GoAmerica
Announces Support for Windows CE Version 2.0 Operating System from Microsoft
New Devices Combined With Nationwide Internet Access Will Spur
Wireless Data Adoption Hackensack,
NJ, April 7, 1998 - GoAmerica Communications Corp., the nation's leading wireless
Internet and intranet service provider, announced support for Microsoft's new Windows CE
version 2.0 operating system for Handheld PC's and Palm PC's at the Microsoft CE
Developer's Conference.
Version 2.0's new features include a color screen, more
readable fonts, native support for IP based networks, the new version of Pocket Internet
Explorer, and enhancements to Windows CE "Inbox," the operating system's mail
program.
GoAmerica's wireless Internet and intranet support for the
Windows CE devices is designed around Bellcore's AirBoss family of advanced mobility
solutions. AirBoss was recently certified by Microsoft as a 2.0 compliant application.
GoAmerica currently offers its carrier and corporate end-user customers service bundles
built around these devices and GoAmerica's wireless data services.
"We see widespread customer interest in combining
Version 2.0 devices with wireless mobility solutions," says Randy Granovetter,
communications technology manager of Microsoft's Consumer Appliance Group. "GoAmerica
is playing a leading role in bringing together the components of wireless connectivity for
corporations and individuals who prefer the highly portable form factor these devices
provide."
"Bellcore is committed to the handheld device market,
and the recent certification of our AirBoss product demonstrates this commitment,"
says David Pepe, executive director of Bellcore's Wireless business unit. "GoAmerica
is offering Windows CE users a simple but powerful way to access critical real time
data."
"We are pleased to offer our customers wireless access
for this new version of Microsoft's Windows CE operating system," says Aaron
Dobrinsky, president of GoAmerica Communications Corp. "Version 2.0 combined with the
capabilities of GoAmerica's integrated wireless data service applications make these
devices even more powerful personal productivity and business tools."
GoAmerica Communications Corp., headquartered in Hackensack,
N.J., is the nation's leading wireless Internet and intranet service provider. GoAmerica's
Web@Hand wireless business solutions enable corporations to cost-effectively and easily
outfit their mobile workers -- from field personnel to account executives -- with access
to mission critical data and E-mail via corporate intranets and the Internet. GoAmerica
runs a fully integrated suite of applications for RAM, CDPD, Ardis, GSM, and CDMA wireless
data networks, and allows its customers to wirelessly-enable standard Web browsers such as
Netscape or Microsoft Explorer version 4.0 using a wireless modem and Windows 95 laptops,
Windows CE Handheld PC's, ruggedized laptops, the PalmPilot, and other handheld devices
and smartphones. For more information call 1-888/462-4600 or visit http://www.goamerica.net.
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