Maybe this isn't exactly the same item, but here's the full text of a
Geoworks press release about GEOS 3.0:
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NEW GEOWORKS OPERATING SYSTEM SOFTWARE DELIVERS COMMUNICATIONS POWER FOR
MOBILE COMPUTING
GEOS(R) 3.0 provides universal mailbox for voice, e-mail, fax and paging
messages and support for industry standard wireless communication protocols
ALAMEDA, Calif. (July 10, 1995) -- A new version of operating system software
from Geoworks (NASDAQ/NMS:GWRX) will deliver comprehensive communications
capabilities to affordable mobile consumer devices and enable the company to
further penetrate this growing market. A universal mailbox facility for
processing electronic mail, voice, paging and fax messages, is the
centerpiece of the GEOS 3.0 operating system. Particularly well suited for
the rapidly growing cellular market and the emerging smartphone category,
GEOS 3.0 supports the leading industry standard protocols for wireless
communications and delivers a new level of integrated communications
functionality to mobile consumer devices.
Versions of the GEOS operating system have already been licensed to nine
leading hardware companies including Nokia, Hewlett-Packard and Toshiba to
build smart phones, organizers/PDAs and mobile companions.
"The goal of GEOS 3.0 is to deliver a total solution to our partners so they
can create easy-to-use, fully-functional, low-cost products for the expanding
mobile consumer computing device market," said Gordon Mayer, president and
CEO of Geoworks. "GEOS 3.0 now delivers a comprehensive communications
solution for this market, while meeting its stringent code size, cost and
battery-life requirements."
The extensive communications capabilities in GEOS 3.0 add only 150 kilobytes
of memory to the size of the operating system, which operates efficiently in
as little as half a megabyte of RAM. The new communications features and the
ability of GEOS' patented user interface technology to support multiple
interface designs for different manufacturers, make GEOS 3.0 the ideal
operating system for a broad range of devices in the growing mobile market.
"Over the next five years, we expect the worldwide handheld market to post a
50% compound-annual growth rate," noted Mike McGuire, mobile products analyst
with Dataquest, a market research firm in San Jose, CA. "We believe that
devices with easy-to-use, integrated communications will drive handheld
devices into the hands of users in the broader horizontal market. The
universal mailbox and extensive communications support in GEOS 3.0 will
enable Geoworks licensees to deliver handhelds with the kind of functionality
that elevates the product category beyond the current state-of-the-art."
New features of GEOS 3.0 include a powerful mailbox library which provides a
universal inbox/outbox so users can send, receive, store and forward a
variety of messages including voice, fax, electronic mail and pages from a
single screen. GEOS 3.0 also includes support for standard communications
protocols such as transmission control protocol/Internet protocol (TCP/IP)
and serial line Internet protocol/point-to-point protocol (SLIP/PPP) that
enable users to connect to different types of public information sources such
as the Internet. Seamless movement of data between applications, for example
from an address book to a calendar, and between devices, through industry
standard protocols as well as infrared connections, further enhance the
communications power of the new GEOS operating system.
The Emerging Smartphone Market
According to market research conducted by Nokia Mobile Phones, the world's
second largest manufacturer of cellular phones, the cellular market is
estimated to be growing annually by at least 40 percent and expected to
approach an installed base of 200 million units by the year 2000; more than
half those units are expected to support digital communications standards. By
supporting standard communications delivery systems including the Global
System for Mobile Communications (GSM) standard, narrowband and broadband
Personal Communications Services (PCS) networks and Personal Handy Phone
System (PHS) networks, GEOS 3.0 is well-positioned to be a leading operating
system for a new class of worldwide digital communications products -- smart
phones -- that will combine the best of cellular phone and wireless data
capabilities.
"After a thorough technical review of mobile operating system options, we
selected Geoworks as our partner in pioneering the smartphone category. We
are excited about the communications capabilities, memory efficiency, and
cost-competitiveness provided by GEOS 3.0, and intend to leverage it and our
advanced cellular phone technology to drive the market with our new product
offerings," said Reijo Paajanen, vice president, Wireless Data, Nokia Mobile
Phones.
About Geoworks
GEOS is a leading compact, object-oriented operating system offering a
patented, flexible user interface that allows hardware manufacturers to
develop customized user interfaces that best meet the needs of their
customers while delivering the benefits of an open platform. Geoworks'
continued focus on efficiency enables the development of affordable,
feature-rich devices, key product requirements essential to the success and
growth of the consumer computing device (CCD) market.
Geoworks partners that have adopted GEOS technology include an impressive
list of leading manufacturers such as Brother International Corp., Canon
Business Machines, Casio Computer Co., Hewlett-Packard Company, IBM/Eduquest,
Sharp Electronics Corporation and Toshiba Corporation. In addition, the
company has received significant equity investments from Nokia Group,
Hewlett-Packard Company and Novell, Inc. and has agreements with
communications providers such as America Online.
For additional information on Geoworks and GEOS 3.0, contact Geoworks at
1-510-814-1660.
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CONTACT:
Charlotte Penner
Copithorne & Bellows
(415) 975-2280
Deborah Dawson
Geoworks
(510) 814-5750
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-Brian