Bluetooth Special Interest Group Certifies Extended Systems' Embedded and Windows CE Software

Business Wire, June 8, 2004

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Wireless Connectivity World

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 8, 2004

Recent Enhancements Ensure Compliance with SIG's 1.2 Spec,

Speeds Development Time

Extended Systems (Nasdaq:XTND) announced today during the Wireless Connectivity World conference that the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) has qualified the company's Bluetooth(R) software development kits for both embedded and Windows CE environments as compliant with the recently released 1.2 core specification.

Extended Systems' Bluetooth software development kits provide the underlying profiles and protocol stacks that make Bluetooth wireless communications possible in both embedded and Windows CE environments. Qualification to ensure interoperability and compliance with the Bluetooth SIG specification requires detailed protocol-level testing. Because Extended Systems has already performed these tests and received certification, hardware manufacturers implementing Bluetooth wireless technology capabilities into their products can speed development time and reduce development costs.

To meet the qualification criteria, an independently authorized Bluetooth Qualification Body (BQB) examined the results of hundreds of specific test cases as required by the Bluetooth SIG. After determining the software's compliance on applicable profiles and protocols, the BQB certified the product with the Bluetooth SIG and officially placed it on the Bluetooth Qualified Product List. New profiles qualified for XTNDAccess Blue SDK, which is the company's embedded solution, include Bluetooth Network Encapsulation Profile (BNEP), SIM Access Profile (SAP), and Hands-Free Profile (HFP). New profiles qualified for XTNDConnect Blue SDK for Windows CE include Hard-Copy Replacement Profile (HCRP) and Personal Area Networking (PAN).

"Pre-qualification enables our customers to skip many of the laborious steps required to ensure compliance with the SIG's specification," said Kerrin Pease, vice president of research and development at Extended Systems. "In addition, in a market that has recently seen tremendous consolidation and volatility, this release indicates our commitment to our embedded mobility products and helps us maintain our leading position in delivering quality Bluetooth software to the market."

Extended Systems has provided wireless connectivity solutions to hardware manufacturers since 1995. These solutions are flexible, enable customers to implement profiles as necessary, and can work with virtually any chipset.

About Extended Systems' Embedded Mobility Products

Extended Systems provides Bluetooth, IrDA (including infrared financial messaging) and SyncML software development kits (SDKs) which enable hardware manufacturers to reduce development costs and shorten time-to-market. Extended Systems' SDKs offer small memory footprint, low MIPs requirements and easy portability. The company has more than 400 design wins, including Palm, Motorola, HP, 3Com, Fujitsu, NEC, Mitsubishi, Johnson Controls and Visteon.

Founded in 1984, Extended Systems has offices and subsidiaries in the United States and worldwide. For more information, visit the company Web site at www.extendedsystems.com.

This press release contains forward-looking statements, including statements regarding the success of Extended Systems' Bluetooth software development kits. These risks and uncertainties include the overall economic conditions and the level of information technology purchasing by existing and potential customers, the success of key business relationships, continued growth in the markets for our products, the perceived and realized benefits of mobile devices, the timely development and acceptance of new products and technologies, the risks associated with development of new products and product enhancements, the impact of competitive products and pricing, and other risks as detailed from time-to-time in Extended Systems' SEC filings, including its 2003 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed September 29, 2003, and its 2004 Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q filed November 14, 2003, February 17, 2004, and May 17, 2004.

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