Hitachi Announces Support For Microsoft Windows CE 2.0

Business Wire, Oct 13, 1997

NORCROSS, Ga.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 13, 1997--Hitachi Home Electronics (America) Inc. announced today its support for Microsoft(R) Windows(R) CE 2.0 for the Handheld PC, reserving its plans to announce details about specific Windows CE 2.0 product offerings, availability and pricing for the coming weeks.

A global leader in the digital convergence arena, Hitachi is one of the first companies to market a Handheld PC with Microsoft's Windows CE 1.0 operating system.

Most appealing to Hitachi is Windows CE 2.0 modular, scalable design, enabling rich connectivity, communications and interoperability among the more than 250 supporting applications and peripherals, including wireless e-mail solutions and contact management and productivity software for vertical markets. With its predecessor operating system regarded as the de facto standard embedded in handheld devices, Windows CE 2.0 for the Handheld PC has an intuitive interface with support for web browsing, development tools, and a host of general personal productivity applications.

"Over the past year, our customers have indicated their need for a handheld device that offers robust software applications that Windows CE 2.0 will enable," said Gary Bennett, executive vice president for Hitachi Home Electronics. "We expect that the market for these devices will only continue to grow as more and more people experience the functionality and ease of use of the Windows CE 2.0 environment."

Hitachi Home Electronics (America), Inc., a subsidiary of Hitachi America, Ltd., develops and markets a variety of consumer electronics and commercial multimedia products, including handheld computers and products for image capture and information access/multimedia.

Hitachi America, Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd., Japan, markets and manufactures a broad range of electronics, computer systems, and products, and semiconductors, and provides industrial equipment and services throughout North America.

Hitachi, Ltd. (NYSE:HIT), headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, is one of the world's leading global electronics companies, with fiscal 1996 consolidated sales (ending March 31, 1997) of $68.7 billion. The company markets and manufactures a wide range of products, including computers, semiconductors, consumer products and power and industrial equipment.

CONTACT: Hitachi Home Electronics (America), Inc.

Lee Woodring, 770/279-5617

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