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Psion Launches Complete Handheld Solution for Attorneys Making Novell GroupWise and Sage Timeslips Time& Billing Software Mobile June 16, 1998 — New York City, NY — Psion Incorporated (PON.L) today announced a complete customizable legal solution, enabling attorneys around the world to carry and access important information while away from the office. Psion's mobile solution for lawyers includes: Psion's award-winning Series 5 handheld computer (with up to 18MB of memory), LinkWise mobile software for Novell GroupWise, Logit, a Timeslips-compatible application as well as an option to use an innovative Internet transcription service called CyberTranscriber, developed by Speech Machines. Combined, these technologies form an unparalleled turnkey solution for the legal community. The main focus of Psion's legal solution is to make information residing on an attorney's desktop portable and easily accessible. With the Psion Series 5, users have an advanced built-in suite of office applications that integrate with all the popular desktop office products (Corel/WordPerfect, Microsoft Office and Lotus SmartSuite). With the addition of two new mobile applications, Linkwise and Logit, attorneys gain a mobile extension to Novell GroupWise documents and mail as well as Sage Timeslips time and billing software. Psion's unique industrial design and patented laptop-style keyboard offers a true laptop alternative that is fully compatible with Windows 95/NT work environments. "Today's attorneys require constant access to information contained in briefs, transcripts, and other documents regardless of whether they are in the office, at a client site, in court, or in between," according to Mark Levitt, Esq., Research Manager at International Data Corporation (http://www.idc.com). "Psion's mobile solution is a pocket sized computer device that can provide constant access to information from a variety of sources, which now includes popular legal industry solutions Novell GroupWise and Sage Timeslips." One of the tools that fuels Psion's mobile solution is from Advansys Corporation. Advansys develops LinkWise, a plug-in for Psion's Series 5 connectivity software, PsiWin 2.1. It is a synchronization tool enabling users to reconcile GroupWise appointments, contacts, notes and tasks with the Series 5 handheld computer. Additionally, by using Psion's POP3 e-mail client, users gain remote access to GroupWise e-mail accounts, allowing them to check messages and reply at their convenience. LinkWise is transparent to the GroupWise user, allowing them to initiate a Series 5 backup or synchronization without leaving GroupWise. "Novell has played an important role in the legal community for many years. GroupWise provides unique solutions for legal customers by integrating e-mail, calendaring, document management and many other functions. LinkWise allows mobile professionals to take full advantage of these solutions wherever they are by bringing that functionality to the Psion Series 5. With the combination of Novell GroupWise and the Psion Series 5, legal customers are never without the information they need, and can easily transfer information gathered in the field to the system in their office, said Tom Rhoton, Director of Product Marketing, Novell, Inc. The second element of the Psion Mobile solution comes from Pelican Software, who has created a Timeslips-compatible product called Logit. Pelican chose the Series 5 for its powerful, multi-tasking operating system (EPOC), its ease-of-use and form factor. Logit effectively provides a mobile extension to Timeslips, the leading time and billing software for lawyers. Logit can also export critical time and billing information in ASCII formats for other legal office environments. Matthew Lafata, director of strategic alliances for Sage US, adds, "The value proposition that the Psion solution provides attorneys is more comprehensive than any other handheld solution on the market. It is very important for those using Timeslips on the desktop to be as comfortable with a Timeslips- compatible application on the handheld. Logit, running on the Series 5, enables tracking of up to six separate clients simultaneously on a single screen. Having a mobile time and billing client on the Series 5 saves lawyers lost charges when away from the office. This is where the Psion Series 5 adds true value running Logit as time and expense information can be easily imported into Timeslips for billing." Speech Machines' CyberTranscriber, an Internet-based transcription service, is optional for those using the Psion legal solution. When CyberTranscriber is coupled with the Psion Series 5, it offers attorneys unmatched productivity. There is no waiting for tapes and transcripts to be transported. Users can dictate into the Series 5's digital voice recorder, send to their PC and transmit via the Internet to the Speech