Bachmann Software Introduces Palm OS Based File Management for Memory Expansion Cards.Business Editors & High-Tech Writers SPARTA, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 25, 2001 Filepoint(TM) Provides Palm Powered(TM) Handheld Users the Ability to Organize Data On Secure Digital and MultiMedia Expansion Memory Cards as Well as On RAM Bachmann Software today announces the launch of FilePoint(TM) 1.1, a file management application for Palm Powered handheld computers A computing device that can be easily held in one hand while the other hand is used to operate it. The Palm devices are a popular example. See Palm, smartphone and palmtop. , extending FilePoint's many organizational features to the data preserved on external Secure Digital (SD) and MultiMedia memory cards. FilePoint, first introduced by Bachmann Software in August 2001, allows users to organize data in folders. Files created in many of the third-party applications for Palm OS(R) handhelds can be easily organized using FilePoint's drag and drop A graphical user interface (GUI) capability that lets you perform operations by moving the icon of an object with the mouse into another window or onto another icon. For example, files can be copied or moved by dragging them from one folder to another. feature. The ability to organize documents in folders, along with FilePoint's browse and search features, allows users to quickly find data stored either in RAM or external memory cards. FilePoint also offers the ability to sort files, making it easy to decide which files or applications users may want to move to an expansion card to free up needed internal memory. "Although external memory can supplement a device, the data remains segregated from the applications and data on RAM," said Dan Reuvers, Bachmann Software's vice president of business development. "FilePoint allows users to see and access all their data simultaneously, so the external memory card behaves as a true expansion of the internal memory." By building in support for both SD and Flash memory cards, FilePoint enhances the file management capabilities for users of both the Palm and Handspring hand·spring n. A gymnastic feat in which the body is flipped completely forward or backward from an upright position, landing first on the hands and then on the feet. line of handheld computers. FilePoint version 1.1 retails for US$19.95 and is available on Bachmann Software's Web site, www.bachmannsoftware.com, or any of the Web sites that sell Palm OS applications, such as PalmGear and Handango. About Bachmann Software & Services Bachmann Software & Services is a leading provider of software products and development services for handheld computing computing - computer and wireless applications. Based in Sparta, N.J., the company develops Palm OS applications intended to enhance users' efficiency. Current Bachmann products introduce the ability to organize files and print content directly from a handheld; both staples of desktop computing. Bachmann Software is committed to extending the most popular utilities from the desktop to the Palm computing platform See platform. . The company also leverages its experience by providing development services for 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 applications. With experience in developing both products and enterprise applications on the Palm OS, Windows CE (Windows Consumer Electronics) Microsoft's version of Windows for handheld devices and embedded systems that use x86, ARM, MIPS and SHx CPUs. Windows CE .NET superseded Windows CE 3.0. and RIMM (Rambus Inline Memory Module) See RDRAM. See also RIM. platforms, Bachmann has completed over 50 such mobile computing applications. Bachmann Software's clients have included Fortune 500 companies in the medical, imaging, CRM (Customer Relationship Management) An integrated information system that is used to plan, schedule and control the presales and postsales activities in an organization. , wireless and PC industries, among others. For more information, visit www.bachmannsoftware.com. Palm OS is a registered trademark, and Palm and Palm Powered are trademarks of Palm, Inc. All other products, services and company names are trademarks, registered trademarks or services marks of their respective owners. |
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