CyberGenie Grants Home Office Workers and Small Businesses Their Wish With a Multi-Function PC Cordless Phone System.

Business Editors and High-Tech Writers

CES 2000

LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 6, 2000

Cygnion Corp. Launches Industry's First PC Cordless Phone System With

a Virtual Personal Assistant, Helping Small Business Project a

Professional, Larger-Than-Life Image -- Anytime, Anywhere

Editor's Summary:

-- The award-winning CyberGenie(R) CG2400 enables today's SOHO users to stay connected without compromising productivity. A multi-line, multi-user expandable phone system that harnesses the power of the PC, CyberGenie is a complete communications system, managing voice mail, e-mail and faxes from a single mailbox, from any telephone in the world.

-- CyberGenie enables home offices to project a professional image through cutting-edge voice recognition technology. The Virtual Personal Assistant greets callers, makes calls and manages messages, even reads them back to you.

-- Shipping in January 2000, CyberGenie will be sold through retail and distribution channels with the suggested retail price of $499. Additional handsets with chargers have a suggested retail of $129.

Addressing the needs of home office workers and small businesses in the new millennium, Cygnion Corp. Thursday announced CyberGenie CGS2400. A multi-line, multi-user, expandable PC Cordless Phone System, CyberGenie combines the power of the PC with advanced telephony features and speech recognition technology to deliver the ultimate communications tool.

An award-winning computer telephony package tailored for the growing home office/small office market, CyberGenie Thursday also earned prestigious Innovations 2000 Best of Show honors.

Developed to provide a professional image, maximum flexibility and increased productivity, CyberGenie is a versatile and powerful telephony solution for today's busy home office entrepreneur or small business environment.

"Home office and small business owners are seeking ways to manage their communications more effectively and balance their work and home lives -- CyberGenie allows them to do that," said Terry Baker, vice president of worldwide sales and marketing, Cygnion Corp.

"For example, if you're expecting an important e-mail or call, but don't want to miss your son's baseball game, CyberGenie enables you to stay completely in touch with clients and customers without sacrificing your lifestyle."

CyberGenie Delivers Advanced Telephony Features With a Virtual

Personal Assistant

Recognizing the phone as one of the most critical tools for the small business or home office entrepreneur, CyberGenie delivers advanced telephony features such as customized call answering, up to 20 individualized voice mail boxes, conference call capabilities, memo recording and call transferring.

However, with the help of CyberGenie's Virtual Personal Assistant, the system does more than just handle phone traffic. Utilizing Advanced Automatic Speech Recognition and Text-to-Speech engines powered by "CyberGenie@Work" software, CyberGenie will read e-mail and voice mail messages and fax headers when a user calls into the system.

Acting as a 24-hour, seven-day-a-week personal assistant, CyberGenie will even notify users anywhere in the world when new voice mail, e-mails or faxes are received, allowing users to take action and respond promptly to their customers.

CyberGenie's advanced management features also allow users to dial contacts from their PIM (personal information manager) or address book, by simply using a handset and saying the contact's name. Utilizing contact information from any MAPI (Messaging Application Programming Interface) compliant database, such as Microsoft(R) Outlook(TM), the system can initiate outgoing calls.

With "CyberGenie@Work" software, CyberGenie provides a robust telephony solution in a simple, cost efficient package.

CyberGenie Projects Professionalism at All Times

Acting as an advanced call management system, CyberGenie projects a professional image for home offices or businesses. Calls placed into small businesses or home offices are answered by CyberGenie's Virtual Personal Assistant, and the caller is prompted to simply speak the name of the person they wish to speak with or dial an extension.

This feature ensures that if the user is not available to receive a call, the speech-activated Virtual Personal Assistant will answer the call before resorting to voice mail. The system also allows users to establish separate greetings for each phone line, allowing them to clearly separate their home life from their work life and maintain their professional, "big company" image.

As an internal communications tool, CyberGenie's sleek, compact wireless handset also provides a cost effective and reliable means of exchanging information amongst small office users.

The Power and Flexibility to Grow with Business

CyberGenie is a two-line system which users can have up to ten handsets and 20 individual mailboxes to accommodate the needs of their growing business. Installation is as easy as plugging CyberGenie's base station into the USB port of the user's PC and connecting to the phone line. Within 15 minutes, users are fully installed and ready to go.

CyberGenie consists of a powerful 2.4GHz digital spread spectrum base station and cordless handset along with "CyberGenie@Work" software.

System Pricing and Availability

The CyberGenie CG2400 standard package comes with one base station, one cordless handset and "CyberGenie@Work" software with the suggested retail price of $499. Additional handsets with chargers are $129 suggested retail.

CyberGenie will begin shipping in January 2000 through major retail outlets and distributors nationwide, including Office Depot, CompUSA, TechData, Dell Computers, RCS, Nationwide Electronics, IBS, J&R Music World, Hello Direct and Fry's stores.

About Cygnion Corp.

Cygnion Corp. develops and markets communication solutions for the small business and home office market. The core team of Cygnion Corp. started research and development in this field in 1996. The goal of this division is to create an effective convergence between the telecommunications and personal computer industries.

Cygnion's extensive experience in the areas of PC telephony applications and wireless communications places the company in a unique position to deliver leading-edge, communications solutions to the growing home-based and small business market. For product literature or more information, visit www.cygnion.com or call 877/GET-GENIE.