Active Paper's Presto!Mail Honored By Mobilis: The Mobile Computing Lifestyle Magazine.AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 4, 1996--Active Paper's Presto!Mail, the first product to offer direct Internet e-mail access for personal communicators A concept for a handheld device that was co-created by Toronto engineer Robert J. Fraser in 1991, who also coined the term. The personal communicator was conceived to provide always-on, wireless connectivity to a nationwide, packet-switched communications network that would enable mobile , has received a mobilis Magazine Reader's Choice Award as the top PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) A handheld computer for managing contacts, appointments and tasks. It typically includes a name and address database, calendar, to-do list and note taker, which are the functions in a personal information manager (see PIM). software for Magic Cap personal communicators. mobilis magazine polled its readers over the past three months, seeking opinions about various products and services that enable mobile computing Using a computing device while in transit. Mobile computing implies wireless transmission, but wireless transmission does not necessarily imply mobile computing. Fixed wireless applications use satellites, radio systems and lasers to transmit between permanent objects such as buildings . According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. mobilis editor and publisher John Jerney, "mobilis readership represents a select group of people who are deeply interested and highly informed about the mobile computing market and, although the Reader's Choice awards do not represent a scientific survey, we believe the awards provide valuable insight about the current state of the mobile computing marketplace." "Active Paper is honored that mobilis readers chose Presto!Mail as the #1 software package for Magic Cap personal communicators," according to Active Paper's Chief Executive Officer, Steve Vandegrift. "Since its introduction last September, Presto!Mail has received a tremendous response in the marketplace, and Active Paper is committed to new versions of Presto!Mail that will add more features and significantly enhance its useability." Presto!Mail is the first in Active Paper's Presto!Works suite of Internet connectivity products for Magic Cap personal communicators. Active Paper is currently developing Presto!Links, a full-featured graphical World Wide Web browser The program that serves as your front end to the Web on the Internet. In order to view a site, you type its address (URL) into the browser's Location field; for example, www.computerlanguage.com, and the home page of that site is downloaded to you. that will allow users to navigate the Web from Magic Cap personal communicators. Active Paper is also developing Presto!Works for Servers, a unique proxy architecture that enhances performance and functionality of communicator-based Web access. Presto!Links and Presto!Works for Servers are expected to be released during the first half of 1996. Other Presto!Works products will include Presto!News, an electronic news group reader for Magic Cap, and a variety of add-ons for Presto!Works applications. mobilis, a publication of Vancouver, British Columbia-based Volksware, Inc. is the first free monthly magazine dedicated to mobile computing available exclusively on the Web. In addition to mobilis, Volksware publishes the five-year old industry newsletter "Pen-Based Computing See gesture recognition and tablet PC. : The Journal of Stylus stylus: see pen. (1) A pen-shaped instrument that is used to "draw" images or select from menus. Styli (the plural of stylus, pronounced "sty-lye") come with handheld devices that have touch screens, such as PDAs and video games. Systems," available by subscription only. mobilis can be found at http://www.volksware.com/mobilis. About Active Paper Active Paper Inc. was founded in October 1993 to deliver enabling technologies, applications and services for the emerging personal communicator market. The company has developed several custom applications for personal communicator devices and became a Magic Cap developer in late 1994. With the addition of the Magic Cap platform, Active Paper is demonstrating its commitment to providing Internet and other communication solutions for a variety of personal communicator devices. Active Paper's WWW WWW or W3: see World Wide Web. (World Wide Web) The common host name for a Web server. The "www-dot" prefix on Web addresses is widely used to provide a recognizable way of identifying a Web site. home page can be found at http://www.apix.com. -0- NOTE: Any product names in this document are for identification purposes only and may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. CONTACT: GTT GTT, n See test, glucose tolerance. GTT Glucose tolerance test, see there Communications, Austin Bill Stotesbery, 512/219-6339 or Active Paper, Austin Betsy Thaggard, 512/708-1255 ex. 13 |
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