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- First Newton Software Ships!
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- For Immediate Release
- Contact: Jim Palzewicz
- Advanced Mobile Systems (414) 962-6631
- AppleLink: ADV.MOBILE
- News Release
- Newton Does Taxes
- Advanced Mobile Systems Announces the First Newton Application to Ship
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- MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin - October 5, 1993 - Advanced Mobile Systems today
- announced NewtonTax™ Planner, tax estimating software for the Apple Newton
- MessagePad and Sharp ExpertPad.
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- NewtonTax Planner was designed by CPA's for Newton assistance with client tax
- planning. The software is easy to use and valuable to taxpayers who need to
- quickly gauge their federal individual income taxes. CPA's, bankers, lawyers,
- doctors, business people - anyone who pays federal income tax and wants to know
- whether they'll have a tax payment or tax refund when their return is filed -
- could benefit from using NewtonTax Planner.
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- "The what-if nature of NewtonTax Planner allows for easy changes to tax
- information, without the need to prepare entire forms. Updated tax information
- is presented within seconds," said Vicky M. Meier, CPA and software developer.
- "This product takes full advantage of Newton portability. Estimates can be
- done quickly and easily, whether at the client's office, during a luncheon
- meeting, or over the phone. Its 'pencil and paper' approach allows the user to
- quickly write in tax information and see the results, without resorting to the
- busy-work of filling out the assorted tax forms."
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- John Noordover, President of Advanced Mobile Systems, said, "We are pleased to
- be the first business to make a commercial Newton application available to the
- general public. We envision NewtonTax Planner as the first of many useful
- Newton business tools." The company is presently applying Newton technology to
- industrial bar code and data collection projects.
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- NewtonTax Planner retails for $49.95, and shipment is scheduled for October 15,
- 1993. Sales orders can be placed with Advanced Mobile Systems at the Apple
- booth during the Laptop and Palmtop Expo in Chicago, October 7-8, 1993. Sales
- orders may also be placed through AppleLink: ADV.MOBILE, America Online:
- MEIER.CPA or faxed. The software is available on Macintosh diskette for
- transfer into Newton using the Newton Connection Kit. It will be distributed
- for Windows when the connection kit is available.
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- NewtonTax Planner was designed and developed by Vicky M. Meier, CPA,
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She runs an accounting practice specializing in
- financial, tax, accounting and computer services for entrepreneurs and
- closely-held corporations, and was formerly with the certified public
- accounting firms of Arthur Andersen & Co. and Deloitte & Touche.
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- Advanced Mobile Systems was founded in 1985, and is based in Milwaukee,
- Wisconsin. The company offers custom integrated solutions utilizing portable
- and hand-held technology. Areas of expertise include industrial applications
- such as barcoding, data collection and inventory systems, and vertical
- applications such as health care, legal and sales lead tracking. Exciting new
- applications are under development for wireless mobile networks, global
- positioning systems, and wireless electronic data distribution.
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- NewtonTax and NewtonTax Planner are trademarks of Vicky M. Meier, CPA. Apple
- is a registered trademark of Apple Computer, Inc. Newton and MessagePad are
- trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. Express Pad is a trademark of Sharp
- Electronics Corporation.
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