Machines' service. CyberTranscriber takes the digital mail message, transcribes and mails back a perfect document in the attorney's selected word processor format. The service typically costs at least 20% less than legal secretaries or secretarial services. CyberTranscriber can be used via the Psion Series 5's digital recording feature or with a standard telephone. "In this day and age, it is a competitive advantage for mobile professionals to have instant access to information at all times, whether in the office or on the road. The Series 5's ability to handle a multitude of tasks and integrate seamlessly with familiar legal office environments, makes Psion's mobile solution for lawyers a compelling solution. We believe attorneys will value the long list of benefits the Psion Mobile Solution offers," comments Ben Cesare, Vice President of Psion Incorporated. Pricing& Availability Psion legal bundles vary in cost, from $549 to $749. Psion's mobile solution for the legal community is currently available and is fulfilled through Psion Inc., Novell and Sage Legal VAR consultants. For more information, contact Psion at 1-800-99-PSION, via email at usa-support@psion.com or visit the web at http://www.psioninc.com. About Psion Psion Incorporated is the US subsidiary of Psion PLC (London Stock Exchange: PON). Psion is an international computer group, headquartered in London, with subsidiaries and distributors in over 90 countries. Makers of the award-winning Series 3 range of palmtop computers and its new Series 5 handheld computer, Psion also produces and licenses software, data communication products and industrial/corporate solutions. Psion began shipping its first handheld computer in the early 80's. To date, Psion has shipped over 2.5 million mobile computers worldwide and continues to lead the field in the development of handheld business solutions. Psion's website can be found at http://www.psion.com. About Novell Founded in 1983, Novell (NASDAQ:NOVL) is the world's leading provider of network software. The company offers a wide range of network solutions for distributed network, Internet/intranet and small- business markets, as well as the network computing industry's most comprehensive education and technical support programs. Information about Novell and its complete range of products and services can be accessed on the World Wide Web as http://www.novell.com. About Sage US Sage U. S., Inc., headquartered in Dallas, Texas, is a part of The Sage Group, plc., located in Newcastle- upon-Tyne, England. Sage is the world's largest PC accounting software publisher and is known for acquiring and developing business niche market products. In addition to Timeslips Deluxe, for the small/home/professional office Sage U.S., Inc. offers DacEasy, a leading accounting software package; and TeleMagic Professional, a "load and go" contact management software package. Sage U.S., Inc. also offers, for the corporate enterprise market, TeleMagic Enterprise, a well known leader in sales force automation and contact management software; Carpe Diem, the leading PC-based professional activity, time and expense tracking software package for large organizations; and TimeSheet Professional, a leader and new market trendsetter in the area of project and workgroup time and activity tracking. The home page address for Sage U.S., Inc. is: http://www.sageus.com. About Advansys Since 1990, Advansys has developed integrated solutions for Novell GroupWise and its predecessors, WordPerfect Office 3 and 4. Advansys considers GroupWise 5 to be an exciting, exceptionally powerful and versatile platform, extending 'messaging' and 'groupware' into the realms of enterprise-wide document and image management, workflow and information research. For more information visit the web at http://www.advansyscorp.com. About Pelican Software Pelican Software Inc., founded in 1993, develops software for Psion platforms (EPOC), providing both corporate solutions and consumer retail software. Pelican sells throughout North America and Europe, marketing popular software packages, Banker, Notepad and Logit, the Timeslips compatible time-billing application. For more information, contact Mark Esposito at mark@pelicansoft.com or via the web at http://www.pelicansoft.com. About Speech Machines Speech Machines is an innovator and operator of speech recognition services. It is a privately held company financed by CMG@Ventures, a venture capital firm specializing in Internet-related companies, as well as employees and other individuals. Speech Machines has offices in Redwood City, Calif. And Great Malvern, England. Speech Machines can be found on the worldwide web at http://www.speechmachines.com. Brands and products referenced herein are the trademark or registered trademark of their respective holders.
Press Contacts:
Shannon Harmon Shupe
Marty Hoag
Mark Esposito
Allen Cohn
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