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- From: aglover@acorn.co.uk
- Subject: Acorn Extends Special Pocket Book Promotions (Press Release)
- Date: 15 Sep 93 08:59:43 GMT
-
- Acorn Extends Special Pocket Book Promotions
-
- Acorn Computers is extending current special promotions on both its
- hand-held Pocket Book portable computer and on Schedule, the associated
- diary and organiser application, until 31st December 1993.
-
- The Acorn Pocket Book, normally priced at #212.72 ex VAT, will now be on
- sale at just #169.95 ex VAT until the end of the year.
-
- Schedule, which provides a combined diary, personal organiser and timetable
- to complement the Pocket Book's integrated suite of word processing,
- spell-checking, spreadsheet, database, clock and calculator applications,
- will continue at the special introductory price of #16.98 ex VAT, compared
- with an RRP of #42.51, until 31st December.
-
- Throughout the extended offer period, Class Pack rates for both products
- will also be reduced. The Pocket Book Class Pack, which contains 11
- machines, an A-link for connection to Acorn's range of 32-bit RISC
- computers and a mains adaptor which extends Pocket Book battery life when
- using the A-link, is available at #1699.50 ex VAT. The Schedule Class Pack,
- consisting of 11 Acorn Schedule SSD ROMs, will cost just #169.79 ex VAT,
- again only until the end of 1993.
-
- Schedule was developed in response to early feedback from Acorn's education
- and consumer Pocket Book customers. Used together with the Pocket Book, the
- two products offer powerful and versatile portable computing functionality.
-
- Mike O'Riordan, Acorn's Sales and Marketing Director, is clear about why the
- Pocket Book is special: "Imagine a full set of the best available
- menu-driven applications, considerable memory capacity and a built-in
- computer screen, all in a robust, ergonomically designed case the size of a
- spectacles box. This is what the Acorn Pocket Book provides; all for the
- price of a single user professional software package."
-
- Acorn's General Manager for UK Education, Peter Talbot, confirms the already
- successful adoption of the Pocket Book in education: "There is now an
- installed base of over 4,000 Pocket Books, many in schools and colleges.
- Within a year of launch, the Pocket Book has taken 11% of the schools'
- portable market and this share is still growing. Trials have established
- that the Pocket Book, with special features such as the built-in spell
- checker, is ideal for educational use, and meets the needs of the National
- Curriculum as a general purpose IT resource across all subjects. Acorn's
- extended promotional prices will enable UK educational establishments to
- accelerate their take up of the Pocket Book."
-
- Products can be ordered from Acorn dealers using the following codes:
-
- Pocket Book: AHB05
- Pocket Book Class Pack: AHB10
- Schedule: AHA42
- Schedule Class Pack: AHA11
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