Informal Software Announces enotate Software Support for Macintosh Platform; Innovative Software Solution Enables MAC Users to Take Advantage of Electronic Pen and Paper.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers 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)--Oct. 9, 2000 Informal Software, Inc., today announced that its award-winning product, enotate, will provide support for the Macintosh platform. Informal's enotate software transforms stylus-based handheld devices into the ideal "4th Peripheral" for the MAC, providing a more natural way to communicate ideas electronically - almost as if you were using a pen and paper. Users of enotate software for MAC will be able to electronically create freehand See Macromedia FreeHand. drawings or markup graphics and digital photography via a stylus-based, handheld device. enotate for MAC further demonstrates Informal Software's vision to pioneer platform-independent software solutions and addresses the market demand for simplified collaboration tools for computer users and vertical markets, such as graphics and digital photography, that have standardized on MAC computers. enotate for MAC will be available in Q1 2001 from www.informal.com for an introductory price of $19.95 and will then assume a cost of $49.95. Future versions of the software will support several leading graphics applications as well as Macintosh applications such as Word, PowerPoint and Excel. "As we look to expand our market base and provide a broader array of platform availability, enotate software for MAC will be an important part of our strategy," said Informal Software President and Founder, Ian Cullimore Ian Cullimore is an English-born mathematician and computer scientist who has been influential in the pocket PC arena. Biography Cullimore has a degree in Mathematics from King's College London, and a PhD in Cognitive and Computer Science from the University of Sussex. . "Our software solution provides photography professionals, graphic designers and many others with a new tool and the ability to draw and annotate annotate - annotation electronically. This is yet another step in our vision to become platform independent and to supply a full suite of applications to Macintosh users." Informal's software solution provides an ideal outlet for creative expression and improved collaboration while enabling MAC users to work seamlessly across platforms with PC users. enotate for MAC allows users to electronically create freehand drawings or markup graphics and digital photography via a stylus-based device and exchange the annotated graphics with PC-based co-workers. Informal's enotate for MAC specifically enables free-hand sketching/drawing and annotating an·no·tate v. an·no·tat·ed, an·no·tat·ing, an·no·tates v.tr. To furnish (a literary work) with critical commentary or explanatory notes; gloss. v.intr. To gloss a text. or marking-up graphics, as well as digital images in common formats such as JPEG JPEG in full Joint Photographic Experts Group Standard computer file format for storing graphic images in a compressed form for general use. JPEG images are compressed using a mathematical algorithm. , BMP (1) (BitMaP) Also known as a "bump" file, it is the native, bitmapped graphics format in Windows. A BMP can be saved in several color options: 1-, 4-, 8- and 24-bit color provide 2, 16, 256 and 16,000,000 colors respectively. BMP files use the .BMP or . , TIFF and PCX (1) A bitmapped graphics file format that handles monochrome, 2-bit, 4-bit, 8-bit and 24-bit color and uses RLE to achieve compression ratios of approximately 1.1:1 to 1.5:1. Images with large blocks of solid colors compress best under the RLE method. See PC Paintbrush. . ENOTATE FOR THE MAC By incorporating writing into everyday computing, Informal Software has simplified the communication and collaboration process, making it 100% electronic. enotate software essentially turns the stylus-based device into the electronic equivalent of "pen and paper" and enables it to become a real-time, direct extension to the PC and MAC. Informal Software's enotate is not another attempt at pen computing See gesture recognition and tablet PC. or handwriting recognition Handwriting recognition is the ability of a computer to receive intelligible handwritten input. The image of the written text may be sensed "off line" from a piece of paper by optical scanning (optical character recognition). , but instead enables actual electronic writing. Currently, enotate for PC is compatible with existing PC applications including Microsoft Word A full-featured word processing program for Windows and the Macintosh from Microsoft. Included in the Microsoft application suite, it is a sophisticated program with rudimentary desktop publishing capabilities that has become the most widely used word processing application on the market. , PowerPoint, and Excel as well as graphic images and digital photography. Initial support of the MAC platform will include annotation of graphics and digital photography with future versions providing support for Microsoft applications. ABOUT INFORMAL SOFTWARE Informal Software, Inc., founded in 1998, provides innovative software solutions that extend the functionality and usability of PC and MAC-based applications, as well as simplify communication and collaboration by incorporating writing into everyday computing thereby making the process 100 percent electronic. With enotate, users can naturally and intuitively represent and communicate electronically the true "gist" of information, messages, thoughts and statements using a digital document or image. Unlike pen tablets, drawing/sketching software packages or other pen-based computing solutions, Informal Software's unique "Informal Interface" enables actual electronic writing that is compatible with existing applications including Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Excel to allow business professionals and consumers alike to interact with a personal computer in a more natural and intuitive manner. Informal's enotate is a platform independent application that optimizes handheld devices whether being used at home or at work, transforming them into the ideal "fourth peripheral" for the PC or MAC sitting alongside the traditional keyboard, mouse, and display. enotate software was developed for the family of Palm connected organizers, Palm OS devices It may never be fully completed or, depending on its its nature, it may be that it can never be completed. However, new and revised entries in the list are always welcome. This is a list of Palm OS devices, and companies that make, or have made, them. , and Microsoft PocketPC-based handheld computers. Learn more about the Santa Clara-based company and the Informal Software product line by visiting www.informal.com. |
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