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PalmSource Showcases the Strength of Palm OS Applications in Education at NECC
Palm OS developers to demonstrate leading Palm OS applications at PalmSource booth
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, June 28, 2005 — PalmSource, Inc. (NASDAQ: PSRC), provider of Palm OS®, a leading operating system powering next generation phones and mobile devices, will highlight Palm OS applications from a number of developers in the PalmSource booth during NECC 2005.
PalmSource will showcase a variety of education applications from a number of market leaders for handheld solutions for Palm Powered™ devices including, Grant Street Software, Inc., Infinity Software, Inc. and K12 Handhelds, Inc. The applications demonstrate how both educators and students can use handhelds and smart mobile devices as innovative educational tools to promote effective teaching and learning.
"Teachers have integrated Palm OS handheld technology in a wide variety of instructional activities," said Larry Berkin, director of developer marketing, PalmSource, Inc. "Students can now accomplish almost everything with a mobile device they used to do with desktop computers. We believe the legendary ease–of–use of Palm OS applications provides for an ideal tool to maximize learning, increase student motivation and introduce technology in a fun way."
"In our K–12 science school project with Palm OS handheld technology, students collaborated to use Internet materials, aggregated data to think about difficult science concepts, shared ideas and supported each other," said Jim Slotta, adjunct professor of education at the University of California, Berkeley, and director of WISE, the Web–based Inquiry Science Environment. "The results of the project showed that the ubiquitous use of handhelds not only extends the functionality of a school curriculum but also enhances the study of science beyond the classroom which engages students in learning and makes science more interesting and accessible."
The breadth and variety of Palm OS applications ranging from productivity software for teachers to interactive simulation tools for students will be demonstrated at the PalmSource booth, 831.
Some of the most popular Palm OS applications for teachers and administrators include:
Agendus
Iambic from Agendus is a customizable information management tool designed to help the user organize personal files and data. It allows the user to tailor the functionalities of the Palm OS® Address book, Datebook, Memo pad, and To Do applications to his personal needs by adding well over 100 enhancements and functions to the built–in Palm OS applications, including contact history, photos, icons, 14 calendar views, meeting organizer, to–do templates and contact linking.
Codejedi
Shadow Plan from Codejedi is an advanced task manager and hierarchical checklist system designed to help the user categorize data in a hierarchical fashion supporting sorting, filtering, auto numbering multiple files and categories.
Dataviz
DocsToGo from Dataviz is designed to help the user enhance productivity while on the go. DocsToGo supports Microsoft Word, Excel and Powerpoint and allows users to easily create new documents or edit existing documents, such as student worksheets and assignments, report cards or similar.
Grant Street Software
GSS HiHo–Classroom Edition from Grant Street Software is designed to provide for a simple and effective method to exchange documents between students and teachers using PalmSource™ HotSync® Manager as a centralized hand–in and hand–out folder. GSS HiHo–Classroom Edition helps streamline and simplify the processes associated with document distribution in the classroom bridging the document transfer gap between students, their handhelds and teachers.
GSS SD Deploy 2.0 from Grant Street Software is designed to make it easy to configure, deploy and clone 10, 100, or thousands of Palm PoweredÔ devices. The user may configure one Palm Powered device with applications and content, and use SD Deploy 2.0 expansion card to clone all the remaining Palm Powered handhelds so they are exactly like the original.
GSS SD Express 2.0 from Grant Street Software is designed to simplify installation of applications, documents, preferences, and most importantly, speeds up the installation of large files onto numerous devices. This is particularly useful for the installation of a lot of files and simplifies the entire process without the need of a PalmSource HotSync Manager operation.
GSS Speller from Grant Street Software is designed to allow students to practice and advance their spelling skills using their school's word list and phrases on their Palm Powered device anywhere, anytime. GSS Speller is easy–to–use and makes spelling an enjoyable personal experience. Students can choose to listen to the word by itself, or listen to the word used in a sentence by just tapping the keys to spell out the word. Students can also choose to take a practice quiz to test their skills. In addition, the words can be randomized for increased difficulty.
