Socket Announces Bluetooth Evaluation Program for Windows CE Developers

CompactFlash Cards and Software Will Help Enable New Generation of Wireless Applications

Socket Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq:SCKT, PSE:SOK) today announced an evaluation program to help application designers use Socket's Bluetooth technology to create wireless solutions for Windows-powered Pocket PCs and notebooks. Socket's Bluetooth Evaluation Program is open to qualified developers and will include an evaluation kit that features two of Socket's Bluetooth-compatible Personal Network Cards plus Windows CE software and documentation.

Socket's Personal Network Card fits in the expansion slot of a Windows-powered Pocket PC. Using an adapter, the Personal Network Card also fits in the PC Card slot of a Windows CE-based handheld PC, pen tablet or Windows notebook. Expected to be commercially available in Q1 2001, the card will make it possible for Windows-based mobile computers to communicate wirelessly with a variety of Bluetooth-enabled devices including mobile phones, Ethernet gateways, Internet appliances, and other computers.

The program will feature an evaluation kit, which costs $1,299 and will include periodic software and firmware upgrades through March, 2001.Interested developers should complete the qualification form accessible from Socket's web site at www.socketcom.com/btintro.htm. This web page also provides a detailed description of Socket's Bluetooth Evaluation Program.

"Bluetooth technology could radically simplify the way mobile computers communicate with one another other and with other electronic devices," said Len Ott, vice-president of engineering for Socket Communications. "Our Bluetooth Evaluation Program will help put developers on the fast track for building Bluetooth-enabled wireless applications so they are ready to roll when Bluetooth-enabled mobile phones, LAN access points and other devices become widely available."


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