Bitstream Upgrades ThunderHawk, Full-Featured Wireless Web Browser for Mobile Devices; New Release Includes Ease-of-Use Features That Customers Requested.Business/Technology Editors Bitstream Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : BITS) announced today it is upgrading ThunderHawk(TM) - Bitstream's wireless Web browsing technology - to version 1.02. ThunderHawk brings full-featured Web browsing to mobile devices, enabling users to view the full text and images of any Web page. Users get complete wireless access to real Web pages that maintain full text legibility. ThunderHawk for the Pocket PC is available for purchase and for a free 30-day trial. Customers who have a Pocket PC can download, test drive, and purchase ThunderHawk from the Bitstream Web site at http://www.bitstream.com/wireless. The new features in ThunderHawk include: -- USB (cradle), serial (COM port), or IR (infrared) connection -- CompactFlash Type 1 or Type 1 extended modem or network "Since our first favorably received release of ThunderHawk in May, we have had good feedback from our customers, including suggestions on how to make ThunderHawk easier to use. We listened to these early technology adopters. We feel that this upgrade of the product includes features, like the Favorites folder, that make ThunderHawk more intuitive," said Anna Chagnon, President of Bitstream. "We also added support for more devices. Our wireless 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. allows people to stay connected. ThunderHawk is our first step in making access to the wireless Web a reality." System requirements To be used efficiently, all computer software needs certain hardware components or other software resources to be present on a computer system. These pre-requisites are known as (computer) system requirements and are often used as a guideline as opposed to an absolute rule. for ThunderHawk: -- A Pocket PC running 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. 3.0 or Pocket PC 2000 or higher, such as the HP Jornada, 540 series or later,(1) Compaq iPAQ, 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 , Audiovox Maestro, Toshiba e310 or e570 (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. other than those listed above may require additional configuration.) -- USB (cradle), serial (COM port), or IR (infrared) connection -- CompactFlash Type 1 or Type 1 extended modem or network interface card (NIC (1) (Network Interface Card) See network adapter. See also InterNIC. (2) (New Internet Computer) An earlier Linux-based computer from The New Internet Computer Company (NICC), Palo Alto, CA. ) -- Internet Service Provider Internet service provider (ISP) Company that provides Internet connections and services to individuals and organizations. For a monthly fee, ISPs provide computer users with a connection to their site (see data transmission), as well as a log-in name and password. account or network connection with Internet access See how to access the Internet. (2) (1) Although ThunderHawk may install on some 520 series of Jornadas, the 520 series does not support ThunderHawk. (2) Wireless Internet use requires a separately purchased modem and service contract. Check with service providers for coverage and availability in your area. Not all Web content is available. About ThunderHawk ThunderHawk brings the desktop Web browsing experience to mobile device users. It allows a Pocket PC, which typically has a 320x240 color LCD screen, to display a legible VGA (Video Graphics Array) The display standard for the PC. All PC display adapters support VGA, and Windows machines boot up in "VGA mode" before switching to higher resolutions. screen (640x480) of a Web page. Side-by-side comparisons of ThunderHawk and today's browsing experience on Pocket PC devices can be viewed at http://www.bitstream.com/wireless. Bitstream has filed 13 preliminary patents in the U.S. on ThunderHawk and its underlying technologies. Bitstream has relied on its 20 years' of font experience in creating its first wireless Web browser. ThunderHawk renders text using the Wireless Font Set(TM), which is made up of high-quality fonts that render well at small point sizes on any display. The fonts are designed specifically for handheld and wireless devices and produce high-quality output for color LCD, anti-aliased, and black-and-white displays. They are specifically designed to fit as much text as possible onto a small screen, as well as provide maximum legibility at small sizes. The fonts are all new designs and are delta-hinted, which involves fine-tuning fonts so that they are easy to read at small sizes. If your company is interested in Bitstream ThunderHawk, contact Bitstream at 800.522.3668 or 617.497.6222, e-mail us at thunderhawk@bitstream.com, or visit us on the Web at http://www.bitstream.com. Bitstream is working with key strategic partners who wish to license ThunderHawk. About Bitstream Bitstream Inc. (Nasdaq:BITS) is the leading developer of font technology, digital fonts, and custom font designs. Bitstream licenses its award-winning TrueDoc(R) and Font Fusion Bitstream Font Fusion is a small, fast, object-oriented font engine written in ANSI C capable of rendering high-quality text on any platform, any device, and at any resolution. The entire source code is portable, optimized, and executes independent of operating system and processor. (TM) technologies to Web and application developers, and to manufacturers of information appliances, wireless and handheld devices, set-top boxes, embedded systems Embedded systems Computer systems that cannot be programmed by the user because they are preprogrammed for a specific task and are buried within the equipment they serve. , and printers. Setting the standard for excellence in font technology, Bitstream holds numerous key patents in the U.S. that cover the creation of portable fonts for the Internet. Building on this experience, Bitstream has released ThunderHawk(TM), a breakthrough technology for the wireless Web. Founded in 1981, Bitstream is the first digital font foundry. In 1999, Bitstream created MyFonts.com, Inc. (http://www.myfonts.com), the Web site for finding, trying, and buying fonts on line. Bitstream is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts This article is about the city of Cambridge in Massachusetts. For the English university town, see Cambridge, England. For other places, see Cambridge (disambiguation). Cambridge, Massachusetts is a city in the Greater Boston area of Massachusetts, United States. . Find out more about Bitstream at http://www.bitstream.com. Bitstream and TrueDoc are registered trademarks, and Font Fusion, ThunderHawk, and Wireless Font Set are trademarks of Bitstream Inc. Other technologies and brand names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. |
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