ARDIS and PenWare Bring ARDIS PersonalMessaging to Motorola’s Envoy Wireless Communicator

February 14, 1995 —  ARDIS, the nation’s first and largest wireless data communications network, and PenWare Inc., a leading personal communicator and mobile computing software developer, have announced that ARDIS “PersonalMessaging”(R), AR-DIS’ two-way interactive wireless nationwide messaging service, is available for Motorola’s Envoy wireless communicator. PenWare developed the user interface and wireless connectivity software that enables ARDIS “PersonalMessaging”(R) to operate on the Envoy communicator.

ARDIS “PersonalMessaging” for the Envoy communicator is designed to address the wireless communication needs of mobile work groups who require cost-effective, real-time, daily communication. The service addresses the needs of mobile work groups in all industries, from Fortune 500 executives to small service and repair companies who depend on dispatch services.
“PenWare has done a great job integrating ARDIS

‘PersonalMessaging’ with the Magic Cap platform,” said Rob Euler, vice president of business development for ARDIS. “ARDIS ‘PersonalMessaging’ on the Envoy product blends the rich functionality of the Magic Cap technology with the power of wireless data communications, giving the mobile work group a superior communications tool.”

PenWare is a leading software developer for the Envoy wireless communicator and for General Magic. In addition to ARDIS “PersonalMessaging,” PenWare has provided the award-winning PenCell spreadsheet on the Magic Cap plat-form for the Envoy product.

“ARDIS ‘PersonalMessaging’ is a complete wireless solution for the mobile work group, providing messaging, paging and fax capabilities,” said Faruq Ahmad, vice president of PenWare Inc. “PenWare has provided a state-of-the-art wireless communications product for ARDIS. We believe that the ready availability of wireless data communications will be a key to successful volume shipments of devices like the Envoy product. We have a commitment to support this market growth additionally by providing productivity solutions, such as the PenCell spreadsheet under Magic Cap, for the Envoy wireless communicator.”

ARDIS operates the first and largest nationwide radio data information service enabling in-building and on-street data communications between hand-held terminals and host computers. The ARDIS network serves more than 10,700 cities and towns in all 50 states, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands and covers more than 80 percent of the population and 90 percent of the business activity in the United States. The service enables executives and mobile workers to access their corporate information systems or to communicate instantaneously with their peers from virtually any location.

PenWare is headquartered in Palo Alto, Calif., and is a leading software developer in the emerging personal communicator, organizer and mobile computing industry. The company was first incorporated in 1983 and refocused in 1990 to mobile computing under the PenWare name. PenWare’s product line includes the award-winning PenCell spreadsheet, which ships on several mobile systems, and is available under Magic Cap, for the Sharp Wizard OZ 9000 family, and under Windows for pen computing. PenCell is shipping bundled in ROM on the Sony Magic Link, which incorporates General Magic’s Magic Cap technology.

PenWare’s mission is to provide products to improve productivity for mobile users.

ARDIS is a registered servicemark of ARDIS Co. Motorola and Envoy are registered trademarks of Motorola Inc. PenCell is a registered trademark of PenWare Inc.

CONTACT:
Rob Euler of ARDIS, 708-913-4405; or Faruq Ahmad of PenWare, 415-858-4920; or Tom Murphy or Debbie Chase of Barkley & Evergreen, 913-432-2600