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Mobile Professionals Can Now Manage Their Portfolio and Have Instant Access to Stock Quotes on the Road CONCORD, Calif., May 10, 1999 - Stock, an innovative new software product was released today that promises to change the way mobile professionals manage their stock portfolios. The software was written by Edmund Seto, a graduate student and researcher at the University of California, Berkeley who developed the handheld computer software originally as a hobby. The software allows mobile professionals to manage their stock portfolio and view stock quotes on the 3Com Palm Computing devices like the PalmPilotTM connected organizer. Stock v1.1 does more than traditional stock pagers that only display quote information. Stock offers a total portfolio management solution by tracking stock purchases, sales, and performance statistics, market indices, and by delivering stock quote information from the Internet. This total solution provides the professional road warrior with instant access to their portfolio data anytime and anywhere. Stock v1.1 combines mobile and desktop applications with Internet quote delivering technology. The mobile application allows the mobile user to store, view, and edit their portfolio. The desktop application consists of a conduit, which works with the Hotsync capabilities of Palm Organizers to allow users to export the data to a spreadsheet program for editing, charting, and printing. Stock quote data can be accessed in either of two ways. When it is time to leave the office, users can use their desktop computer’s Internet connection to access and transfer stock quote data to their handheld organizers. The user simply performs a Hotsync to get the stock quotes onto their Palm device. For mobile professionals on the road, users simply attach a modem to the handheld and with a touch of a button, stock quote data can be loaded from the Internet directly onto the organizer. Currently, v1.1 organizes stocks into 3 separate portfolios. A total of 30 stocks can be managed. Plans are being made to partner with major brokerage firms to include the ability to purchase stocks in future releases of the handheld software. Price and Availability. Stock v1.1 is currently available for $20 US for a single-user license. A 30-use trial version of Stock v1.1 can be downloaded from http://www.setocorp.com/palmpilot. |
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