NEWS   
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Cheryl Vandemore, Elvis & Bonaparte  
 (503) 624-0970, fax (503) 598-0341, elvis@teleport.com  
  
Keven Boyett, Director of Sales, Gaia Software  
 (503) 226-8580, fax (503) 221-3025, keven_boyett@gaia.com  
  
  
  
Personal Media(TM) 1.5 Released for Motorola   
Marco and Apple MessagePad  
  
Portland, September 25, 1995 -- Gaia Software today announced version 1.5   
of its Personal Media(TM) software environment for the Motorola Marco and   
Apple MessagePad.  With this latest version, Personal Media has been   
redesigned to be smaller, quicker and easier to use.  The software now fully   
uses standard Newton electronic ink, which greatly reduces the storage and   
memory size of written notes, and adds handwriting and shape recognition to   
notepads.  Also added are full text and title searches throughout workspaces   
in the Personal Media environment, and ability to edit and work with   
contacts within Personal Media.   
  
Personal Media is the only software that lets you use ink or text notepads on   
the Motorola Marco and Apple MessagePad for client or project information,   
visually organize, page, scale, move, or copy them on desktop-like   
workspaces, and integrates drag-and-drop e-mail and fax.  
  
Gaia provides outsourcing of complete, end-to-end handheld information   
solutions for enterprise applications using Personal Media as the base   
software environment in sales, service, and executive staff applications.  In   
the Newton software sales channel, Personal Media 1.5 is available as a   
complete workspace environment on top of the Newton operating system.  In   
customized enterprise applications, Gaia adds custom forms and wireless   
client support to the environment to meet organizations specific information   
and communications needs.  
  
"We continue to have great response from customers using Personal Media in   
business applications who say its the space they live in when using the   
Motorola Marco and Apple MessagePad," said Keven Boyett, Gaias Director   
of Sales.  "With this release weve made it easier to deal with larger amounts   
of information on these handheld devices through smaller storage and   
memory size of ink notepads, as well as full text search."  
  
"With Personal Media 1.5 on the Marco using integrated two-way wireless   
communications, or on the MessagePad using modular wireless options,   
handheld electronic information is convenient and compelling for business   
use," said Craig Fisk, President and CEO of Gaia Software. "Laptops are   
great for `production machine' use of traditional PC applications, such as   
desktop publishing, in hotels when on the road. But as a `transaction   
machine' for access to the notes, contacts, and messages you want in your   
hand to get business done - down the hall or across the country - you 
can't beat handhelds with Personal Media."  
  
Personal Media comes on floppy disks for both Windows and Macintosh, or   
pre-installed on a 1 MB SRAM card.  The card version is self-installing.  The   
disk version includes installers for installation from Windows or the   
Macintosh.  The Newton Connection Kit is not needed, but installation from   
floppy disks does require a serial cable.  All registered Personal Media   
customers will receive a free update to Version 1.5.  
  
Gaia Software develops and markets handheld applications products,   
including complete client systems integration with links to backend IBM   
AS/400 midrange database server systems or PC networks, and provides   
hardware, software, design, training, support, and consulting services.  The   
Company is a reseller of Motorola, ARDIS, and Apple Newton based   
handhelds and wireless services.  Gaia is located in Portland, Oregon.  Gaia   
can be reached at (503) 221-4242, fax (503) 221-3025. Gaia is on the Internet   
at info@gaia.com and on the World Wide Web at   
http://www.teleport.com/~gaia.  
  
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Gaia is a registered trademark and Personal Media, Gaia Forms and Gaia   
Software are trademarks of Gaia Software, Inc. Patent pending. Marco and   
Motorola are registered trademarks of Motorola, Inc. ARDIS is a registered   
trademark of The ARDIS Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Motorola.   
Newton and MessagePad are registered trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc.   
IBM and AS/400 are registered trademarks of the IBM Corporation.

