Customers Can Now Shop At Amazon.com Via the New Wireless Pocket PC; New Devices Can be Purchased At Amazon.com's Electronics Store

Business Wire, April 19, 2000

Business Editors, High-Tech Writers

SEATTLE and REDMOND, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 19, 2000

Leading online retailer Amazon.com (www.amazon.com) in conjunction with Amazon Anywhere announced today that customers can shop at Amazon.com via the new Pocket PC through Pocket Internet Explorer at www.amazon.com/pocketpc.

In addition, customers can buy or place pre-orders, while supplies last, on Pocket PC devices from Casio, Compaq, and Hewlett-Packard in the Amazon.com Electronics store.

"We want to provide customers with the convenience of shopping at Amazon.com through a variety of mobile devices, helping them to find and discover anything they may want to buy online," said Joe Galli, Amazon.com's president and COO. "The Pocket PC puts the power of the PC in your pocket, providing mobile individuals with the ability to shop at Amazon.com from anywhere at any time. There is tremendous potential for a more robust mobile shopping experience at Amazon.com via the Pocket PC, including digital music, software, and book downloads."

Windows-powered Pocket PCs, the next generation PDAs from Microsoft and its partners, give customers the freedom to manage their work and life anytime, anywhere. Pocket PCs provide pocket versions of popular desktop applications, including Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, and Internet Explorer. Customers can easily access the Web using Pocket Internet Explorer, allowing them to shop securely, check stock quotes, check e-mail, and more. Customers also have the ability to download e-books with Microsoft Reader and access digital music, audio, and video with Microsoft Windows Media Player.

By using any Pocket PC device, customers can shop online at Amazon.com by entering the URL www.amazon.com/pocketpc in the Pocket Internet Explorer address bar and clicking Go. Registered Amazon.com customers are ready to purchase more than 18 million products with 1-Click, including music, DVDs, videos, books, toys, video games, software, tools, hardware, lawn and patio items, and consumer electronics. Customers can open new accounts with Amazon.com directly from their Pocket PC and start shopping from anywhere at any time. Customers can also search for specific products, compare prices, or check on pending orders.

Beginning today in Amazon.com's Electronics store (www.amazon.com/electronics), shoppers can buy the HP Jornada 545 ($499.99) and the Casio Cassiopeia E-115 ($599.99) and place pre-orders for the Compaq iPAQ H3650 ($499.99) and the Compaq Aero 1550 ($299.99). Customers can also choose from a wide variety of Pocket PC accessories.

To help customers choose from the selection of Pocket PCs and accessories, Amazon.com Electronics provides detailed buying guides, expert product reviews, and multiple product images. Combined with candid comments and ratings from people who have bought and used the products, these make it easy for shoppers to choose the right products for their needs.

About Amazon Anywhere

Launched as a business division of Amazon.com in October 1999, Amazon Anywhere is a leader in mobile e-commerce, providing customers with access to Earth's Biggest Selection on Amazon.com from hand-held wireless Internet devices. Amazon Anywhere is available on Internet-ready phones, the Palm VII, and other PDA devices via our open URL www.amazon.com/pocketpc. Service and handset providers that feature mobile shopping for their customers include Bell Mobility, Nextel, Nokia, Motorola, Bell Atlantic, Airtouch, and Sprint PCS.

About Amazon.com

Amazon.com (Amazon.com, Inc., and its subsidiaries) is the Internet's No. 1 music, No. 1 DVD and video, and No. 1 book retailer. Amazon.com (Nasdaq:AMZN) opened its virtual doors on the World Wide Web in July 1995 and today offers Earth's Biggest Selection, along with online auctions and free electronic greeting cards. Amazon.com lists more than 18 million unique items in categories including books, CDs, toys, electronics, videos, DVDs, home improvement products, software, and video games. Through Amazon.com zShops, any business or individual can sell virtually anything to Amazon.com's more than 17 million customers, and with Amazon.com Payments, any seller can accept credit card transactions, avoiding the hassles of offline payments. The company also participates in sothebys.amazon.com, the leading auction site for guaranteed art, jewelry, and collectibles, at www.sothebys.amazon.com.

Amazon.com seeks to be the world's most customer-centric company, where customers can find and discover anything they may want to buy online. Amazon.com's All Product Search scours the Web to help customers find merchandise that is not available at Amazon.com, Amazon.com Auctions, or Amazon.com zShops, making Amazon.com the shopping destination to find anything. Amazon.com Anywhere is the leader in mobile e-commerce, providing access from anywhere in the world to Amazon.com through hand-held wireless Internet devices that use the Wireless Application Protocol (www.amazon.com/phone/) and on personal digital assistants (PDAs).