WIRELESS KNOWLEDGE AND GENERAL
MAGIC PLAN TO ADD VOICE-ENABLING
CAPABILITIES TO REVOLV
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CTIA Booth #6623
Contact:
Allyson Willoughby, Benjamin Group
(408) 559-6090 ext. 405
allyson_willoughby@benjamingroup.com
Judy Radlinsky, General Magic
(408) 774-4290
judy_radlinsky@generalmagic.com
Cooperation Will Enable Remote Access to Corporate
Data via Voice Recognition and Navigation
NEW ORLEANS — Feb. 8, 1999 — Wireless Knowledge
LLC, a joint venture company between Microsoft (NASDAQ:
MSFT) and QUALCOMM Inc. (NASDAQ: QCOM) , and
General Magic (NASDAQ: GMGC) today announced plans to
provide RevolvSM service users with voice-enabled access to
information and corporate groupware. The announcement is
being made in conjunction with the CTIA Wireless 99
conference in New Orleans, where the companies will be
demonstrating the new capability in the Microsoft booth
#6623 and General Magic booth #2925.
Announced in January, Revolv is the first in a series of
services from Wireless Knowledge that will provide mobile
professionals with secure access to important information and
Microsoft® Exchange groupware using a variety of wireless
and mobile devices from anywhere they travel. With the
addition of General Magic's magicTalk™ platform, voice
users will soon have the ability to interact with and navigate
their important information through the natural extension of
voice and speech recognition.
General Magic's magicTalk™ voice platform will provide the
voice user interface capability for users of Wireless
Knowledge's Revolv service offering. The patent-pending
technology will provide Revolv users with the option to easily
communicate with their email, calendar, contacts, news and
other information. Simple conversational phrases such as "Do
I have any new messages?" can be used when interacting with
email, or "What are my appointments for today?" when
accessing the calendar.
"General Magic looks forward to extending our
industry-leading voice platform to the corporate users of
Wireless Knowledge's innovative Revolv service," said Steve
Markman, Chairman, CEO and President of General Magic.
"The powerful combination of our companies services and
technologies will help take the idea of anytime, anywhere
communications to the next level."
"Adding voice-enabling capabilities to the already cutting-edge
wireless data access solution, will enhance our efforts to offer
the richest, most complete mobile computing services
possible," said John Major, president and chief executive
officer of Wireless Knowledge. "We are looking forward to
working with General Magic and are extremely excited about
the unique solutions that our two companies will soon provide
to busy mobile professionals."
Voice access to Revolv is expected to be available by
mid-1999 as a premium service add-on. Revolv is available
now on an OEM basis to wireless carriers. Commercial
end-user availability from the first carrier partners is expected
in summer 1999. The service provides wireless services to
access messaging, email, calendaring, contact list, and news,
plus access to Microsoft® Exchange-based corporate
networks. Additional features and services will be added over
time.
Wireless Knowledge has working relationships with a portfolio
of leading wireless carriers and is currently pursuing other
strategic alliances with computing, software and
telecommunications companies.
About Wireless Knowledge
Wireless Knowledge LLC, a Microsoft Corporation and
QUALCOMM Incorporated company based in San Diego,
enables wireless carriers to deliver on the convergence of
wireless communications and information technology with the
delivery of productivity and information services in an airlink
and device-independent environment. Microsoft is the
worldwide leader in software for personal computers.
QUALCOMM is a leader in developing and delivering
innovative digital wireless communications products and
services based on the Companys CDMA digital technology.
For more information on Wireless Knowledge, visit the
website at www.wirelessknowledge.com.
About General Magic
General Magic offers integrated voice-enabled services that
make communication and access to information easy and
convenient for people, no matter where they are. The
Company's development efforts are founded on its patented
agent technology and innovative voice user interface to
provide simple, yet effective ways for people to keep in touch
with the information they need to be successful. The
Company is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California. For more
information on General Magic, please visit the Company's
Web site at generalmagic.com.
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