Beyond.com Introduces Handhelds Tab With Leading Selection of Handheld Software Titles; Beyond.com Offers Complete Handheld Solution At One Point of Purchase.SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 5, 1999-- Internet software superstore Beyond.com(TM) (Nasdaq:BYND) today launched its Handhelds tab, another in a series of Beyond.com categories designed to help customers use their computing devices more efficiently and effectively. The new tab features Palm Computing(R), Windows(R) CE and other handheld devices, free shareware titles and a leading selection of handheld software titles for direct purchase, a majority of which are available for digital download  The perspective and/or examples in this article do not represent a world-wide view. Please [ edit] this page to improve its geographical balance. .
To celebrate the launch of the new tab, Beyond.com also today launched the "Beyond.com Handheld Sweepstakes". Co-sponsored by Microsoft Corp., makers of the Windows(R) CE operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. , and Beyond.com, the Sweepstakes offers 10 grand-prize winners the hot new Casio Cassiopeia Casio Cassiopeia was the brand name of a PDA manufactured by Casio. It used Windows CE as the Operating system. Casio was one of the first manufacturers of PDAs, developing at the beginning small pocket-sized computers with keyboards and grayscale displays and subsequently moving E-105 palm-size PC The Palm-Size PC was Microsoft's first attempt at a computer conforming to an 'in your hand' profile (or, as commonly referred to, a PDA). These devices demonstrated many firsts for this form factor, including wave sound output, comparatively high-resolution screens with powered by 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 Windows CE .NET superseded Windows CE 3.0. . "IDC predicts that shipments of smart handheld device units will surpass PC unit shipments, growing to 35.3 million by 2003, up from 8.9 million units shipped in 1999," said Mark Breier, president and chief executive officer at Beyond.com. "Given this forecast, Beyond.com recognizes a huge market opportunity." "Our Handhelds tab offers customers the complete handhelds solution -- including devices, a broad range of digitally downloadable software titles for direct purchase, free shareware titles, accessories and editorial content including reviews and feature articles from CNET (body) CNET - Centre national d'Etudes des Telecommunications. The French national telecommunications research centre at Lannion. -- within a few mouse clicks," Breier said. "Beyond.com is once again bringing customers' computing devices to life." Last week Beyond.com launched a Books tab, offering computer and technical books to help Internet shoppers get the most out of the software and hardware they purchase from Beyond.com. About Beyond.com Beyond.com sells commercial, off-the-shelf software to the government, enterprise, corporate and consumer markets, offering its customers a better place to buy software. Visitors to the company's online store http://www.beyond.com enjoy a comprehensive selection of software backed by customer service and competitive pricing. Beyond.com offers more than 1.6 million software and other digital products, including software stock-keeping units (SKUs) for online purchase from such major publishers as Adobe Systems Adobe Systems Incorporated (pronounced a-DOE-bee IPA: /əˈdoʊbiː/) (NASDAQ: ADBE) (LSE: ABS) is an American computer software company headquartered in San Jose, California, USA. Inc., 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) Corp., Lotus Development Corp., Microsoft Corp., Sun Microsystems Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA[3]) is an American vendor of computers, computer components, computer software, and information-technology services, founded on 24 February 1982. Inc. and Symantec Corp.; hardware; computing devices; and digital images in different file formats, including jpeg, gif and mpf through a strategic marketing alliance with IMSI IMSI International Mobile Subscriber Identity IMSI International Microcomputer Software, Inc. IMSI International Mobile Station Identity (now International Mobile Subscriber Identity) IMSI Idaho Maximum Security Institution . The company has established strategic marketing alliances with America Online Inc., CNET Inc., Compaq Computer Corp., Excite@Home, HP Shopping Village, Microsoft Corp., Road Runner/ServiceCo., Yahoo! Inc. and ZDNet. Additionally, Beyond.com offers software publishers, hardware manufacturers and systems OEMs e-commerce solutions including publishers transaction processing, physical and electronic order fulfillment, customer support, site design consultation, marketing support and reporting. The company has applied for federal registration of the marks BEYOND.COM and BEYOND DOT COM. Beyond.com Corporation trades on the Nasdaq National Market under the symbol "BYND". More information on the company can be found in the company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Safe Harbor Safe Harbor 1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated. 2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive. Statement Certain statements in this press release are forward-looking within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. These include statements relating to the anticipated market for handheld devices. Such statements are subject to substantial risks and uncertainties inherent in market predictions. Beyond.com's business is subject to risks including reductions in or cancellations of customer orders, changes in relationships with software suppliers, changes in relationships with strategic partners, changes in the product mix sold by the company, competition from other online software resellers or publishers, inability to raise sufficient capital on satisfactory terms, or at all, and other factors described in the company's filings with the SEC. |
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