Firepad Announces Support for Palm m500 Secure Digital Card

Business Wire, March 19, 2001

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 19, 2001

Firepad, Inc., maker of FireViewer, the No. 1 graphics application on the PalmOS platform, today announced broad support for removable storage on Palm devices, including Palm Inc.'s new m500 series handheld and the Sony Clie. With the new software, users can easily view documents, high-definition graphics, and hours of video from the thumbnail-sized storage device.

"For the number one Palm graphics company, more storage is great news," said Bill Mitchell, CEO of Firepad. "Since we offer the only fully integrated and customizable media and browser platform for Palm, the new memory cards allow content providers to distribute everything from complex technical documents and 60-minute videos, to multimedia encyclopedias with thousands of hyperlinked pages and images -- all on a card the size of a postage stamp. What may sound like the distant future is available today."

FireViewer is the client component of the Firepad Platform, the only commercial-grade PalmOS mobile platform to incorporate high-definition imaging and multimedia. The company's enterprise client-server platform is highly customizable, based on open standards, integrates with existing enterprise information systems, and can be used to develop web-based mobile solutions across a wide range of industries. The system supports the distribution and viewing of images up to 32,000 x 32,000 pixels, streaming video, and HTML browsing. FireViewer is the most popular PalmOS graphics download of all time, used by mobile professionals for everything from maps and schematics to family photos.

About Firepad Inc.

Firepad(TM), based in Mountain View, California, makes enterprise software that allows the development and publishing of mobile applications, documents, images and video stored on your desktop, corporate intranets, or the Internet. More information about Firepad(TM) can be found on the World Wide Web at www.firepad.com. Palm users can also visit www.fireviewer.com to convert, share, and download content for FireViewer.