Corex Technologies' CardScan Wins Planet PDA Product of the Year Award; CardScan Recognized by Leading PDA Magazine for Innovative Contribution to Handheld Computing Industry.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 27, 2003 Corex Technologies, the leading developer of contact management and business card scanning solutions, today announced its flagship product CardScan(R) has been awarded the Planet PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) A handheld computer for managing contacts, appointments and tasks. It typically includes a name and address database, calendar, to-do list and note taker, which are the functions in a personal information manager (see PIM). Product of the Year Award for 2002. Sponsored by Planet PDA(R) magazine, this award program is designed to honor outstanding products and services that have furthered the growth of the handheld computing industry. "Recognition by Planet PDA as Product of the Year underscores CardScan's importance to PDA users. CardScan is the fastest and most accurate way to get valuable contact information into handheld devices without typing," said Jonathan Stern, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Corex Technologies. "We are honored to receive an award from true PDA industry experts that reinforces CardScan's leadership position as an essential tool for mobile professionals who rely on handheld devices." With a scanning speed of two to three seconds per card, CardScan empowers users to save time and aggravation and make the most of their personal digital assistants. Using CardScan's color scanner and optical character recognition optical character recognition (OCR), method for the machine-reading of typeset, typed, and, in some cases, hand-printed letters, numbers, and symbols using optical sensing and a computer. (OCR OCR in full optical character recognition Scanning and comparison technique intended to identify printed text or numerical data. It avoids the need to retype already printed material for data entry. ) software, business cards are scanned and sorted into an electronic address book on the PC desktop. This valuable information is easily synchronized with PDAs such as Palm(TM), Handspring(TM), Sony(R) CLIE CLIE Communication, Link, Information & Entertainment (Sony PDA) CLIE Communication Link Information and Entertainment CLIE Create Lifestyle with Innovation and Emotion , Psion(R) and Pocket PCs. CardScan also automatically synchronizes with Microsoft(R) Outlook(R) and other popular contact managers or personal information managers. "Corex's CardScan has played an important role in the handheld computing market," said Rich Tehrani, president of TMC TMC Technology Marketing Corporation (Norwalk, Connecticut) TMC Texas Medical Center (Houston, TX) TMC Traffic Message Channel TMC The Movie Channel TMC Traffic Management Center and group editor-in-chief of Planet PDA. "We're proud to recognize their hard work and innovation with a Product of the Year Award for 2002." About Corex Technologies Founded in 1993, Corex Technologies Corporation is a leading provider of contact management and business card scanning solutions designed to reduce corporate clutter and increase productivity. Corex's award-winning flagship product, CardScan Executive, is a state of the art business card scanner bundled with sophisticated contact management tools, including CardScan.Net and the AccuCard Service. Corex is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts. For additional information, please visit the company's website at www.cardscan.com. |
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