Claris Ships Claris Organizer 2.0 For Macintosh; Beta testers praise ease of use and efficiency.SANTA CLARA Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 24, 1996--Claris Corp. today announced that Claris Organizer Claris Organizer is an organizer software program developed and sold by Claris for the Mac OS during the 1990s. It was sold to Palm when Claris was broken up, and was used as the basis for the Palm Desktop for Mac. 2.0, the all-in-one personal information manager for Macintosh and Power Macintosh See Power Mac. (computer) Power Macintosh - Apple Computer's personal computer based on the PowerPC, introduced on 1994-03-14. Existing 680x0 code (both applications and device drivers) run on Power Macintosh systems without modification via a Motorola 68LC040 emulator. , is now available at authorized Claris resellers in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. for an estimated retail price of $69; upgrade price of $49. A Windows 95 version of the product is scheduled to ship next year. Claris Organizer 2.0 provides business, home, and education customers with the easiest, most efficient way to get organized. Version 2.0 is now Internet savvy with new Email Links and Web Links, providing the ability to launch Internet programs like Netscape Navigator An earlier Web browser for Windows, Macintosh and X Windows from Netscape that provided secure transmission over the Internet. Soon after its introduction in 1994, Navigator, or just "Netscape," as it was commonly called, quickly became the leading browser on the Web. or Claris Emailer Claris Emailer (often stylized as Claris Em@iler) was a popular e-mail client for the Mac OS created by Fog City Software. It was bought and marketed by the Apple Computer spin-off Claris. from within Claris Organizer. "Claris Organizer 2.0 sets a new standard in usability and efficiency for contact managers," said David Christopher, Claris Organizer customer marketing manager. "It provides customers with an easy-to-use solution for managing business and personal contacts and a powerful feature set for more efficient time management." The streamlined design of Claris Organizer 2.0 looks and works like no other personal organizer, with a simplified contact card that displays information much like a business card. Instant Find, Instant Filters, and the new Instant Organizer menu provide instant access to contacts, appointments, tasks, and notes. Other new features, such as Decors, Memorizable Views, the Gripper, Birthday Minder, and field level file synchronization File synchronization (or 'synching') in computing is the process of making sure that two or more locations contain the same up-to-date files. If you add, change, or delete a file from one location, the synchronization process will add, change, or delete the same file at the other , combine to make Claris Organizer 2.0 a powerful contact manager. For small businesses, staying organized is critical; that's why an easy-to-use solution like Claris Organizer 2.0 can quickly become indispensable. Sandi Dobrowolsky, owner and sole employee of Sandbox Software, makes web pages for clients. "I finally decided to get organized! And Claris Organizer 2.0 is perfect for me," she said. Bob Cusick is president of ClickWare, a small software development company. "I've tried other organizer software products, such as Now Contact and Up-To-Date, but they just weren't flexible enough," he said. "This is not just a PIM (1) (Protocol Independent Multicast) A multicast routing protocol endorsed by the IETF. Used in conjunction with an existing unicast routing protocol, it comes in two flavors: Dense Mode (PIM-DM) is used when recipients in the target group are in a concentrated ; it's geared toward major productivity. It's very intuitive." Claris Corp. is a leader in developing Macintosh and Windows software for business, education and home, and has headquarters in Santa Clara, Calif. -0- Note to editors: For a copy of the full text press release; visit ClarisWeb, the Claris World Wide Web home page at http://www.claris.com. CONTACT: Claris Corp. Natalie Sequeira, 408/987-7487 natalie_sequeira@claris |
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