Business Wire ~ September 7, 2000 ~ 3:40 pm EST
BOCA RATON, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 7, 2000--Multi-Media Productions ( USA), Inc. is proud to announce the appearance of Satjiv Chahil chief marketing officer of Palm, Inc., on World Business Review. The weekly television series focuses on business and technology, and is hosted by General Alexander Haig, former Secretary of State for President Reagan and former president and COO of United Technologies. Vinton Cerf, senior vice president of WorldCom, participates in the panel discussion as industry expert. The topic of the panel discussion is "Wireless Solutions."
"Palm, Inc., was selected to appear on the program because they see that the need to access information supersedes the need to create it. Palm delivers information to people when they need it through the form of a pocket sized hand held computer," said Sam Stockhammer, the show's coordinating producer.
Hand-held devices from Palm Computing are already popular tools in the high- pressure financial industry. By combining the unconscious portability, powerful features and intuitive design of Palm computing platform devices with enhancements like Reuters MarketClip, they become an even more attractive solution to companies. The mobility of the hand-held and the power of the Palm Computing platform provide a high-value solution for a high-pressure industry. They can go to lunch, visit industry conferences, vacation, get into a taxi or meet clients without losing touch with the market.
"It's happening as we speak. On the cell phone front, they're adding new applications you can access on the Web. But also on the Palm, you can very easily access a whole wide range of application services. You can even find what movie to see in the evening, where it is, the weather and the location, the Starbucks location. And the color, will become [a] standard features in the new [models], they will [also] get lighter. The key challenge that we face is to make the screen size large enough so its readable, useful and accessible while at the same time fits in your pocket and is portable," said Chahil.
Other wireless products that are offered by Palm, Inc. are the Palm III series which includes the Palm IIIe an entry-level organizer and the Palm IIIc, which has a color display, both provide a high level of versatility. The Palm V series are 4oz in weight and 0.4" thin, sleek, rechargeable hand-held that is wrapped in an anodized aluminum case with a leather cover. The Palm VII series is the wireless connection to the Internet and email allowing for wireless connection to news, weather or sports scores; trade stocks and even online shopping. Palm OS Software is the operating system that is behind the Palm frenzy and it is the Palm.Net Service, which allows this wireless access from the Palm VII to take place.
Palm, Inc. can be found at various Trade Shows and Events: PC IT in Melbourne, Australia, Networld + Interop, Atlanta, Georgia, Fall Comdex, Las Vegas, Nevada and Oracle Open World, Brisbane, Australia.
Taped in Washington, D.C., World Business Review airs on PBS The Business & Technology Network, and in quality business slots in numerous Public Television markets, including New York, Chicago, San Francisco and Miami. The weekly series can also be viewed on TWA, United Airlines, via web-cast on BTNNTV.com (Business & Technology News Network), or through video on demand via Broadcast.Yahoo.com or AENTV.com.
World Business Review has been developed into curriculum for college and university-level courses, and is being used in a variety of business and technology courses or within the School of Business libraries at Carnegie Mellon University, Dartmouth College, Duke University, DePaul University, Georgetown University, University of Florida, University of Notre Dame, City University of Hong Kong, among other distinguished institutions of higher education.
Individual videotapes or continuing education systems (via Indiana State University) are available by calling 1-800-WBR-1032 or by visiting www.wbrtv.com, which showcases featured topics and specific companies' technologies.
CONTACT: Palm, Inc., Santa Clara, Calif.
Jim Adamson, Director of Strategic Communications
408/326-2538
www.palm.com
15:26 EDT SEPTEMBER 7, 2000 |
