SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 18, 1999--JP Systems and PocketScience have announced a strategic partnership for product development that will give handheld devices such as Palm(R) Connected Organizers access to Internet e-mail using any type of telephone in the world.

PocketScience, developer of affordable mobile e-mail solutions, is licensing JP Systems' One-Touch Mail(tm) for developing the technology. One-Touch is a powerful, full-featured, easy-to-use e-mail program designed for the line of 3Com/Palm Computing Connected Organizers(tm) that allows the user to retrieve e-mails from any Internet service provider while away from home or the office.

The solution will utilize JP Systems' and PocketScience's PocketMail(tm) technology to enable simple mobile e-mail when held up to any phone. Device users can rely on digital landline network services and mobile phones for sending and receiving e-mail.

The joint development will introduce the technology of "modem-less" e-mail for the first time to the Palm Computing(R) platform handheld computing devices. PocketScience's entered the PDA market by developing similar technology for Sharp and JVC products.

"JP Systems is impressed with the innovation that sets PocketScience apart from other developers of solutions for the Palm device," said Dayakar Puskoor, chief executive officer of JP Systems. "This partnership extends JP Systems' interest in giving every handheld computer user the mobile capabilities of the new millennium."

"The Palm user community has a great deal of respect for One-Touch Mail. We are excited to compliment our PocketMail technology with e-mail software familiar to so many," said Ed Esber, chief executive officer of PocketScience, "The end result makes for a formidable e-mail appliance."

About PocketScience

PocketScience Inc. is a privately held company founded in 1995, by Neil Peretz and Scott Fullam, to make mobile e-mail service affordable and easy to use for everyone. Its PocketMail platform enables e-mail on mobile devices communicating over wireless and landline networks. Currently, Sharp and JVC manufacture PocketMail devices. With headquarters in Santa Clara, the company is pursuing its mission through a combination of key technologies, expertise in electronic messaging, and strategic partnerships. At its inception, PocketScience was a member of the NASA Ames Technology Commercialization Center. Additional information on PocketScience and PocketMail can be found on the Internet at www.pocketscience.com.

About JP Systems

JP Systems, Inc. is a leading developer of web-to-wireless portal data solutions for mobile professionals, corporations and wireless service providers. The company's software integrates multiple handheld communications devices and data networks, allowing mobile users to wirelessly access Internet and intranet information anywhere, anytime. Based in Dallas, Texas, JP Systems partners with leading handheld and wireless communications device manufacturers, as well as service providers, to deliver solutions on today's data networks and devices that are scalable for next-generation technology. For more information, visit JP Systems Web site: http://www.jpsystems.com.

This press release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, regarding the Company's business strategy and future plans of operations. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties, both general and specific to the matters discussed in this press release. These and other important factors, including those mentioned in various Securities and Exchange Commission filings made periodically by the Company, may cause the Company's actual results and performance to differ materially from the future results and performance expressed in or implied by such forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements contained in this press release speak only as of the date hereof and the Company expressly disclaims any obligation to provide public updates, revisions or amendments to any forward-looking statements made herein to reflect changes in the Company's expectations or future events.

One-Touch Mail is a trademark of JP Systems, Inc. Palm Computing is a registered trademark and PalmSource is a trademark of Palm Computing, Inc. and 3Com Corporation. All other brands and product names may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.

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