DataViz's Dose-A-Day Brings Daily ''Tear-Off'' Calendars to Palm OS and Pocket PC Handhelds; Dose-A-Day Dilbert and Dose-A-Day Golf by Gary McCord Available Mid-September.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers MILFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 25, 2003 DataViz(R), Inc., an industry leader for the handheld device market, announced today, a new line of Dose-A-Day(TM) daily calendars for Palm OS(R) and Pocket PC handhelds. Dose-A-Day Dilbert(TM) and Dose-A-Day Golf by Gary McCord Gary Dennis McCord (born May 23, 1948) is an American professional golfer, commentator, and author. McCord was born in San Gabriel, California. He was a two-time All-American at the University of California, Riverside. will be available in mid September, just in time for the holiday season. DataViz will also be announcing other Dose-A-Day titles this fall. The product launch introduces a new concept in daily calendars. Unlike traditional paper tear-off calendars, Dose-A-Day provides 365 days of entertainment from the date of installation on the handheld. Customers are guaranteed a full year of Dose-A-Day whether they purchase in January, June or December. So while Dose-A-Day is perfect for the holidays, it also makes a great gift for Father's Day, Mother's Day, birthdays and graduations. "DataViz knew immediately that both Scott Adams' Dilbert comics and Gary McCord's light-hearted golf tips and jokes were the perfect fit for Dose-A-Day," said Rob Hoxie, Director, Business Development at DataViz. "Anyone who works in an office can appreciate the humor humor, according to ancient theory, any of four bodily fluids that determined man's health and temperament. Hippocrates postulated that an imbalance among the humors (blood, phlegm, black bile, and yellow bile) resulted in pain and disease, and that good health was of Dilbert, and what better way to get a funny comic strip comic strip, combination of cartoon with a story line, laid out in a series of pictorial panels across a page and concerning a continuous character or set of characters, whose thoughts and dialogues are indicated by means of "balloons" containing written speech. each day than via your 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). ? For those people who prefer the diversion of thinking about their next golf game, Dose-A-Day featuring Gary McCord fits the bill." After a quick and easy installation, the customers automatically receive a new comic, golf tip, or joke on the handheld each day. No wireless connection or subscription is necessary. Pricing and Availability Dose-A-Day Dilbert and Dose-A-Day Golf by Gary McCord will be available from www.dataviz.com on September 15, 2003 for the suggested retail price of $19.95. Dose-A-Day will also be available at retailers such as Amazon.com, Handango.com and CompUSA this fall. Dose-A-Day is compatible with Palm OS and Pocket PC handhelds. About Dilbert Dilbert, the United Feature Syndicate comic strip, is the most photocopied, pinned-up, downloaded, faxed and e-mailed comic strip in the world. Many readers, particularly those employed at large corporations, are convinced that Adams works at their companies since he conveys corporate inanities so perfectly in his comic strip. Dilbert appears in 2,000 papers in 65 countries and 19 languages, and on the Web at www.dilbert.com. More than 10 million Dilbert books have been sold to date, and many of Adams' books have made The New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Times best-seller list. About Gary McCord A 17-year golf commentator for CBS Sports CBS Sports is a division of CBS which airs many of the sports telecasts in the United States. CBS Sports broadcasts programs like NFL on CBS, The NFL Today, Southeastern Conference football, NCAA basketball, PGA golf, and professional tennis. , a 25-year PGA Tour The PGA Tour is an organization that operates the USA's main professional golf tours. It is headquartered in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, USA. Its name is officially rendered in all caps as “PGA TOUR". veteran and Champions Tour multiple champion, Gary McCord is a golf celebrity of many talents. Even non-golfers recognize him for his role as himself in the movie Tin Cup Tin Cup is a 1996 romantic comedy starring Kevin Costner and Rene Russo, with major supporting roles by Cheech Marin and Don Johnson. Synopsis The storyline focuses on the relationship that develops between two entirely opposite personalities. , starring Kevin Costner. Aside from his well-known wit and humor, many may not know of his teaching abilities. He instructs and consults more than 20 Tour players and co-founded a golf Learning Center in Arizona. He authored the best-selling instructional manual Golf for Dummies and has delighted fans with his autobiographical collection Just a Range Ball in a Box of Titleists. It is the unbeatable combination of his experiences, knowledge, golfing ability and unique delivery of information that has been captured in Dose-A-Day. About DataViz DataViz is the industry leader and standard for productivity software for the handheld device market, as well as Windows and Macintosh cross platform compatibility software. DataViz products have been on bestseller lists since 1984; Documents To Go(R), which allows customers to use Word, Excel, and PowerPoint(R) files on Palm OS handhelds, is currently the number one selling Palm OS business software (NPD NPD New Product Development NPD Nouveau Parti Démocratique (Canada) NPD Narcissistic Personality Disorder NPD Norwegian Petroleum Directorate NPD Nationaldemokratische Partei Deutschlands Intelect). In addition, DataViz has developed strategic partnerships with Palm, Inc., Sony Corp., Apple(R), Microsoft(R), and other industry leaders. Frequent media fanfare, both domestic and abroad, reflects the worldwide distribution and use of DataViz products. DataViz products are sold directly through DataViz as well as at major computer and office supply retailers and through distributors 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. and throughout the world. About United Media Dilbert is licensed and syndicated by United Media. United Media (UM) is a worldwide licensing and syndication company that focuses on building brand equity around a wide range of creative content. UM licenses and/or syndicates other properties, including PEANUTS, Precious Moments, the Copyrights at United Media portfolio (The World of Beatrix Potter, Paddington Bear, etc.), Raggedy Ann Raggedy Ann good-natured despite misadventures; doll with perpetual smile. [Children’s Lit.: Raggedy Ann Stories] See : Cheerfulness & Andy, 2GRRRLS, Nancy and Sluggo, and Rainbow Fish rainbow fish: see killifish. . United Media is an E.W. Scripps Company. All product and company names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. (C)2003 DataViz, Inc. |
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