Adobe Systems, Palm Computing Intend to Integrate Adobe Technologies and Palm OS Software for Electronic Book Market
BOSTON — February 7, 2000 — Adobe Systems (Nasdaq:ADBE) and Palm Computing, Inc., a 3Com Company (Nasdaq:COMS), announced an intention to integrate Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) technologies and the Palm Computing platform geared towards the growing consumer market for electronic publishing. This effort signals an intent to bring a new level of convenience and portability to Adobe's customers and to deliver Palm users with a wealth of new content, from electronic books (e-books) to business workflow documents.
Publishers, authors and readers of electronic documents worldwide use Adobe PDF for its ability to retain the visual integrity of a document, preserve relevant information such as graphics and text within a single document and maintain cross-platform capabilities. Tens of millions of PDF files are already available worldwide, including electronic books, manuals and workflow materials and forms.
"The addition of the Adobe PDF format to Palm's e-book and e-reading capabilities will bring a new world of business and entertainment content to handhelds based on the Palm Computing platform," said Mark Bercow, vice president, Strategic Alliances and Platform Development for Palm Computing. "This effort will enable customers to even more fully realize the benefits of e-reading and to access the documents they need, at any time and anywhere."
"As the world becomes more mobile and reliant on the Internet, people must access and manage their documents on the go," said Joe Eschbach, vice president, ePaper Solutions Group, Adobe Systems Incorporated. "Clearly, Adobe PDF is the best format for graphically rich electronic documents and publications no matter the device. We are pleased to be working with Palm Computing in providing solutions that broaden access to the wealth of Adobe PDF content available over the Internet."
About Palm Computing
Palm Computing, Inc., a 3Com company, is the leading provider of personal companion products (IDC, May 1999), including the best-selling Palm III, Palm V and Palm VII series of handheld computers. The Palm Computing platform is the premier handheld development environment and is the foundation for the market-leading handheld computers from Palm Computing as well as products from Palm Computing's strategic partners such as IBM, QUALCOMM, Franklin Covey, Handspring and Symbol Technologies. Designed to support the increasingly mobile and geographically dispersed nature of information management, the company's handheld solutions allow people to carry their most critical information in their pockets. For more information, please visit www.palm.com.
About 3Com Corporation
With over 300 million customer connections worldwide, 3Com Corporation connects more people and organizations to information and each other in more innovative, simple and reliable ways than any other networking company. 3Com delivers e-Networking solutions through information access products and network systems to enterprises, small businesses, consumers, and service providers. For further information, visit 3Com's World Wide Web site at www.3com.com or the press site at www.3com.com/pressbox.
About Adobe Systems Incorporated
Founded in 1982, Adobe Systems is a leading provider of graphic design, publishing, and imaging software for Web and print production, and the fourth largest U.S. based personal software company with annual revenues exceeding $1 billion. The Company builds award-winning software solutions for Web and graphic designers, professional publishers, document-intensive organizations, business users, and consumers. Adobe's products enable customers to create, publish and deliver visually-rich images and documents across all print and electronic media. Adobe's worldwide headquarters are in San Jose, California and its web site is located at http://www.adobe.com
This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially. Factors that might cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, delays in shipment of the Company's new products and major new versions of existing products; lack of market acceptance of new products, introduction of new products by major competitors, and dependence on third parties. For further discussion of the risks and uncertainties, readers should refer to the Company's SEC filings including the 1998 annual report on Form 10K and the quarterly reports on Form 10Q available at http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/invrelations/main.html.
Note to Editors: 3Com, Palm Computing and Palm OS are registered trademarks and Palm, Palm III, Palm V and Palm VII are trademarks of 3Com Corporation or its subsidiaries. All other brands and product names may be trademarks of the respective companies with which they are associated.
Adobe, the Adobe logo, Acrobat, Acrobat Capture and ePaper are trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated. All other trademarks are properties of their respective owners.
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A&R Partners for Palm Computing
Kristen Garrigus, 650/762-2832 [email protected]
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Adobe Systems
Mark Heisten, 408/536-3421 [email protected]