Handspring Releases SD Expansion Upgrade for Treo 90 Customers

Sept. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Handspring, Inc. (NASDAQ:HAND) today announced the availability of a software upgrade for the Treo 90 handheld organizer that provides compatibility with Secure Digital Input/Output (SD I/O) expansion cards. SD I/O is a standard that enables the addition of new functionality such as Bluetooth, 802.11, GPS, presentation display or digital imaging to a host device like the Treo 90. Treo 90, a lightweight organizer with a built-in QWERTY keyboard, features a full-color display and 16 MB of memory. The upgrade is available free of charge at http://www.handspring.com/support.

"The Treo 90 is already a popular product for people looking for the smallest, lightest Palm OS organizer with a keyboard. We're making it even more powerful with this upgrade, which supports great new wireless and multimedia options without compromising the size or weight," said Joe Sipher, vice president of product marketing for Handspring.

There are currently two expansion cards that can take advantage of Treo 90's SD I/O capabilities. One is MARGI System's Presenter-to-Go, which connects the Treo 90 directly to digital LCD projectors or other VGA devices to show business presentations stored on Treo in full color. This solution includes software that allows for slide presentation from any printable Windows application including PowerPoint, Word and HTML. Presenter-to-Go is available on the MARGI Systems Web site at http://www.margi.com/.

"By offering Handspring Treo 90 users access to MARGI Presenter-to-Go SD, customers can leave their laptops behind, walk into a room, plug their Treo 90 into a projector and immediately begin presenting," said Phil Underwood, vice president of sales and marketing at MARGI Systems.

The other expansion card currently available is the Palm Bluetooth Card. This card lets people wirelessly link a Treo 90 to any other Bluetooth-enabled device within a 30-foot radius. For example, a customer could use the Treo 90 with a Bluetooth-enabled mobile phone to access the Internet, email and messages wirelessly.

Handspring expects more expansion cards to be available for the Treo 90's SD I/O slot in the future from third party developers. Information on new expansion cards can be found on Handspring's Web site at http://www.handspring.com/.

Today Handspring sells its products and accessories at http://www.handspring.com/ and through select Internet, retail and carrier partners in the United States, Europe, Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the Middle East.

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