REDWOOD SHORES, Calif., Oct 7, 1999 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Communication
Intelligence Corporation ("CIC")(Nasdaq: CICI), the leading supplier of
pen-based software solutions, today announced two new additions to its
consumer offerings for 3Com Palm(TM) connected organizers (Nasdaq:
COMS). The lead offering is Sign-On(TM), which will allow users to
secure their organizer and data by using biometric signature
verification to replace the existing password protection system.
InkSnap(TM) is a new electronic notetaker that will enable users to
take longer handwritten notes by shrinking the ink as they write.
"CIC?s Sign-On is a Palm application developed to provide dynamic
signature verification directly on a Palm organizer," said Gabriel
Acosta-Lopez, director of platform development services for Palm
Computing, a 3Com company. "With the increasing deployment of
enterprise level applications that allow users to access and transfer
data from their PCs, corporate networks, and the internet, data
security has become extremely important. By providing a tool to secure
the organizer and its data with a low cost, reliable biometric
identifier, CIC has fulfilled a key need for our users."
"The addition of these new product offerings expands our Palm product
line to a total of six offerings which we have introduced over the
course of the last 14 months," said Robert Williams, VP Consumer Sales
for CIC. "We have experienced consistent growth in the area of on-line
consumer sales for our Palm products. We anticipate continued success
in this market with the introduction of new and innovative products
designed to meet the needs of the growing base of over 4 million Palm
users."
Sign-On is the first security utility for Palm connected organizers
that utilizes biometric signature verification to help protect the
user?s data from tampering or theft. Unlike alpha-numeric passwords,
that can be guessed or forgotten, Sign-On provides a natural way to
log-on to the organizer. This application is the first signature
solution to capture, verify and encrypt all the signature data directly
on Palm organizers. The Company believes that there is a significant
potential for new enterprise applications that could employ this
technology for approval of electronic forms, e-commerce or on-line
transactions. The Company intends to provide additional applications
and tools based on this technology to meet this emerging need.
InkSnap is a powerful tool that was first introduced for the Windows CE
platform and is now available on the Palm Computing(R) platform. Many
users of the Company?s QuickNotes electronic notetaking application
expressed an interest in being able to take longer handwritten notes.
InkSnap is the answer to this need, allowing users to take up to three
screens of handwritten information per page.
InkSnap and Sign-On are only $19.99 each and are available for purchase
electronically directly through CIC and select on-line resellers. As a
special introductory offer, CIC is providing a special bundle price of
just $39.99 for any three of its top-selling Palm products. The
introductory offer is only available at the promotional e-commerce site
www.shopcic.com. For additional information on the Company please visit
our main site at www.cic.com.
About CIC
Communication Intelligence Corporation (CIC) is the leading supplier
of pen-based software solutions. The Company?s core software
technologies include multilingual handwriting recognition systems,
dynamic signature verification, ink compression, and operating system
extensions that enable pen input. CIC?s products are designed to
increase the ease of use, functionality, and security of mobile
electronic devices ranging from handheld companions to cellular phones.
Key licensees of the Company?s technologies include Ericsson, Fujitsu,
Hitachi, Microsoft, Mitsubishi and Nortel. CIC is headquartered in
Redwood Shores, California and has a joint venture, CICC, in Nanjing,
China. For more information about CIC and its products please visit our
website at www.cic.com.
Note to Editors: CIC, and the CIC logo are registered trademarks of
Communication Intelligence Corporation. InkSnap, QuickNotes and Sign-On
are trademarks of CIC. Palm Computing is a registered trademark and
Palm is a trademark of Palm Computing, Inc. and 3Com Corporation. All
other trademarks or registered trademarks are the property of their
respective holders.
Certain statements contained in this press release, including without
limitation, statements containing the words "believes", "anticipates",
"hopes", "intends", "expects", and other words of similar import,
constitute "forward looking" statements within the meaning of the
Private Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements involve known
and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause
actual events to differ materially from expectations. Such factors
include the following (1) technological, engineering, quality control
or other circumstances which could delay the sale or shipment of the
Company?s products; (2) economic, business, market and competitive
conditions in the software industry and technological innovations which
could affect the Company?s business; (3) the Company?s inability to
protect its trade secrets or other proprietary rights, operate without
infringing upon the proprietary rights of others or prevent others from
infringing on the proprietary rights of the Company; and (4) general
economic and business conditions and the availability of sufficient
financing.
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