BSQUARE Now Shipping bFax Pro, BSQUARE Instant Messenger and bUseful Utilities Pak for Pocket PC.Business Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 26, 2000 BSQUARE Corporation (Nasdaq:BSQR) announced today that its new Pocket PC versions of BSQUARE Messenger, bFax(R) Pro and bUseful(TM) Utilities Pak applications are now available. Pocket PC owners can now send and receive instant messages with BSQUARE Messenger, send and receive faxes with bFax Pro, and maintain smooth, safe device operation with bUseful Utilities Pak. "Since their launch in April, consumer demand for Pocket PC 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 Pocket PC and Windows CE devices, and companies that make, or have made, them. has been incredible," stated Denise Slocombe, director of BSQUARE's mobile and wireless group. "Now with BSQUARE Messenger, instant communication between friends, families and coworkers is now possible. Additionally, our bFax Pro and bUseful Utilities Pak applications have been widely accepted by users of previous versions of Microsoft(R) Windows(R) CE devices and we look forward to the same acceptance from Pocket PC users." New Software Provides Instant Communication, Productivity for Pocket PCs BSQUARE Messenger 1.1 instantly connects users of Pocket PCs to friends, family, and business associates through instant messaging Exchanging text messages in real time between two or more people logged into a particular instant messaging (IM) service. Instant messaging is more interactive than e-mail because messages are sent immediately, whereas e-mail messages can be queued up in a mail server for seconds or . BSQUARE Messenger software enables real-time communication between Windows powered device users and the more than 62 million Hotmail users around the world. BSQUARE Messenger can be used wirelessly through a wireless local area network (LAN (Local Area Network) A communications network that serves users within a confined geographical area. The "clients" are the user's workstations typically running Windows, although Mac and Linux clients are also used. ) card, wide area network (WAN) card, or a wireless modem A modem and antenna that transmits and receives over the air. Wireless modems support several technologies, including 802.11, Bluetooth, CDPD, DataTAC, Mobitex and Ricochet. There are wireless modems for laptops, handhelds and cellphones. card and any standard mobile phone with an infrared port A transmitter/receiver for infrared signals. See IrDA and IR remote control. . BSQUARE Messenger is also compatible for use with the new Bluetooth wireless technology, and can be used with a Bluetooth connectivity card when available. BSQUARE Messenger turns Pocket PC and other Windows CE-based devices into an instant communications tool. bFax Pro 5.0 turns any Windows powered Pocket PC into a personal, portable fax machine. Users can send and receive faxes anywhere, at any time. The new version makes it easier than ever to send or receive a fax while mobile through the incorporation of new Internet See Web 2.0 and Internet2. faxing features, which reduce telephone connection costs, confirm document delivery, and enable users to receive faxes even when the device is not connected. bFax Pro 5.0 also supports inking for signing and annotating an·no·tate v. an·no·tat·ed, an·no·tat·ing, an·no·tates v.tr. To furnish (a literary work) with critical commentary or explanatory notes; gloss. v.intr. To gloss a text. documents, a new user interface, new wizards for easier operation, high-resolution options for clearer outputs, offline rendering of the fax image to reduce telephone transmission time and cost, and several default fax cover pages to choose from. As in previous versions, bFax Pro 5.0 includes the ability to fax multiple documents to multiple recipients, includes support for multiple document and image file formats Image file formats provide a standardized method of organizing and storing image data. This article deals with digital image formats used to store photographic and other image information. , and can be configured for batch faxing in a single, money-saving connection. The BSQUARE(R) bUseful(TM) Utilities Pak includes 10 individual utilities to manage Pocket PC devices. Programs include bUseful Backup, the fastest way to prevent data loss disasters, bUseful Analyzer, the industry standard for analyzing Pocket PC device performance, bUseful Zip, a standard utility for compressing files and attachments to e-mail, and bTask(TM), the industry-leading program for navigating between and closing applications. Price and Availability Available immediately from BSQUARE and authorized distributors worldwide, BSQUARE Messenger is priced at $9.95 for a single user license, bFax Pro for Pocket PC will be offered at a special promotional price of $29.95 until July 31, 2000, after which it will be $49.95. bUseful Utilities Pak for Pocket PC, also available immediately, will be offered at a special discount until July 30, 2000, for $44.95, returning to $59.95 after the promotional period. All titles will be available through the BSQUARE Online Store at http://www.bsquare.com. About BSQUARE BSQUARE (Nasdaq:BSQR) is innovating tomorrow's devices through software solutions for the development of intelligent computing devices. Specializing in the 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. family of operating systems Operating systems can be categorized by technology, ownership, licensing, working state, usage, and by many other characteristics. In practice, many of these groupings may overlap. , BSQUARE supplies software products and services for the development and use of PC Companions, set-top boxes The cable TV box that sits on "top" of the TV "set," although it is often located several feet away in an equipment rack. The set-top box descrambles the premium channels and provides a tuner for the higher cable numbers that very old TVs did not support. , web pads See Webpad. , Internet appliances, industrial automation devices, Windows-based terminals, and other mobile and wireless intelligent devices. From development tools to software infrastructures to end-user applications, the BSQUARE touch is on many embedded Inserted into. See embedded system. Windows-based devices available in the market today. For more information, visit BSQUARE at http://www.bsquare.com or call 888-820-4500. BSQUARE is a registered trademark of BSQUARE Corporation. All names, product names, and tradenames are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. Pricing is subject to change without notice. This release contains forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. relating to relating to relate prep → concernant relating to relate prep → bezüglich +gen, mit Bezug auf +acc our sales that are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected. The words "believe," "expect," "intend," "anticipate," variations of such words, and similar expressions identify forward-looking statements, but their absence does not mean that the statement is not forward-looking. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict. Factors that could affect BSQUARE's actual results include the failure of the market to accept these products and services, adverse changes in BSQUARE's relationship with Microsoft, a decline in the market for Windows -based intelligent computing devices or the failure of such market to develop as anticipated, delays or announcements of delays by Microsoft of Windows product releases, competition and intellectual property risks. A more detailed description of certain factors that could affect actual results include, but are not limited to, those discussed in BSQUARE's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q Form 10-Q See 10-Q. , in the section entitled "Risk Factors." Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this release. BSQUARE undertakes no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements to reflect new information, events or circumstances after the date of this release or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. |
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