CIC Announces YPad for Pen Computing; A Lightning-Fast Electronic Yellow Pad for Windows Users
REDWOOD SHORES, Calif. — April 4, 1994 — Communication Intelligence Corp. (CIC) (NASDAQ-NMS: CICI) announced the availability of YPad(TM), the electronic notetaker, for Windows users. YPad(TM) acts like a yellow legal pad, allowing people to use pen computing for the most common task of all, taking notes. Designed with a simple and intuitive user interface, YPad(TM) allows personal pen computer users to quickly and easily take notes, to store and retrieve them, to make drawings, plus providing the ability to write reminders in "Post-It(TM)" note fashion using electronic ink, and to fax and print out the note pages.
In addition to acting as a yellow pad, YPad(TM) also allows people to communicate as they would with a pad of Post-Its. Utilizing Object Linking and Embedding (OLE), YPad(TM) allows individual pages to be posted into documents of other applications, such as word processors, spreadsheets, electronic mail and presentation graphics programs.
YPad(TM) also makes use of CIC's INKshrINK(TM) ink compression technology so that the ink on the pages can be stored on a personal computer in a minimum of disk space.
"Earlier electronic note takers for pen computing have fallen prey to complex user interfaces and slow performance characteristics," said James Dao, CIC president and chief executive officer. "YPad(TM) is simple and fast. YPad(TM) pages are rendered instantaneously," Dao continued, "as fast as flipping a page in a notebook, at animation speed.
"People use computers all the time to create documents," said Dao. "But when it comes to collaborative work where communicating with others is necessary, they revert to printing out the document, then photocopying and physically distributing it in order to collect handwritten comments from others. This not only creates mountains of unwanted paper, but is also time-consuming. YPad(TM) allows people to communicate with each other simply by jotting notes and sticking them in an electronic document. This technology allows users to leverage their existing network infrastructures, significantly improving workflow."
YPad(TM) is available for licensing to OEMs and developers and is being incorporated into CIC's Handwriter(R) line of desktop pen computing products.
The Company
Communication Intelligence Corp. develops, sells, and licenses natural input computer technology — products that use pen and image for input. Three key business elements account for CIC's success. First, CIC is a leader in licensing pen computing software to hardware manufacturers throughout the world, particularly its multilingual Handwriter(R) Recognition System and Dynamic Signature Verification(TM) software, and PenDOS(R) and PenMac(TM) pen operating environments.
CIC also sells its Handwriter(R) line of desktop pen computing products to end users. Handwriter(R) brings natural input technology to the desktop through powerful software, a cordless pen and an ultra-thin tablet. Third, CIC's joint venture in China is providing pen-based systems integration services to Chinese business and government users.
CIC is headquartered in Redwood Shores and has subsidiaries in Tokyo and Nanjing, China. CIC's stock is publicly traded and is listed on the NASDAQ National Market as CICI.
NOTE: Company and product names used herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.
CONTACT:
Beverly Scott, marketing communications, or Anne Butler, director of investor relations, of CIC, 415-802-7888