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To: Mang Cheng who wrote (1525)	9/1/2000 5:50:52 PM
From: matt dillabough	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6784

Palm Streaming Video Technology Debuts From Firepad Business Wire ~ September 1, 2000 ~ 11:20 am EST MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 1, 2000--Firepad Inc. Friday announced that it has demonstrated the world's first high-speed streaming video technology for the Palm Computing(R) Platform. The demonstration was made during a week-long series of presentations to technology industry analysts in New York and Silicon Valley. Firepad's video technology is capable of displaying full-screen video data on a Palm(TM) device at up to 25 frames per second. The technology will be released later this year in the FireViewer 5(TM) client application and the FireProducer( TM) server application. The current version of FireViewer(TM) supports large, two-dimensional graphics on the Palm, and has more than 310,000 downloads to date, making it one of the top 10 all-time downloads for the platform. "Firepad has the first wireless killer app, right now," said Kenneth J. Marshall, president and chief operating officer of Firepad. "With the first complete solution for bringing streaming video to a Palm device, Firepad cements its leadership position in bringing rich content from corporate intranets out to wireless handheld devices." With Firepad's software products, including FireViewer(TM), FirePublisher(TM), and FireProducer(TM), enterprises can distribute rich content out to wireless handheld devices using standard TCP/IP protocols. A complete demonstration of the upcoming FireViewer 5(TM) client application is available at www.firepad.com. About Firepad Inc. Firepad(TM) makes software that enables rich content on wireless handheld devices. Based in Mountain View, the company helps enterprises, developers, and content owners publish on the Palm Computing(R) Platform. More information about Firepad(TM) can be found on the World Wide Web at www.firepad.com. CONTACT: Firepad Inc., Mountain View Kenneth J. Marshall, 650/237-3200 11:06 EDT SEPTEMBER 1, 2000