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Agenda Computing, Inc. 

Press Release - For Immediate Release

Contact Information:
Agenda Computing Public Relations
Angela LeWinter 
(858) 569-6855
Email: angela@agendacomputing.com

Agenda Computing Challenges Palm with Launch of First Ever Pure Linux(TM) PDA

Orange County, CA - Mar 8, 2001 (Agenda Computing) - California-based
Agenda Computing will be the first company in the world to launch a pure
Linux PDA (personal digital assistant) and lead the new revolution of
futuristic, affordable, Linux-based technology appliances while it prepares
to challenge Palm in the war for market share. Ian LeWinter, Chief
Marketing and Strategy Officer for Agenda Computing, said, "The VR3 is a
quantum leap in handheld computing technology and outperforms similarly
priced PDAs in every category-from its powerful processor and substantial
memory, to the desktop-class operating system, Linux VR, this PDA screams
cool. Not only did we supercharge the core of the VR3, we eschewed the boxy
shape of the typical devices for an ergonomic design and inventive colors,
including the world's first transparent PDA."

On April 3, 2001, at Comdex Chicago, Agenda Computing will launch their
line of VR3 consumer PDAs to the business-to-business and Linux
communities. Agenda Computing leads consumer electronics manufactures,
including Sharp Electronics who speculates they will launch a Linux
OS-based PDA in the future. As the first ever developer of Pure Linux(TM)
PDAs, Agenda Computing has set the tone for innovative, feature-rich and
reasonably priced technology appliances featuring software and processing
power of products retailing for hundreds of dollars more than the VR3
line.

The Agenda team is not following a trend, but setting one by launching the
first ever Pure Linux(TM) PDA. Bradley D. LaRonde, President and CEO of
this inventive start-up company, and co-founder of the Linux VR project
(linux-vr.org), stated, "We support [the Linux community] by making our
software open source. Also, we publish our knowledge and help [the Linux
developers] one-on-one…by taking what we've learned and some of the
advances we've made back to the community." When asked why Linux is the OS
of choice for the Agenda VR3, LaRonde replied with, "Because it is
powerful, capable, and more sophisticated, and it's easier to develop
for. Developing for the VR3 is practically the same as developing for a
PC. Try saying that about Palm OS!"

Each Agenda VR3 and VR3r is loaded with unique software and hardware
features like 16MB of Flash memory, which eliminates the problem of data
loss associated with RAM-based units, something unheard of in a $249 (MSRP)
PDA. It also supports 7 languages, is e-mail compatible, and will send a
memo or message to a printer by wireless infrared transfer. Even the colors
are unique, with names like H2O for the first ever transparent PDA, Shark
for slate blue, and Matrix for black.

For more information, please visit our website at www.agendacomputing.com.


P.O. Box 386-4521 Campus Drive 
Irvine, California 92612
Phone: 888.741.8181 949.754.3043 
Fax: 949.754.4002 
Web: www.agendacomputing.com