From: Joanna Chan <joanna@sensiva.com> Subject: Sensiva partners with Wacom Asia Pacific Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2000 16:27:00 To: lwn@lwn.net FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Sensiva, Inc. and Wacom Co., Ltd. partner to offer Internet Navigation Technology in the Asia Pacific Rim Mountain View, California, October 2, 2000- Leading manufacturer of computer graphic tablets and electronic pens, Wacom Co., Ltd., is partnering with Sensiva, Inc. to offer its clients interactive symbol recognition functionality in all their tablet products. Together, people will not only be allowed to copy and paste images directly into the computer but to also navigate much faster through Internet and software applications using simple symbols. Sensiva will be bundled in all Wacom product lines: Intuos intelligent graphics tablet system; Graphire pressure-sensitive tablet with the cordless mouse and pen; and the PL-400 and PL-500 LCD pen tablet systems. Sensiva officials said the new integrated products expects to be distributed in Korea, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, South East Asian countries, Australia and New Zealand starting in October, offered in English and Chinese. "Sensiva demonstrates that the landscape is really changing (for graphic designers). The emergence of the Internet and this new symbol recognition technology with customizable capabilities is just opening up a completely different set of opportunities for manufacturers of graphic tablets like ourselves," said Hideki Nishino, Product Manager of Wacom Co., Ltd. More and more companies partner with Sensiva in order to add tremendous value to their products. Wacom users will benefit from the speed and pleasure of controlling all their applications just by drawing symbols. "Both Wacom and Sensiva are technologies designed to make the end-user's life simpler. It was a natural choice for both companies to work together and offer such a compelling package," said David Dupouy, CEO of Sensiva, Inc. Sensiva instantly simplifies and unifies all software applications. With Sensiva, users no longer need to learn different ways to do the same actions in different applications. Users no longer need to remember and use many hotkeys or menus across inconsistent software applications; they just draw the same symbols to execute the same actions, like "Z" to Zoom in all graphic software programs. It dramatically boosts productivity and is the ideal companion of graphic tablets. The decision to launch this series of products also puts Wacom, to a certain extent, ahead of their competition. The new product bundles will give users access to an optimized version of Sensiva's technology, including its popular Forum and Plug-In Library. Sensiva clients include other world-class leaders such as Casio, Synaptics and are already used in ten languages in over 100 countries around the world. Designed like no others in the world, Sensiva has brought extraordinary versatility to ordinary tasks. Using symbols has added new levels of comfort and control to these Company's' products. It's a unified way to navigate applications and browse the Internet. It has set a new standard for using symbols to control all of a user's applications and to navigate the Internet with the capability to customize your own symbols with speed and ease. A version of Sensiva is available today for free at www.sensiva.com. Sensiva works with all software applications running on Microsoftâ Windowsâ 95, Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows NT 4.0, Apple Macintosh and Linux operating systems. Sensiva users can also download professionally designed Sensiva plug-ins that add enhanced control for various applications, and get valuable information and several services for free. For more information, please visit www.sensiva.com or call us at +1 (650) 938-6055. About Sensiva, Inc. Sensiva, Inc. is a leading provider of technologies that unifies and simplifies Internet and software applications. Our vision - simpler interface, unified applications, and extendable functionality - reflects our commitment to provide the best solutions for enhancing the speed and the pleasure of controlling applications and electronic devices. Sensiva, Inc. is headquartered in Mountain View, California. For more information, please visit www.sensiva.c om. About Wacom Co., Ltd. Wacom is best known for having introduced the world's first cordless, batteryless, pressure-sensitive pen in 1989. The company is now the leading manufacturer of computer graphics tablets and electronic pens. Wacom Co., Ltd., 2-510-1 Toyonodai, Otone-machi, Kitasaitama-gun, Saitama 349-1148 Japan, For more information, please visit http://tablet.wacom.com.jp/asia-pacif ic. Editorial Contact Sensiva, Inc. Wacom Co., Ltd. Joanna Chan Eiko Sasamoto jchan@sensiva.com sasamoto@tky.wacom.co.jp Tel: +1 (650) 938-6051 Tel: +81-480-78-1213 Fax: +1 (650) 938-5748 Fax:+81-480-78-1217 www.sensiva.com http://tablet.wacom.co.jp/asia-pacific/ # # # Sensiva and the Sensiva logo are trademarks of Sensiva, Inc. Wacom is a registered trademark and Graphire and Intuos are trademarks of Wacom Co., Ltd. All other trademarks mentioned are the property of their respective owners.