Apple's StarCore Introduces Newton Solution

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Apple's StarCore Introduces The Newton Solution

CUPERTINO, California--March 4, 1994--Apple Computer's StarCore(TM) software publishing and distribution group today announced three application packages for Newton(R), each offering a suite of business solutions specifically designed to help mobile executives work more effectively.  The Newton Solution packages are compatible with both the recently-announced Newton MessagePad(TM) 110, the Newton MessagePad 100 and other products based on Newton technology.

"StarCore designed The Newton Solution packages to offer users a complete set of mobile business applications all pre-loaded on one PCMCIA card," said Ken Wirt, director of marketing for Apple's Personal Interactive Electronics (PIE) Division.  "Using any one of the three solution packages with the Newton MessagePad will improve dramatically any mobile professional's ability to work effectively and efficiently while they're away from their office."

Each of The Newton Solution packages contains two applications designed to meet the needs of either sales people, mobile professionals or business executives. In addition, every package contains "Notion(TM): The List Manager for Newton," which offers people more than two dozen ready-to-use templates that make it easy to organize, sort and send "to do" activities, follow up instructions and project information, and "Jigsaw Strategy Game," a compelling one- or two-person strategy game that challenges players to seize territories and match designs on a grid.

StarCore's The Newton Solution package options include:
"The Newton Solution: Mobile Sales Manager" is designed to provide sales
professionals with tools to access quotas, price lists, travel expenses,
customer information and other data easily.  The package includes "Money
Magazine Business Forms," which provides 13 commonly-used business formats, including expense reports, sales invoice/order quotations and planning guides and schedules, that people can fill out easily while in a meeting or on the road, and "GeoAssist" for referencing toll free numbers, local phone access numbers and air, auto and travel information for more than 1,000 cities.

"The Newton Solution: Professional Idea Manager" is designed for consultants, accountants, lawyers, small business owners and other professionals who routinely calculate, process and record data.  This package includes "Dyno NotePad," an outlining tool which captures and organizes thoughts and personal information in a variety of outline-formats and hierarchies.  Also included is "Mobile Math," which integrates math functions into Newton's Intelligent Assistance with more than 80 formulas.  The application "floats" and can be accessed easily from other applications.

"The Newton Solution: Executive Productivity Manager" is ideal for Newton users who make presentations on a regular basis and want to call-up text and notes during their speaking engagements.  The package includes "PresenterPad," an application that aids speakers by teleprompting information, pacing presentations and cueing slides.  The second application in the package is "Economist World in Figures," which gives users a wide range of detailed facts and figures, including economies, exports/imports, populations and trade, on approximately 60 countries.

The four applications in each solution package are pre-loaded on a 2 MB flash card.  The cards also have 800 KB of additional storage space, so users can easily download and store information as needed.  Apple plans to release The Newton Solution packages in March 1994 at an Apple price of US$199.  The value of the applications plus the flash card, if purchased separately, is
approximately US$400, making The Newton Solution packages good value for business users.

Apple Computer Inc.'s StarCore group, which is part of the PIE division,
publishes and distributes software on CD-ROM for Macintosh(R), DOS and MPC platforms and on PCMCIA cards and floppy diskettes for devices based on Newton technology.  The StarCore product library is focused around six software categories:  edutainment, sports, entertainment, reference, business
applications and self-improvement.

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Apple, the Apple logo, Newton and Macintosh are registered trademarks.
StarCore, NewtonMail and MessagePad are trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. Money and Money Magazine are registered trademarks of Time Inc.  GeoAssist is a trademark of Avail Technology, Inc.  Dyno NotePad is a trademark of Portfolio Software Inc.  PresenterPad is a trademark of Avalon Engineering, Inc.  The Economist is a trademark of The Economist Newspaper Ltd.  Notion is a trademark of Eidetic Corp.





Transmitted:  94-10-26 21:51:11 PDT
