Another Handmark Acquisition Brings New Releases of Palm Platform Favorites.Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers KANSAS CITY Kansas City, two adjacent cities of the same name, one (1990 pop. 149,767), seat of Wyandotte co., NE Kansas (inc. 1859), the other (1990 pop. 435,146), Clay, Jackson, and Platte counties, NW Mo. (inc. 1850). , Mo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 11, 2001 Handmark, Inc. has acquired the assets of another original developer for the Palm platform. Fighter Pilot Software (FPS (Frames Per Second) The measurement of full-motion video performance. See frame. fps - frames per second ) has sold its Golftrac, Clock, and Utility applications to Handmark. Last fall Handmark, Inc. acquired Mobile Generation Software, Inc. and its web presence, mobilegeneration.com, one of the most popular and highest rated Internet sites serving the exploding Palm OS(R) handheld market. Handmark offers more packaged software See software package. for Palm OS devices It may never be fully completed or, depending on its its nature, it may be that it can never be completed. However, new and revised entries in the list are always welcome. This is a list of Palm OS devices, and companies that make, or have made, them. than any other publisher in the world. Handmark Golftrac(TM)PRO Handmark has released an all new and updated version of Golftrac. Goftrac was the original golf scoring and wager tracking program for the Palm platform. The new PRO version from Handmark is compatible with all currently shipping Palm OS devices and includes support for tracking multiple games or wagers within a single golf round. Golftrac PRO is available at retail and online for $19.99(a) SuperClock and Super Utility Handmark has also updated two long time Fighter Pilot Software favorites. FPSClock, now the Handmark SuperClock is bundled with a new release of the company's Travel Assistant for $19.99(a); and is available as a single product download from www.handmark.com for only $9.99(a) The former FPSUtility is now Handmark SuperUtility. SuperUtility provides instant access to important Palm OS details including free memory, battery life, Hotsync(TM) and Palm database information. SuperUtility is available as a download from the Handmark web site for $14.99(a) Handmark expands retail presence of Palm OS software. Handmark, Inc., is rapidly emerging as the leading publisher of consumer applications for Palm OS handheld devices. Handmark offers consumer software for Palm handhelds through major retail chains in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. as well as through its web site: handmark.com. Handmark branded solutions for the Palm platform are used by individuals in business and education as well as for personal entertainment. Handmark is the publisher of two of the Palm platforms leading applications: MobileDB(TM) and Four.Zero(TM) Handmark software is available in the U.S. and Europe and will soon be sold in Australia. In the U.S. Handmark sells through both national and regional retail stores including CompUSA, FryOs, Staples, Micro Center, J&R Music World, RCS (1) (Remote Computer Service) A remote timesharing service. (2) (Revision Control System) A Unix utility that provides version control. RCS - Revision Control System and others. Handmark software is compatible with Palm OS handheld computers from Palm, Inc., Handspring, and IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) as well as other licensees of the Palm OS platform including new devices from Sony. The desktop components of Handmark applications are compatible with Apple Macintosh Apple Macintosh - Macintosh and Microsoft Windows See Windows. (operating system) Microsoft Windows - Microsoft's proprietary window system and user interface software released in 1985 to run on top of MS-DOS. Widely criticised for being too slow (hence "Windoze", "Microsloth Windows") on the machines available then. personal computers. (a) All prices are in U.S. dollars and represent estimated retail sales and/or online price. Handmark, the Handmark logo and associated trade dress are trademarks of Handmark, Inc. Palm OS is a registered trademark and Palm is a trademark of Palm, Inc. Mac OS is a trademark and Macintosh is a registered trademark of Apple Computer, Inc. Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation (company) Microsoft Corporation - The biggest supplier of operating systems and other software for IBM PC compatibles. Software products include MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows, Windows NT, Microsoft Access, LAN Manager, MS Client, SQL Server, Open Data Base Connectivity (ODBC), MS Mail, . All other brand names, product names or trademarks are the property of their respective owners. For additional information, contact: Douglas Edwards Vice President of Marketing Handmark, Inc. email: dedwards@handmark.com office: (816) 472-7256 (ext. 204) mobile: (816) 210-8090 |
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