Editors Call Software a 'Dream Package for Any On-the-Go Learner'

SANTA CLARA, Calif., April 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Palm, Inc. (Nasdaq: PALM) today announced that its Mobile Mentor(TM) Software: Student Edition has earned a five-star rating and a PC Magazine Editors' Choice award in the Palm OS(R) category. In an April 9 article titled "Kid Stuff on Your PDA," the magazine said the software "strikes the right balance between work and play, and is an ideal suite for any student from junior high through college."

In its review of the software collection, the magazine said, "DataViz's Documents To Go lets you ... edit Microsoft Word and Excel documents, and MobileDB covers basic database needs. Math whizzes will appreciate the ImagiMath graphical calculator. Tack on an outlining tool, a spell-checker, a thesaurus, a class and grades organizer, and an e-book reader and encoder and this is a dream package for any on-the-go learner. And when your brain gets full, you can load up the included space shooter, Zap!2000. Every app in this package is fully registered and first-class."

Palm, a pioneer in the field of mobile and wireless Internet solutions and a leading provider of handheld computers, released the Mobile Mentor software in September 2001. The software series consists of three editions -- Student, Collegiate and Educator -- each containing software applications for organization, productivity, learning and teaching. The three editions of the Mobile Mentor software are $39.95 each and can be ordered from The Palm Store (store.palm.com).

Earlier this year, the Mobile Mentor Software: Collegiate Edition was named a 2002 Codie awards finalist for Best Post Secondary application. The Codie awards are sponsored by the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA), the principal trade association for the software and digital content industry.

"Mobile Mentor showcases some of the most innovative developers in the industry," said Mike Lorion, Palm's vice president of education. "For faculty and students, it offers convenient access to a rich array of powerful tools to help them use Palm handhelds effectively in education."

Among the software applications included on the Mobile Mentor Software CDs are the following:

-- ImagiMath(TM) 1.02 by ImagiWorks combines a mathematics visualizer, a full-featured calculator, and a mathematical worksheet and equation solver.

-- powerOne(TM) General calculator by Infinity Softworks, Inc. includes functions such as statistics, trigonometry, a time/value of money worksheet to calculate loans and investments, and unit-conversion worksheets.

-- Documents To Go(R) 4.0 by DataViz lets users view and edit Microsoft Word and Excel documents, as well as view and share Microsoft PowerPoint presentations. Its DocSync(TM) technology enables files to be updated on a desktop computer without losing formatting.

-- MobileDB(TM) by Handmark is a database for building custom lists and viewing and editing any table or spreadsheet-like information.

-- ThoughtManager(TM) for Students by Hands High easily organizes ideas, class notes, task lists, presentations and homework. Students can take notes and create outlines that can be shared by beaming, emailing or posting then on a website.

-- ThoughtManager for Teachers(TM) by Hands High is a powerful outliner and database that helps teachers create and organize ideas, lesson plans, tasks and assessment data. It includes more than 75 preloaded outlines designed for teachers.

-- Four.Zero(TM) by Handmark is an organizer that offers a single interface to enter, store and manage information, such as coursework details, assignments and course grades.

-- Thesaurus / Spellcheck by DDH Software features more than 50,000 entries cross-referenced and indexed for speed; remembers the last 15 words looked up; and enables users to choose between displaying all synonyms, or just nouns, verbs, adjectives or adverbs.

-- Palm Reader(TM), the leading eBook application for Palm Powered(TM) devices, lets users annotate text, change font sizes, bookmark their place and rotate the screen orientation to a more comfortable position. More than 4,500 eBooks are available for downloading at www.palm.com/ebooks.

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