NEWS   

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Cheryl Vandemore, Elvis & Bonaparte  

 (503) 624-0970, fax (503) 598-0341, elvis@teleport.com  

  

Keven Boyett, Director of Sales, Gaia Software  

 (503) 226-8580, fax (503) 221-3025, keven_boyett@gaia.com  

  

  

  

Personal Media(TM) 1.5 Released for Motorola   

Marco and Apple MessagePad  

  

Portland, September 25, 1995 -- Gaia Software today announced version 1.5   

of its Personal Media(TM) software environment for the Motorola Marco and   

Apple MessagePad.  With this latest version, Personal Media has been   

redesigned to be smaller, quicker and easier to use.  The software now fully   

uses standard Newton electronic ink, which greatly reduces the storage and   

memory size of written notes, and adds handwriting and shape recognition to   

notepads.  Also added are full text and title searches throughout workspaces   

in the Personal Media environment, and ability to edit and work with   

contacts within Personal Media.   

  

Personal Media is the only software that lets you use ink or text notepads on   

the Motorola Marco and Apple MessagePad for client or project information,   

visually organize, page, scale, move, or copy them on desktop-like   

workspaces, and integrates drag-and-drop e-mail and fax.  

  

Gaia provides outsourcing of complete, end-to-end handheld information   

solutions for enterprise applications using Personal Media as the base   

software environment in sales, service, and executive staff applications.  In   

the Newton software sales channel, Personal Media 1.5 is available as a   

complete workspace environment on top of the Newton operating system.  In   

customized enterprise applications, Gaia adds custom forms and wireless   

client support to the environment to meet organizations specific information   

and communications needs.  

  

"We continue to have great response from customers using Personal Media in   

business applications who say its the space they live in when using the   

Motorola Marco and Apple MessagePad," said Keven Boyett, Gaias Director   

of Sales.  "With this release weve made it easier to deal with larger amounts   

of information on these handheld devices through smaller storage and   

memory size of ink notepads, as well as full text search."  

  

"With Personal Media 1.5 on the Marco using integrated two-way wireless   

communications, or on the MessagePad using modular wireless options,   

handheld electronic information is convenient and compelling for business   

use," said Craig Fisk, President and CEO of Gaia Software. "Laptops are   

great for `production machine' use of traditional PC applications, such as   

desktop publishing, in hotels when on the road. But as a `transaction   

machine' for access to the notes, contacts, and messages you want in your   

hand to get business done - down the hall or across the country - you 

can't beat handhelds with Personal Media."  

  

Personal Media comes on floppy disks for both Windows and Macintosh, or   

pre-installed on a 1 MB SRAM card.  The card version is self-installing.  The   

disk version includes installers for installation from Windows or the   

Macintosh.  The Newton Connection Kit is not needed, but installation from   

floppy disks does require a serial cable.  All registered Personal Media   

customers will receive a free update to Version 1.5.  

  

Gaia Software develops and markets handheld applications products,   

including complete client systems integration with links to backend IBM   

AS/400 midrange database server systems or PC networks, and provides   

hardware, software, design, training, support, and consulting services.  The   

Company is a reseller of Motorola, ARDIS, and Apple Newton based   

handhelds and wireless services.  Gaia is located in Portland, Oregon.  Gaia   

can be reached at (503) 221-4242, fax (503) 221-3025. Gaia is on the Internet   

at info@gaia.com and on the World Wide Web at   

http://www.teleport.com/~gaia.  

  

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Gaia is a registered trademark and Personal Media, Gaia Forms and Gaia   

Software are trademarks of Gaia Software, Inc. Patent pending. Marco and   

Motorola are registered trademarks of Motorola, Inc. ARDIS is a registered   

trademark of The ARDIS Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Motorola.   

Newton and MessagePad are registered trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc.   

IBM and AS/400 are registered trademarks of the IBM Corporation.