Software Resellers Embrace Magic Cap; General Magic’s Magic Cap for Windows 95 is Launched with Broad Retail Support
SUNNYVALE, Calif. — October 7, 1996 — General Magic today launched Magic Cap for Windows 95, a comprehensive communications tool, combining easy-to-use e-mail, faxing and Internet access with a simple personal organizer and address book.
Introduced as the company's first retail software offering, Magic Cap for Windows 95 has been embraced by channel partners who have signed on to sell the product.
Distributor Ingram Micro, computer superstores CompUSA and Computer City, consumer electronics stores Best Buy and Incredible Universe, retailers Egghead Software and MicroAge, and mail-order firm Multiple Zones will be offering the product to their customers. "This is a Who's Who? of software retailing," said General Magic Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Steve Markman. "I couldn't be happier with the breadth of markets we're reaching."
Combining easy-to-use e-mail, faxing and Internet access with an address book and scheduler, Magic Cap for Windows 95 a product designed for Small-Office/Home-Office (SOHO) users who underutilize software offerings. General Magic originally created Magic Cap as an operating system for hand-held personal communicators.
Both Sony Magic Link and Motorola Envoy chose Magic Cap as their operating system. "We are extremely excited about Magic Cap for Windows 95 and all it has to offer," said Shelley Brown of Multiple Zones, Inc.
Employing an interface derived from real-world objects, Magic Cap for Windows 95 allows users to fax by clicking on the fax machine or address by filling out a card. Making appointments is made simple with a "datebook" in which meetings and personal activities are scheduled.
But Magic Cap for Windows 95 goes further, by automating routine tasks to give the SOHO user more time for business. After receiving a message from a new correspondent, Magic Cap will automatically create a new address file for them. And the software is preconfigured for all major on-line service providers; no need to configure an "IP address" and "NNTP server." The transition to Magic Cap for users of current personal information managers (PIMs) is made easy by the "Getting Started" tutorial and the ability to import data from all major PIMs.
Hardware Requirements
Magic Cap for Windows 95 requires a 486/33 or higher microprocessor ('IBM-compatible'), 8 MB of Random Access Memory, 10 MB of Hard Disk storage for the program, a 14400 or higher speed modem, and the Windows 95 Operating System. Estimated retail price is $ 49.
General Magic, Inc. was founded in 1990 and provides engaging, active Internet software for business professionals, developers, device manufacturers, service providers and enterprises.
Headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif., the company has offices in Columbia, S.C., Paris and Tokyo. For more information on the company and its products, visit General Magic's Web site at http://www.genmagic.com.
Note to Editors: General Magic and Magic Cap are registered trademarks of General Magic, Inc. Windows is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation. General Magic acknowledges the rights of the trademark owners for all trademarks referred to herein.
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