Motorola and GeoWorks Announce Plans to Provide EMBARC on GEOS Platform
BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. — June 3, 1993 — Motorola Inc. and GeoWorks today announced intentions to develop Motorola's EMBARC wireless communications compatibility for GeoWorks' GEOS(R) operating system platform, which will provide wireless electronic mail and data to the emerging new category of personal computing and communication devices.
GEOS is the leading, object oriented, graphical operating system specifically designed for the emerging class of compact personal digital assistants (PDAs) and consumer computing devices. It will be licensed to OEM manufacturers for a wide range of hardware devices. The Zoomer(TM) PDA, introduced today by Casio, Inc. and Tandy Corporation, isthe fit dece puicly announced using the GEOS platform.
EMBARC (Electronic Mail Broadcast to a Roaming Computer), a part of Motorola's Paging and Wireless Data Group, is a wireless electronic mail network that delivers wireless messages, data and file transfers to one or multiple mobile computer users simultaneously.
EMBARC running under the GEOS platform will allow future GeoWorks OEM licensees to offer EMBARC services, an especially important feature for mobile computers and PDA devices.
Motorola is a leader in wireless products and services and GeoWorks is delighted to work closely with them. EMBARC under GEOS will provide a solid communications solution for the mobile market, said Brian Dougherty, chief executive officer of GeoWorks. Our relationship will extend the range of communications services available to OEM and end user customers of the GEOS platform.
"GeoWorks' ability to provide low-cost, high functionality solutions to portable, lightweight devices presents EMBARC with a great opportunity," said Steve Brendle, vice president and general manager of EMBARC Communications Services Inc. "With the GEOS operating system platform we can enter new, exciting markets, such as mass volume PDA products and other future consumer computing devices."
EMBARC Communication Services Inc., wholly owned by Motorola, Inc., is a wireless electronic mail system with service to more than 220 cities across the United States and Canada.
Motorola, Inc. is one of the world's leading providers of wireless communications technologies, products and services. The company's proven leadership in RF (radio frequency) technology and its expertise in microelectronics, data communications, computing and information management offer partners and customers a comprehensive range of solutions to enable a new generation of telephone line and wireless voice, data, facsimile, image and video communications.
GeoWorks' vision for the past ten years has been to enable mass market computing. Founded with the belief that this market holds tremendous potential, GeoWorks has been developing system software specifically to meet the needs of a wide range of consumer computing devices from PDAs to TVs.
GeoWorks, located in Berkeley, Calif., is the developer and publisher of the acclaimed GEOS graphical operating system and of Ensemble application software. The company provides sophisticated and highly efficient system software and markets targeted applications for an emerging class of devices designed to communicate, entertain and manage information for mass market consumers. GeoWorks products are available worldwide through OEM, dealer channels and republishers.
NOTE: Motorola and EMBARC are registered trademarks (registered U.S. patent and trademark office) of Motorola, Inc. GEOS, GeoWorks and Ensemble are registered trademarks of GeoWorks in the United States and other countries. Zoomer is a trademark of Tandy Corporation and Casio Inc.
CONTACT:
GeoWorks
Deborah Dawson, 510/204-8550
or
Ogilvy Adams & Rinehart for Motorola
Mike Keating, 312/988-2918