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Handspring Press Release Archive
HANDSPRING BEGINS NATIONWIDE
RETAIL DISTRIBUTION OF TREO COMMUNICATORS
Handspring Treo 180 hitting shelves at Best Buy, Staples, CompUSA, Fry's Electronics, J&R and Amazon.com
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIF. (March 25, 2002) —Handspring, Inc. (NASDAQ: HAND), a leading innovator in handheld computers and personal communicators, today announced nationwide retail availability of its Treo 180 communicators. The company is shipping Treo 180 nationwide to select Best Buy, Staples and CompUSA stores. Treo 180 is already for sale at regional retailers Fry's Electronics and J&R Music & Computerworld, and online at Amazon.com. Availability of Cingular and VoiceStream service plans varies throughout the retail channel.
"We are very excited to now bring Treo 180 to our retail customers with leading nationwide and regional retail stores," said Greg Woock, Vice President of North American sales at Handspring. "This marks the beginning of a broad retail roll-out that will continue in the upcoming weeks."
Handspring has announced availability of Treo online and in retail stores in Hong Kong, Singapore, the U.K., Germany, France, Sweden, Norway and New Zealand. Handspring expects the Treo 180 to be introduced over the upcoming months in Canada, Malaysia, the Netherlands and Switzerland as well as other countries. In the U.S., the Graffiti version, Treo 180g may be purchased only at www.handspring.com.
About Treo
Treo is a compact communicator that combines a GSM mobile phone, a Palm OS organizer, wireless email, SMS text messaging and Internet access in a small, lightweight and elegant device. Treo is small, measuring 11 x 6.9 x 1.8 centimeters and weighing only 147 grams, but its flip-open design makes possible a large screen suitable for Web page viewing and text messaging. SMS may require a separate data plan from your carrier and web browsing requires Internet access either through your carrier or an ISP, as well as a GSM wireless plan that includes data services. The steel-blue colored Treo features a rocker switch for easy one-handed navigation, speakerphone capability and compatibility to GPRS.
About Handspring
Handspring is a leading innovator in personal communications and handheld computing. The company develops, manufactures and markets the Treo family of communicators, the Visor family of expandable handheld computers, and client and server software for fast Web access from handheld devices and mobile phones. Founded in 1998, the company established itself as an industry leader with its Springboard platform, which provides a simple and easy method for hardware and software expansion. Today Handspring sells its Treo family of wireless communicators, Visor line of handheld computers and Springboard expansion modules and accessories at www.handspring.com and through select Internet and retail partners in the United States, Europe, Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the Middle East.
CAUTIONARY STATEMENT
This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, including those relating to the ability of Handspring and its retail and online resellers to effectively market and distribute Treo through the retail channel. Actual results may differ materially due to a number of factors including, among others: future economic conditions; consumer acceptance of and demand for Handspring's Treo communicator products; the availability of Treo communicator products in the US and internationally; the timing of the build-out of advanced wireless networks and the quality and scope of voice and data service coverage offered by wireless carriers; the degree to which wireless carriers will facilitate the successful introduction of Handspring's wireless products; and the rapid pace of technological change and competitive developments in the handheld computer and wireless communications industries. The matters discussed in this press release also involve risks and uncertainties described in Handspring's most recent Form 10-Q. Handspring assumes no obligation to update the forward-looking information contained in this press release.
Handspring, the Handspring logo, Treo, Visor, Blazer, Springboard, and the Treo logo are trademarks of Handspring, Inc. and may be registered in some jurisdictions.
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