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To: slacker711 who wrote (6761)	2/22/2000 2:17:00 PM
From: Sawtooth	Respond to of 13582

Wireless Knowledge's Workstyle Server Delivers Wireless Intranet to the Enterprise New Product Enables Secure Access to Groupware And Messaging Platforms Over Any Device and Airlink SAN DIEGO, Feb. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Wireless Knowledge LLC, a Microsoft Corporation (Nasdaq: MSFT) and QUALCOMM Inc. (Nasdaq: QCOM) joint venture, today launched its latest offering, the Workstyle Server, a server software that enables wireless intranet access to critical information residing on the enterprise network. With the Workstyle Server, an enterprise can securely extend real-time wireless access to Microsoft(R) Exchange Server 5.5-based corporate e-mail, calendar and contacts to mobile workers using wireless Internet devices. The product will be showcased next week at Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association (CTIA)/Wireless 2000 in New Orleans in the Microsoft booth number 2765 and the QUALCOMM booth number 7847. As the velocity of information in today's business environment increases, companies that provide mobile workers with wireless access to their critical information and applications ensure greater productivity and timely decision making. Mobile workers can now enjoy the efficiencies of managing their time and critical business functions using any Internet-ready device such as a handset or PDA, over any wireless Internet service airlink. "Wireless is the second coming of the Internet," said Iain Gillott, vice president, worldwide consumer and small business telecommunications, International Data Corporation. "With the wide availability of wireless Internet devices and services, Wireless Knowledge's Workstyle Server for the enterprise is perfectly timed to deliver high-value applications to the business user to start to drive this market." "Wireless Knowledge's unique enterprise server approach enables us to directly offer the enterprise a secure off-the-shelf solution to support mobility within their own networks," said Eric Schultz, chairman and CEO, Wireless Knowledge. "Our Workstyle Server allows companies to deliver the benefits of mobility to their users broadly and rapidly." The Workstyle Server The Workstyle Server is a standalone scalable server product installed at the enterprise that allows any Internet-enabled handset to access the corporate data residing on the network. Based on Internet-standard platforms, the server software offers secure, reliable, high-performance access to the wireless Intranet. With the Workstyle Server, enterprises have the option of implementing wireless data capabilities on their premises. Once the Workstyle Server is installed, additional enterprise-specific applications can be developed. Wireless Knowledge's professional services group is available to work with enterprise customers to wirelessly extend existing vertical and horizontal applications. This Workstyle Server release includes support for wireless access to Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5 based e-mail, calendar and contacts. The Workstyle Server supports a broad range of devices equipped with HDML, XML, WML and HTML microbrowsers including Microsoft Mobile Explorer, the dual mode HTML/WML microbrowser. By year end, the server will expand the offering to include Lotus Notes, IMAP, LDAP and POP3 systems. Server administration features include online support tools to manage user accounts, security, database maintenance and account and server diagnostics. Administrative tools are available for both server administration and help desk personnel. Availability The Workstyle Server is currently in pilots with several enterprise customers. About Wireless Knowledge Wireless Knowledge LLC, a joint venture between Microsoft and QUALCOMM, provides platforms and services to corporate customers and application providers to enable applications for the mobile Internet. The company's products deliver productivity and compelling mobile solutions to business users, providing personally relevant, business-critical information and applications using any device, over any network or airlink. For more information on Wireless Knowledge, please visit the company Web site at www.wirelessknowledge.com. Revolv is a service mark of Wireless Knowledge. Microsoft and Microsoft Exchange are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corp. in the United States and/or other countries. Other product and company names herein may be trademarks of their respective owners. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOURCE: Wireless Knowledge LLC CONTACT: Lisa Porter of Porter Creative Group, 949-752-5891, lporter@portercreative.com; or Brigitte Engel of Wireless Knowledge, 858-882-6488, bengel@wirelessknowledge.com

To: slacker711 who wrote (6761)	2/22/2000 2:34:00 PM
From: Ruffian	Respond to of 13582

Texas Instruments pushes chips for wireless devices By Bloomberg News Special to CNET News.com February 22, 2000, 10:30 a.m. PT NEW YORK--Texas Instruments unveiled two chips that will make Internet access faster and let mobile phones run for weeks without recharging. One of the new so-called digital-signal processors (DSPs) is about 10 times faster than the company's current ones. It will let Texas Instruments customers such as Nokia, Ericsson and Motorola develop phones that can retrieve video from the Internet. The second chip uses one-sixth of the battery power of current DSPs and is designed to increase the battery life of wireless devices. Texas Instruments controls 48 percent of the $4 billion DSP market, and its chips run two-thirds of the world's cellular phones. The chips unveiled today will help the Dallas-based company boost market share, chief executive Tom Engibous said. "We are going to extend that lead for many years to come," he added. Texas Instruments' dominance in the DSP market has fueled the company's stock, which has nearly tripled from a year ago. The stock sold for around $50 this time last year. Shares in the semiconductor maker rose $6.63, or about 5 percent, to $140.63 in midday trading. DSPs translate signals such as sound and light into digital computer language for use in devices such as cell phones, which must process a voice signal as quickly as it is spoken. Consumers will be able to buy products that use the new chips by year-end. The devices may include digital cameras that transmit pictures to the Internet over a wireless connection, better-quality audio and video players, and wireless devices that download software directly from the Web. "This is probably the biggest announcement they've made in the last few years," said Will Strauss, president of Forward Concepts, a market research firm in Tempe, Ariz. Strauss estimates DSP sales will more than triple to $13 billion in 2003. Texas Instruments competes with Lucent Technologies and Analog Devices in the DSP market. The company already has shipped the low-power DSPs to its biggest customers; it will make them available to the mass market during the next few months. "We've got the endorsement from the market leaders like Nokia and Ericsson," said vice president Mike Hames, who runs Texas Instruments' DSP operations. Texas Instruments will begin shipping the high-performance DSPs this summer, Hames said. They will allow manufacturers to create phones that can be upgraded with new software, he added. Both chips will be in full-scale production in one to two years. Initially, they will be made in Texas Instruments factories in Dallas, Hames said. By using less power, the new chips help portable devices such as cell phones and audio players "put the Internet in your pocket," Engibous said. Battery life is crucial to the design of portable devices. Chips that use less power mean the devices can run longer without recharging. In addition to cell phones, Texas Instruments' chips are used in computer modems, household appliances and children's toys. The company estimates that the market for mobile phones will increase 60 percent this year to 435 million handsets. That's largely because of so-called third-generation phones that have high-speed connections to the Internet. The new DSPs also will make fast Internet connections to the home more affordable and lead to new medical devices such as wireless heart monitors, the company said. "TI is clearly hitting the hot new markets with these chips," Strauss said. "It would take three years for others to match the breadth that TI offers." During the past three years, Texas Instruments has sold businesses, including its defense-electronics and computer-memory operations, to focus on building DSPs and the analog chips that complement them. Copyright 2000, Bloomberg L.P. All Rights Reserved. Related news stories • Chip sales soar in 1999 February 7, 2000 • Chip stocks ride above market turmoil February 1, 2000 • TI's chief executive says PC era fading January 31, 2000 • TI stomps estimates as income surges January 24, 2000 • TI envisions much more powerful chips December 6, 1999 • New chip could lead to smaller cell phones November 5, 1999 • Motorola to bridge cell phone chip standards November 1, 1999 Free Newsletters News.com Dispatch HTML Dispatch Investor Dispatch More Newsletters News Opti