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To: Ron Schier who wrote (622)	2/24/1999 9:38:00 AM
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Mobile Insights Announces the Winners of the 1999 Mobility Awards MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 24, 1999-- 1999 Mobility Awards were presented to the companies with the top mobile computing and data communications products of 1998 at the fifth annual Mobile Insights '99 conference, February 21-23, 1999, in Palm Springs Mobile Insights announced the winners of this year's Mobility Awards at last night's Mobility Awards ceremony during the MI99 conference in Palm Springs, California, held at the luxurious Marriott Desert Springs Resort & Spa. There were many nominees that came within points of first place, so Mobile Insights also awarded certificates of Honorable Mention to those products and teams. "The Mobility Awards have become a symbol of excellence and achievement in the mobile industry for mobile computing and data communications products," says Dr. J. Gerry Purdy, president and CEO of Mobile Insights, Inc. "The Mobility Awards Committee had a tough job this year because they had to choose nominees and winners from over 250 nominations." The Mobility Awards Committee, consisting of 40 top analysts and members of the press, chose the winners of this year's Mobility Awards by voting on an online ballot. This unbiased committee spent time researching the products and services. The winners and runners up are listed below. 1999 Mobility Award Winners Notebook Computing: ------------------ Entry Level Notebook Winner: IBM Mobile Computing/ThinkPad iSeries 1411 Honorable Mention: Compaq Computer Corp./Presario 1240 Ultraportable Winner: IBM Mobile Computing/ThinkPad 560 Honorable Mention: Toshiba America/Portege 7000 Thin and Light Winner: IBM Mobile Computing/ThinkPad 600 Honorable Mention: Dell America/Latitude CP All-in-One Winner: Dell America/Inspiron 7000 Honorable Mention: Gateway Computer Corp./Solo 9100XL Consumer Portable Winner: IBM Mobile Computing/ThinkPad iSeries 1451 Honorable Mention: Apple/PowerBook G3 Ultralight Winner: Sony/VAIO 505 Honorable Mention: Toshiba America/Portege 3015CT PC Companion Winner: Hewlett-Packard Co., Handheld Div./Jornada 820 Honorable Mention: Sharp Corp./Tripad Honorable Mention: Vadem/Clio Handheld Computing: ------------------ PDA (Handheld Pen Tablet) Winner: Palm Computing, Inc., a 3Com Company/Palm III Honorable Mention: Philips Mobile Computing Group/Nino Industrial Handheld Systems Winner: Fujitsu Personal Systems/Stylistic 1200 Honorable Mention: Symbol Technologies, Inc./SPT 1500 eBooks Winner: NuvoMedia/Rocket eBook Honorable Mention: SoftBook Press/SoftBook Wireless: -------- Software/Service Winner: BellSouth Wireless Data/Interactive Paging Honorable Mention: Nettech/Smart IP Hardware Winner: Research In Motion/Inter@ctive Pager 950 Honorable Mention: Motorola & Pagemart/Pager for Palm Software: -------- E-Mail/Messaging Winner: Qualcomm/Eudora Honorable Mention: Microsoft/Outlook 98 Internet/Intranet Winner: Avant Go/Avant Go Enterprise Honorable Mention: America On Line (Marabilis)/ICQ PIM Winner: Puma Technology, Inc./Intellisync for Palm and CE Honorable Mention: Starfish/Sidekick Applications Winner: Dragon Systems/Naturally Mobile Honorable Mention: On The Go Software/Quicken ExpensAble for Palm System Software Winner: Microsoft Corporation/Windows CE 2.11 Honorable Mention: Symbian/EPOC Network/Remote Access Winner: Symantec/Mobile Essentials Honorable Mention: Puma Technology, Inc./Intellisync Anywhere for Exchange Mobile Complements: ------------------ PC Card Winner: Xircom, Inc./RealPort Honorable Mention: Franklin/REX Peripherals Winner: Corex/CardScan Honorable Mention: Port, Inc./Universal AC Adapter Accessories Winner: Olympus America/D1000 Digital Voice Recorder Honorable Mention: Hewlett-Packard Co./CapShare 910 Service & Support Winner: Dell America Honorable Mention: IBM Corporation Components Winner: Intel Corporation/Pentium II Honorable Mention: Intel Corporation/StrongARM Mobile Storage Winner: IBM Storage Systems Div./Microdrive Honorable Mention: SanDisk/64MB Compact Flash Notebook Storage Winner: IBM Storage Systems Div./TravelStar 14GS Honorable Mention: Toshiba America/6411 MAT Professional Projectors Winner: In Focus Systems, Inc./LP750 Honorable Mention: Proxima Corp./A10 Personal Projectors Winner: In Focus Systems, Inc./LP425 Honorable Mention: Epson America, Inc./PowerLite 5500C Digital Cameras Winner: Kodak/DC-260 Honorable Mention: Olympus America/D-620-L Excellence Awards: ----------------- Management Team of the Year Winner: IBM Mobile Computing/ThinkPad Honorable Mention: Palm Computing, Inc., a 3Com Co./Palm Computing Rookie of the Year Winner: Vadem/Clio Winner: Sharp Corp./TriPad Honorable Mention: Panasonic/ToughBook Technology Achievement Winner: IBM Storage Systems Div./Microdrive Honorable Mention: IBM Storage Systems Div./TravelStar 14GS Product of the Year Winner: Palm Computing, Inc., a 3Com Co./Palm Honorable Mention: Sony/VAIO 505 Director's Award Winner: Micron Electronics Mobile Insights is a professional services firm located in Mountain View, California, that focuses on the mobile computing and data communications market. The company produces the annual Mobile Insights conference and the new Go Mobile conference, offers the MobileTrax Online continuous information service, publishes the electronic Mobile Letter newsletter, and does engagement consulting. More details on the company's services can be found at www.mobileinsights.com. Note to Editors: People interested in the conference can visit the MI99 web site www.mi99.com. CONTACT: Mobile Insights (for info about Mobility Awards) Sonia Russell, 650/937-0932 srussell@mobileinsights.com or MI99 web site (for people interested in the conference) www.mi99.com