Today, Palm and TealPoint Software announced that a full suite of new security, entertainment and productivity applications will be available for the Palm Foleo mobile companion, including TealSafe, TealPaint, TealDiet, SudokuAddict and ShortCircuit. Additional applications from TealPoint will follow. TealPoint joins a number of developers in the effort to deliver applications to Palm’s new Foleo, which was announced on May 30.

Press Release

SAN RAFAEL, Calif. and SUNNYVALE, Calif., July 23, 2007 – Recognizing the importance of quality software for the new Palm Foleo mobile companion, Palm, Inc. and TealPoint Software – a leader in mobile software solutions – will offer Foleo customers a full suite of new security, entertainment and productivity applications, including TealSafe, TealPaint, TealDiet, SudokuAddict and ShortCircuit, with more applications to follow.

The Palm Foleo mobile companion is for people who understand that sometimes less is more. With the press of one button, the mobile companion’s large screen displays wireless email from a paired smartphone. A smartphone is great for finding quick bits of information or sending a brief response to an email, but there are times when a full-size keyboard and a big screen is preferred to view attachments, type longer emails, or to get a bigger-screen look at web pages and photos. Plus, Internet access is available anywhere there is cell phone coverage, or when the Foleo is within range of a Wi-Fi hotspot. With Foleo’s instant on/off capability, light weight and small size, and 5-hour battery life, Palm expects the mobile companion to establish a new category of personal-computing products.

“With quality software support, the Foleo has the capability of revolutionizing the world of mobile computing,” said Holly Egan, director of business operations for TealPoint Software. “As a leading developer of mobile applications, we can leverage our experience to best take advantage of the Foleo’s open platform. Combining Palm’s easy-to-use tools and our own unique proprietary software technology, we’ve been able to bring five full applications to the Foleo in only a few weeks. Moving forward, we plan to bring more applications to the Foleo – new original titles as well as enhanced versions of our existing award-winning 28 applications for Palm OS®.”

TealPoint Software Applications

• TealSafe, an encrypted data program, stores, saves and organizes passwords, credit card numbers, and other personal information in a password-protected, secure and encrypted mobile database.

• TealPaint, a full-featured drawing program and photo editor, supports a wealth of drawing tools and image-manipulation functions previously available only on a desktop.
• TealDiet, a personal diet, exercise and health tracker, keeps daily logs of food intake, nutrients, exercise and measurements, and includes personal guides and recommendations for healthier living.
• SudokuAddict brings Sudoku, the worldwide puzzle phenomenon to the Foleo. With helpful hints and an intuitive interface, SudokuAddict creates a slick experience worthy of the new Foleo mobile companion.
• ShortCircuit, a new puzzle action game, fuses familiar gameplay elements into an addictive original experience. Players connect falling conduit pieces into explosive loops of energy in a frantic race against the clock.

By building the Foleo on an open Linux-based platform and publishing the tools developers might need, Palm hopes to establish a vibrant developer community to create new applications that extend the mobile companion’s built-in capabilities. TealPoint Software demonstrates the ease with which exciting technology and applications can be ported to the Palm Foleo mobile companion.

“TealPoint Software has a longstanding relationship with the Palm OS community and has brought dozens of applications to market for Palm devices,” said Mark Bercow, senior vice president of business development for Palm, Inc. “They’re now taking that success and bringing it over to the Foleo to give customers a rich experience, whether editing a picture, solving a puzzle or keeping organized.”

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