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- From: solovay@netcom.com (Andrew Solovay)
- Subject: GeoWorks Press Release
- Message-ID: <1993Jan8.183104.19760@netcom.com>
- Summary: Casio/Tandy Personal Information Processor will use GEOS
- Keywords: GEOS GeoWorks Casio Tandy pen handheld gnarly
- Organization: Free Faerie Front
- Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 18:31:04 GMT
- Lines: 86
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- News Release
-
- For Immediate Release
-
- GeoWorks Demonstrates GEOS System Software on the
- Casio/Tandy Personal Information Processor;
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- Technology Update at CES Includes New ISVs
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- Las Vegas, Jan. 7, 1993 - GeoWorks, the Berkeley, CA,
- developer of sophisticated system software, today joined Casio, Inc.,
- Tandy Corporation, and Palm Computing at a technology briefing at the
- Winter Consumer Electronics Show being held here through January 10.
-
- At the briefing, the companies delivered a progress report on
- their joint project: a handheld, pen-based device, slated for release
- later this year. GeoWorks is providing its GEOS. system software to
- run the device, code name "Zoomer." This device is the first in a
- family of Casio/Tandy products called "Personal Information
- Processors" (PIPs), an emerging class of low-cost hardware that
- combines sophisticated consumer electronics, computer, and
- communications capabilities.
-
- Also, the companies announced the addition of new project
- partners - America Online., Vienna, VA, and Intuit, Menlo Park, CA, -
- that have committed to provide specialized versions of their
- applications for the GEOS platform. Products from these partners will
- complement applications being developed by Palm Computing, Los Altos,
- CA. Palm is developing a suite of applications and add-on products
- specifically targeted at consumer products such as the Casio/Tandy
- device.
-
- "We are delighted that America Online and Intuit have decided
- to provide GEOS-based applications for the Casio/Tandy device," said
- Brian Dougherty, GeoWorks' CEO and chairman. "GEOS represents our
- commitment to providing an open architecture that facilitates easy and
- rapid development of applications for this emerging class of device."
-
- GEOS system software is at the heart of the Casio/Tandy
- device. GEOS is built on efficient and flexible software technologies,
- making it ideally suited for these new compact, lightweight, yet
- powerful devices.
-
- Howard Elias, Tandy vice president of corporate marketing,
- said, "We selected GEOS system software because it meets the unique
- demands of this class of device. The distinct GEOS architecture
- enables it to deliver high-performance computing benefits in very
- small memory and storage footprints. This capability is essential to
- deliver a product with the long battery life required by consumers."
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- GEOS is a realtime, multithreaded, multitasking graphical
- operating environment based on object-oriented programming technology
- that allows for scalability and ease of use. More important for
- developers, GEOS offers a flexible user interface that adopts the
- appropriate "look and feel" of different devices.
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- GeoWorks, located in Berkeley, California, is the developer
- and publisher of the acclaimed GEOS graphical operating system and of
- GeoWorks. Pro. and Quick Start. applications software. The company
- provides sophisticated and highly efficient system software and
- markets targeted applications for an emerging class of devices
- designed to communicate, entertain and manage information for mass
- market consumers. GeoWorks products are available worldwide through
- OEM and dealer channels.
-
- ###
-
- For more information contact:
- Mike McGuire
- GeoWorks
- (510)204-8508
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- GEOS and GeoWorks are registered trademarks of GeoWorks, and GeoWorks
- Pro and Quick Start are trademarks of GeoWorks in the United States
- and other countries. All other trademarks are the property of their
- respective holders.
- --
- Andrew Solovay
-
- "I is not now, nor has I ever been, a Human Bein'!"
- ---Pogo Possum
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