila Seif
      Director, Tablet PC Solutions
      Mobile Computing, Hewlett Packard

  --  Rob Karnbach
      Marketing Engineer
      3Com

  --  Eugene Chang
      Vice President of Strategic Business Development
      Funk Software

  --  Alex Willis
      Practice Manager, Professional Services
      Research In Motion

  --  Kim Kasee
      Vice President of Marketing
      Motion Computing

  --  Yousif Hassan
      Engineering Manager
      SpeechWorks

  --  Bob Schreib
      Director, Product Marketing
      Symbol Technologies

  --  Richard Brock
      President and CEO
      Firstwave Technologies

Planet PDA is the first enterprise focused PDA event that helps
companies who are developing handheld computing strategies to select,
deploy and support the best platform for their company. This
one-of-a-kind event educates attendees about how to select
applications, maintain security, develop wireless connectivity
solutions, develop customized applications, integrate network
solutions, provide help-desk PDA support, and more. In addition, case
studies will be highlighting companies who have successfully
implemented handheld devices into their enterprise.

To Register: Go to http://www.tmcnet.com/planetpda/s03/reg.htm, or
call [phone]. Press registration is complimentary, includes a
FULL CONFERENCE PASS, and provides you with FREE access to ALL LUNCHES
AND RECEPTIONS! For more information, please visit the TMC website at
http://www.tmcnet.com/planetpda.