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Palm Licenses Picsel PDF Viewer for Treo 700w From Verizon Wireless; Palm Standardizes Picsel PDF Viewer for Microsoft Windows Mobile Based Treo SmartphoneGLASGOW, Scotland --(Business Wire)-- Jan. 4, 2006 -- Picsel Technologies, a leading provider of solutions that enable intuitive interaction with rich content on small screen devices, today announced that it is to offer the innovative Picsel PDF Viewer on the first Palm(R) device to feature the Microsoft operating system - the Palm Treo(TM) 700w smartphone from Verizon Wireless running on Windows Mobile(R) 5.0. The Palm Treo 700w will feature Picsel PDF Viewer as a standard native Adobe PDF viewing application. Picsel PDF Viewer addresses Treo smartphone users' need for viewing content rich PDF documents on the device, offering the best solution on the market for native-viewing PDFs. Picsel PDF Viewer allows users to seamlessly interact with PDF files on their smartphones, allowing users to perform mainstream PC functionality in the mobile environment. The PDF Viewer also offers files in their original richness, meaning recycled content is now a thing of the past. The PDF Viewer is a subset of the popular File Viewer application which supports Microsoft Office (MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint) as well as PDF, plain text and image files. Both these applications incorporate revolutionary Pan and Zoom functionality which makes viewing content on the small screen a pleasurable experience, allowing users to access content rich documents in an identical manner to how they appear on a PC. Mark Bercow, Senior Vice President, Business Development, Palm, Inc., said "With the ability to access native PDF documents in high demand by our customers, the Picsel PDF Viewer is an excellent addition to the Palm Treo 700w smartphone." Grant Ballantyne, Head of Commercial Operations at Picsel Technologies, said: "We are pleased to offer our PDF Viewer on the new Windows Mobile 5.0 based Palm Treo 700w smartphone - a leading product for today's mobile market. With the inclusion of Picsel PDF Viewer on the device, we're offering users the opportunity to interact with rich documents through an intuitive and dynamic user interface." More information about the Palm Treo 700w smartphone is available at www.palm.com/Treo700w. ABOUT PICSEL Picsel brings mobile content to life through a unique suite of patented User Interface functions, which delivers a superbly rich and intuitive user experience on small screen devices. The company has offices in Europe, Asia and the US which serve customers that include Palm, Motorola, Samsung, Sharp, NTT DoCoMo, Panasonic and Sony. For more information visit www.picsel.com Palm and Treo are among the trademarks or registered trademarks owned by or licensed to Palm, Inc. |
