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Pen&Internet
Announces riteMail 2.0 for Windows and Pocket PC
Industry’s premier handwritten email application now provides editing,
recognition and storage capabilities for unified note taking between
mobile devices and desktops
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CTIA - NEW ORLEANS, LA, March 17, 2003 - Pen&Internet™, LLC, today announced the immediate
commercial availability of riteMail® 2.0 for Windows and Pocket PC
platforms, debuting the first application that enables users to take
handwritten notes on their mobile devices for editing, recognition and
storage back at their desktops. Pen&Internet will demonstrate this new
product in the Microsoft Partner Pavilion, Hall E, Booth 4967.
With riteMail 2.0, handwritten notes taken on a handheld device or desktop
can be emailed over wireless and wireline connections, as well as fully
edited, recognized, stored and printed from a PC. riteMail seamlessly
integrates with all popular corporate and personal email systems and is
already used by people in over 100 countries, writing in more than 50
languages.
Key
new product features:
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Note capture: Enables unified note taking and processing between
pen-enabled mobile devices and computers on multiple platforms.
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Note transfer: Allows transfer of notes between mobile devices and
from mobile device to desktop via a wireless or wireline connection.
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Deferred notes processing: Permits editing of handwritten notes on a
PC, including the ability to move, copy, delete, resize, and change
color, width and style of any portion of your notes.
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Smart printing: Enables printing of electronic ink documents on
desktops with automatic and manual page-break adjustment features.
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Shape recognition: Instantly perfects common shapes and full
freehand charts. Intelligently adjusts, aligns, resizes, corrects
gridlines, connects arrows and adjacent shapes, and fine-tunes
concentric shapes.
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Handwriting recognition: In riteMail for Windows, handwritten text
can be recognized and copied to the clipboard for pasting into any key
office applications.
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Enhanced delivery: Combines image and electronic ink delivery for
full compatibility with mail systems.
"Every
mobile professional takes notes, and many are searching for new
technologies to help make these notes instantly transferable and
accessible for full editing, recognition and printing back at the office,"
said said J. Gerry Purdy, Ph.D. principal analyst with MobileTrax. "The
advancement in electronic ink provided by Pen&Internet’s riteMail 2.0
fills a market need for a practical note taking and processing avenue for
mobile device users – and it is the first cross-platform application to
accomplish this."
"With
the growing popularity of pen-enabled devices as practical note takers, we
have seen an increased market demand from industry users and business
partners for unified note taking and storage capabilities of handwritten
notes," said
Dr. Leonid Kitainik, general manager of Pen&Internet. "riteMail
2.0 is a helpful productivity tool for all handheld users who have always
wanted to take effective, transferable, editable, recognizable notes on
their PDAs, but couldn’t – until now."
Availability,
pricing, support
riteMail 2.0 application and service is available for Windows desktops and
Tablet PC, Pocket PC, Windows CE 3.0 handhelds, Palm Powered handhelds,
convergent phones. riteMail can be purchased online from Pen&Internet's
software store at www.ritemail.net, powered by Handango, or through
Handango and its online channels. The base list price for riteMail 2.0 is
$21.95 for Pocket PC and $24.95 for Windows. Multi-platform packages can
be purchased directly from the riteMail site. An introductory price of
$19.95 for this new version will be available through March 31.
About
Pen&Internet
Pen&Internet,
LLC (a division of Parascript™, LLC) is a developer and marketer
of advanced electronic ink and communications technologies, products and
services for mobile wireless devices and other pen computers.
Headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif., with R&D facilities onsite, in
Boulder, CO, and at
company offices in Moscow, Russia, the Pen&Internet team has more than
70 years of combined experience with digital communications, electronic
ink and natural pen interface technologies. Please visit http://www.penandinternet.com
or http://www.ritemail.net
for more information.
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Parascript, Pen&Internet, riteMail and riteShape are either registered
trademarks or trademarks of Parascript, LLC. Microsoft, Windows, Tablet PC
and Pocket PC are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft
Corporation. All other trademarks and trade names previously cited are
hereby acknowledged as the property of their respective owners.
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