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NEWS
RELEASE
Contact: Chandra Bodapati, ProdEx Technologies
chandra@prodexusa.com
(408) 872-3103, Fax : (408) 861-9601
Seiko
Instruments Licenses ProdEx's Address Grabber Technology
Enables transfer
of contact data from the smart business card reader to popular contact
management platforms
LAS VEGAS, Nov. 17,
1997 (Booth L4416) -- Seiko Instruments USA Inc. (SIU) today announced
it will license Address Grabber from ProdEx Technologies for use in the
Smart Business Card Reader and the Smart Label Printer. This innovative
technology will expand the two products' ability to transfer contact information
to and from several additional software applications and Personal Data
Assistants (PDAs).
During Comdex '97 this week, Seiko Instruments will display the enhanced
addressbook connectivity from the Smart Business Card Reader to popular
contact managers such as ACT! and GoldMine®, as well as connectivity
to PDAs like the Palm® Pilot.
"Using Address Grabber, the Smart Business Card Reader can scan contact
information from business cards and instantly send it to your favorite
contact manager, Personal Information Manager (PIM), Palm® Pilot,
or other PDA," said Ken Hoyle, product manager at Seiko Instruments.
"And, as new versions of contact managers are released, the Address
Grabber technology enables Smart Business Card Reader users to have immediate
data transfer support with the new version--no need to upgrade their Smart
Business Card Reader software," Hoyle continued.
ProdEx Address Grabber provides unprecedented Address Book connectivity
among Windows applications, and eliminates re-typing addresses that already
exist in the computer. For example, this innovative technology allows
the Seiko Instruments Smart Label Printer to capture an address from a
document in a word processor, or from a contact manager or PDA, and print
an address label instantly.
the ProdEx Address Grabber technology also offers connectivity to word
processors, contact managers, PDAs, the Smart Label Printer line, The
Smart Business Card Reader, E-mail applications, Windows clipboard, web
browsers, and any additional applications which utilize adresses and contact
information.
"Address Grabber provides an 'intelligent' cut and paste between
addressbooks of different Windows applications. Intelligent because it
performs a field-to-field transfer from one addressbook to another,"
said Chandra Bodapati, president of ProdEx Technologies in Saratoga, Calif.
"Most applications provide a multi-step export/import feature for
moving several contacts from one application to another, yet none provide
an instant one record transfer. Address Grabber provides instant, single-record
addressbook transfer--universally to and from many popular programs,"
Bodapoti continued.
For example, this breakthrough technology also allows a user to retrieve
contact information from an E-mail or web page, instantly save it to a
contact database where they can simply print or store the contact information.
Similar to the process in which Windows printer drivers are used, ProdEx
Address Grabber "clients" can be developed to support many of
the diverse applications that utilize addresses. Adding other clients
to existing Address Grabber software can be as easy as downloading new
drivers.
Developers of software applications can easily add Address Grabber support,
simply by including the ProdEx Address Grabber client files with their
software release. To provide enhanced connectivity between their application
and others, software developers can license and ship the ProdEx Address
Grabber server.
The Seiko Instruments Smart Business Card Reader and the Smart Label Printer
line with the added Address Grabber technology, will be available by the
end of this year through Seiko Instruments' network of computer and office
dealers, from leading mail order catalogs, or direct at (800) 688-0817.
The Compact Convenience Products Division of Seiko Instruments USA Inc.,
which markets PC accessories for home, office or travel, is headquartered
at 1130 Ringwood Court, San Jose, Calif. 95131 (408) 922-5800 Fax (408)
433-3261. Website: www.seikosmart.com
ProdEx Technologies, a software and hardware developer, is located
at 14471 Big Basin Way, Suite E, Saratoga, Calif. 95070. (408) 872-3103
Fax (408) 861-9601. Website: www.prodexusa.com
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