Hands High Software
WiFile Pro from Hands High Software is a network manager designed to allow for handhelds to view and edit files on corporate systems, school servers, home computers, and the Internet. The user can directly access Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, MP3 music files, digital photos and more on Windows, Mac OS X, Unix, and Netware computers.
Tapperware
Lesson Plan from Tapperware is designed to allow teachers to create and track the lesson plans for their classes. It helps the user organize daily schedules while the information is always with the user, immediately available.
Students may benefit from the following Palm OS® applications showcased at the PalmSource booth:
Handmark
4.0Student™ from Handmark is a premiere coursework, class information, and grade tracking software management tool for Palm Powered™ devices. It is designed to allow students to track homework, quiz, test details including due dates, scores, textbooks, grading policies, perform "what if" scenarios to predict final grades and access any other vital class information. The optional fourostudent.net account empowers students to create, modify, delete, archive and share classes and coursework data and synchronize data with 4.0Student on your Palm Powered device.
Hands High Software
Thought Manager from Hands High Software organizes meeting notes, agendas, class notes, task lists, speeches, shopping lists, and more. Thought Manager now comes with Thought Manager Desktop that supports synchronisation with Windows.
Infinity Softworks
powerOne Graph from Infinity Software simplifies TI, HP and Casio graphing–scientific calculator functionality by utilizing the touch screens and larger displays of Palm Powered handhelds. Whether analyzing functions, data or equations, powerOne Graph is specifically designed for all levels of mathematics, statistics and scientific exploration.
K12 Handhelds
Quizzler Pro distributed by K12 Handhelds was designed with the student in mind and is an easy–to–use quiz and trivia Palm OS application. The student can download hundreds of quizzes or create one for his own particular needs. This program is designed to help students to prepare for written exams and create "cheat–proof" simulated test situations. The student cannot see the correct answers and leave the exam until finished while they can change the answers without affecting the final score.
Plucker distributed by K12 Handhelds is a free offline Web and eBook viewer for Palm Powered smart mobile devices and handhelds and comes with Unix, Linux, Windows and Mac OS X conduits and tools. Plucker includes programs designed to let the user specify exactly what part of the Web he would like to download to their Palm Powered device. It allows the user to conveniently send and transfer web pages to the Palm Powered™ mobile device in a compressed format, complete with pictures and links for viewing by the Plucker viewer.
Webmasteris
Dynamic Transcripts from Webmasteris is designed to organize school transcripts and class schedules. This program helps students keep track of their classes and number of credits accumulated and current GPA. The newly added Homework View reminds students when assignments are due and comes with an alarm to be set in the datebook. The applications are available for purchase directly from the vendor or through the PalmSource software store located online at www.palmsource.com/software.
Please also visit www.palmsource.com/interests/education_teacher and www.palmsource.com/interests/education_student to learn more about passionate Palm OS® users who have created Expert Guides to share their experience on the most popular Palm OS applications and educate users about the breadth and versatility of Palm OS applications in education.
About PalmSource
PalmSource, Inc., the company behind Palm OS®, a leading operating system powering smart mobile devices, is a leading developer of software for mobile phones and other mobile devices. Its products include a wide range of software for mobile phones at all price points. More than 39 million mobile phones, handhelds, and other mobile devices run PalmSource software. More than 45 companies worldwide have licenses to PalmSource software, including Fossil, Garmin, GSPDA, Kyocera, Lenovo, palmOne, Samsung, Sony, and Symbol Technologies. Palm OS has given rise to a large community of users, enterprises, developers and manufacturers, who together make up the Palm Powered Economy. More information about PalmSource is available at www.palmsource.com, www.palmsource.co.uk, www.palmsource.fr, www.palmsource.de, www.palmsource.com/es and www.palmsource.com.cn.
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