NEC Consumer PCs to Bundle Softlink's eMail VOICELink Software.

SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 21, 1999--

Softlink, Inc. (OTCBB:SFLK), the leader in multimedia email technology, today announced an agreement with Packard Bell NEC's Consumer Division, www.neccomputers.com, to bundle eMail VOICELink(TM) software with select NEC Ready consumer PCs sold in the U.S. and Canada.

Packard Bell NEC's goal to help enhance the user's life experience through the integration of computers and communications is aided by the eMail VOICELink software. The easy-to-use software allows the user to compose email messages that include voice and graphics.

"We've been working to proliferate our products that enable multimedia email. Packard Bell NEC provides great systems with broad and numerous sales," said Carol Prior, vice president of sales, Softlink. "We're convinced that once people have the capability to include their voice and graphics easily in their email, just as they can with Softlink's products, this will become the norm in email communication."

Included in this customer offering is an upgrade from VOICELink to eMail inChorus, which allows users to synchronize their voice, graphics and animation into a well-produced, high impact email message. Packard Bell NEC consumer PC users can also purchase, at a discount, a second copy of eMail VOICELink to send to a friend. Both products include a player at no additional charge so that any recipient can view and hear messages. A full version of the product is needed to compose a reply with voice and graphics. The gift package enables people to take advantage of all features of the product in two-way communication.

About Packard Bell NEC, Inc.

Packard Bell NEC, Inc. is a leading producer and marketer of a broad range of desktop and notebook computers and network servers in the Americas. The company's consumer division serves the retail market through the Packard Bell and NEC brands, and claims the highest installed base of home computers of any producer in the industry. Its NEC Computer Systems Division serves the commercial market with NEC-branded Versa(R) notebook computers, PowerMate(R) desktop computers, Express5800(TM) servers and MobilePro(TM) handheld personal computers.

With headquarters in Sacramento, Calif., the company is privately held by NEC Corporation and Groupe Bull. Through these shareholders and its alliance with affiliates Packard Bell Europe and NEC PC in Japan, the company offers global reach and capabilities as well as advanced technology. Packard Bell NEC, Inc. and its affiliates comprise the fifth (as consolidated by IDC, April 1999) largest PC vendor in the world. For more information on Packard Bell NEC and Packard Bell products, visit www.packardbell.com. For more information on NEC products, visit www.nec-computers.com.

About Softlink, Inc.

Founded in 1996, Softlink, Inc. is an innovator in multimedia-based Internet communications. Using advanced compression and composition technology, Softlink's eMail inChorus and eMail VOICELink products revolutionize conventional text-based email with voice, graphics, pictures, animation, and live annotation. The company is publicly traded, OTCBB:SFLK, and maintains headquarters in Santa Clara. For more information visit the company web site at www.inChorus.com. For Investor Relations, please contact Gerard Damaro at 561/367-0363.

eMail inChorus and eMail VOICELink are trademarks of Softlink, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners and are acknowledged.

Information contained in this press release contains "forward-looking statements" which can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology. Various risk factors could cause actual results to vary materially from the future results covered in such forward-looking statements, including "this will become the norm in email communication." Such forward-looking statements are subject to other risks and uncertainties.