Handheld Systems Magazine Changes Ownership, Relaunches with Zsigo Wireless President.SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 4, 1998--Creative Digital Publishing Inc. is pleased to announce that they have spun off ownership of Handheld Systems, the premier mobile computing Using a computing device while in transit. Mobile computing implies wireless transmission, but wireless transmission does not necessarily imply mobile computing. Fixed wireless applications use satellites, radio systems and lasers to transmit between permanent objects such as buildings software development publication, and merged it h the rapid convergence of handheld computing computing - computer , w Editor of th e new publication. "The magazine's mission, to empower handheld developers, is a natural complement to the wireless developer education and certification programs we're providing at Zsigo Wireless. We believe the magazine will be a critical resource for all handheld, wireless, and mobile computing engineers." As part of the new venture, Handheld & Wireless Developers is planning an aggressive marketing campaign to double circulation by the end of 1998. Part of that campaign includes a reduction of subscription prices to $49.95 per year, an electronic/source code subscription for the same price, a redesign of the magazine, and a substantial increase in bonus distributions at developer-oriented handheld and wireless conferences. The news stand cover price will also be reduced from $14.95 to $9.95. Interested developers can visit Handheld & Wireless Developers new web site at www.hwdevs.com to request a sample issue. The first issue of the new magazine will be available in early July. Creative Digital is a leading information and software publisher in the handheld computer A computing device that can be easily held in one hand while the other hand is used to operate it. The Palm devices are a popular example. See Palm, smartphone and palmtop. market. In addition to Handheld Systems, they publish The Handheld Computer Almanac almanac, originally, a calendar with notations of astronomical and other data. Almanacs have been known in simple form almost since the invention of writing, for they served to record religious feasts, seasonal changes, and the like. , the definitive product and service reference guide for the handheld computing industry. Zsigo Wireless is the leading provider of advanced wireless training and consulting services Noun 1. consulting service - service provided by a professional advisor (e.g., a lawyer or doctor or CPA etc.) service - work done by one person or group that benefits another; "budget separately for goods and services" in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . They also manage the most comprehensive set of certification programs for wireless developers in the world. -0- Note to Editors: Handheld & Wireless Developers is a trademark of Handheld & Wireless Developers, Inc. The Handheld Computer Almanac is a trademark of Creative Digital Publishing Inc. CONTACT: Creative Digital Publishing Inc. Steve Mann Steve Mann is a tenured professor at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Toronto. Education Mann holds degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (PhD in Media Arts and Sciences '97) and McMaster University, where he was , 415/621-4252 smann@hwdevs.com http://www.cdpubs.com or Zsigo Wireless Data Consultants Konstantin J. Zsigo, 517/337-3995 zsigo@hwdevs.com |
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