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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
Ends