Interactive Objects Announces Windows NT Client and Server E-mail Toolkit; Visual Mail Interface - VMI - Product Line Ships.

REDMOND, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 20, 1998--Interactive Objects, Inc., (OTC BB:OBJX), a developer of modular software development tools and componentized application frameworks, announced today the release of Visual Mail Interface (VMI), the latest product line in the company's growing family of reusable software components.

The Visual Mail Interface(tm) (VMI) product line is a series of reusable, object-oriented components that make it easy for Windows(R) NT developers to create and implement a variety of electronic mail applications without having to learn specific e-mail protocols.

VMI is scalable -- supporting simultaneous access of hundreds of users on a server -- and supports multi-threading as well as asynchronous and synchronous message handling for optimal performance. Its COM-compliant design ensures seamless compatibility with the leading visual development languages including Visual C++, Visual Basic, Visual J++, Delphi and PowerBuilder. VMI provides complete support for Microsoft's (Nasdaq:MSFT) new Visual Studio(tm) release version 6.0.

Adhering to the Company's charter of offering developers the widest array of purchasing options, VMI's developer components can be purchased individually at $149 to $199, in Client or Server suites at $249 to $349, or $499 for the complete VMI Client and Server Toolkit. VMI can be purchased directly from Interactive Objects' Web site. For additional information, or for a free trial version of VMI, visit the Company's Web site at http://www.iobjects.com.

About Visual Mail Interface

Both componentized and reusable, VMI allows for the easy assimilation of e-mail capabilities into existing or new applications from either the client or the server side. From requisition and form routing, to automatic response mechanisms, VMI lets developers quickly and easily add innovative e-mail functionality to their applications. All the VMI components come pre-tested, ensuring the highest level of reliability and stability available. Designed for COM-compliant development environments, VMI supports POP3, SMTP, MIME and UUencode protocols.

"Visual Mail Interface makes it easy for visual developers to add or extend client-side or server-side mail capabilities to any of their applications," notes Dale Western, Director of Product Development for Interactive Objects, Inc. "The possibilities and applications for VMI's reusable component design is only limited by the developer's creativity. With VMI, we provide the framework -- for both client and server -- to innovate and incorporate e-mail functionality faster than ever before."

"The Web is enabling businesses to fundamentally change how they interact with their customers and business partners," said Tod Nielsen, General Manager of Developer Relations at Microsoft. "Developers can use the open, extensible environment of Visual Studio and the e-mail components in the Visual Mail Interface product line to capitalize on the innovative business benefits of the Web."

About Interactive Objects, Inc.

Integrating people, products and information, Interactive Objects designs, develops and markets modular software components and application frameworks. These reusable software components and business objects give Windows NT programmers the ability to develop or upgrade Web-based communications and information access systems -- both intranet and Internet -- without spending an inordinate amount of time or money learning new systems and languages. In addition, through its consulting services group, the Company provides sophisticated software business solutions to medium- to large-scale businesses facilitated through intranet, extranet and Internet environments. A publicly traded company, Interactive Objects is headquartered at 17720 NE 65th Street, Redmond, WA 98052 USA. Interactive Objects' shares also trade on the "Third Segment" of the Berlin Stock Exchange under the symbol "IOX" and German securities code WKN: 913011. The Company can be reached by telephone at 425/869-6338 and by fax at 425/869-1889. Interactive Objects is located on the Web at www.iobjects.com.

Certain information included in this communication contains statements that are forward-looking, such as statements relating to the future anticipated direction of the high technology industry, plans for future expansion, various business development activities, planned capital expenditures, future funding sources, anticipated sales growth and potential contracts. These forward statements are subject to a number of known and unknown risks and uncertainties that could cause actual operations or results to differ materially from those anticipated. These risks include, among others, risks associated with unproven sales of the Company's products, risks associated with the software development process and risks related to the transition to a new management team. Certain of these risks and other risks are described in the Company's Registration Statement on Form SB-2 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The registration statement is available from the SEC's Web site at www.sec.gov.