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QuickPAD Technology Introduces QuickPAD Pro; the Best New Alternative to Laptops.


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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 1, 2001

The QuickPAD Pro Becomes the First Product to Truly

Compare to the Laptop, But At a Fraction of the

Price, Cost and Weight

Professionals who travel with laptops have had one common complaint: the computers are cumbersome, power hungry and expensive.

But as of today, the problem is solved. QuickPAD Technology, the leader in cost-effective 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  solutions for both business and educational needs, introduces QuickPAD Pro(TM). QuickPAD Pro(TM) is a durable laptop alternative that is powerful, mobile, fully computing, and Email ready all at a fraction of the cost of a typical laptop.

"For many professionals the standard laptop computer is more of a burden than a help," says Michael Spencer Michael Alan Spencer (born 30 May 1955, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) is a British businessman; the founder and chief executive of ICAP plc, the world's largest interdealer broker. , VP of Sales/Marketing for QuickPAD Technologies. "QuickPAD Pro(TM) fulfills the needs of many users who want an inexpensive yet powerful, mobile, fully computing, and Internet ready solution."

Weighing in at one pound, and with a suggested retail price of just $299, the QuickPAD Pro(TM) features all the conveniences of a notebook. It has a built-in word processor, spell check, spreadsheet, scientific graphing calculator Graphing Calculator may refer to:
  • Graphing calculators, calculators that are able to display and/or analyze mathematical function graphs.
  • NuCalc, a computer software program able to perform many graphing calculator functions.
, database, personal organizer and daytime scheduler. The large screen holds 16 lines with 80 characters per line. Memory can be expanded to fit the user's specific needs. As sold, the unit holds up to 300 pages of content and has a port for external flash cards up to 128 MB. With the optional Infrared receiver, files can be transferred to any PC or Macintosh.

Users can also send and receive email with any ISP (1) See in-system programmable.

(2) (Internet Service Provider) An organization that provides access to the Internet. Connection to the user is provided via dial-up, ISDN, cable, DSL and T1/T3 lines.
. Operating on four AA batteries, it produces over 200 hours of use and can be easily connected to a PC using the comm port May refer to any serial communications port or specifically to the serial ports on a PC. See COM1. , USB port A USB socket on a computer or peripheral device into which a USB cable is plugged. See USB.  or infrared port A transmitter/receiver for infrared signals. See IrDA and IR remote control. .

QuickPAD Pro(TM) is also an ideal tool for the classroom. Password-protectable folders allow 10 students to share one QuickPAD Pro(TM). "With the QuickPAD Pro, an entire elementary class In mathematics, specifically model theory, a class K of models for a first-order language L is an elementary class if there is some sentence  is finally able to work on a computer at the same time, without spending a fortune," says Spencer.

For more information, contact QuickPAD Technologies by phone at 800.373.8181, via email at sales@quickpad.com, or visit us online at www.quickpad.com.

About QuickPAD

Headquartered in Mountain View, CA, and founded in 1999, QuickPAD Technology manufacturers cost effective, mobile, computing solutions for all educational or business needs.
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