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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Brad
Davis Sales: [email protected] Freedom Scientific Announces the PAC Mate Omni™, the Ultimate Mobile Computing Solution for the BlindNew Software and Enhanced Hardware at Special Prices
(St. Petersburg, Florida — June 30, 2007) Freedom Scientific today announced the next generation of the PAC Mate™ accessible Pocket PC, the PAC Mate Omni. The PAC Mate series incorporates JAWS®, the world’s most popular screen reading software, and Microsoft Windows Mobile® to create the world’s first accessible Pocket PC device for the blind. The new PAC Mate Omni is a combination of enhanced hardware with expanded functionality and powerful new software that features the latest advances from Freedom Scientific and Microsoft®. The PAC Mate Omni is powered by Windows Mobile 6.0, the very latest Microsoft operating system. With Windows Mobile 6.0, the PAC Mate Omni will provide users with a host of innovative features and tools that enable the blind to access virtually every application that sighted users of mainstream PDAs now enjoy. “Freedom
Scientific is very pleased to bring the power and the many features
of the Windows Mobile 6.0 operating system to users in a form that
recognizes the unique needs of blind people,” said Jonathan
Mosen, Vice President of Blindness Hardware Product Management. “Windows
Mobile 6.0 is the most keyboard-friendly version of this operating
system ever. With full support for soft keys in Windows Mobile
products, the PAC Mate Omni enables users to install and easily
operate a huge variety of off-the-shelf third-party applications
that offer keyboard support.” The PAC Mate currently outperforms all competitors in regard to battery life, and the PAC Mate Omni extends the performance even longer. Other new features of the PAC Mate Omni include:
“We are mindful that while many customers are able to receive assistance for the purchase of blindness hardware, the cost of maintaining that hardware is often the responsibility of those who use the product,” said Lee Hamilton, President of Freedom Scientific. “We set our PAC Mate Omni update prices at these unprecedented low levels to ensure that our loyal customers have the opportunity to take advantage of the very latest in mobile computing technology. In addition, anyone purchasing a PAC Mate on or after July 1, 2007, will be entitled to a free upgrade to PAC Mate Omni once it is released.” About Freedom ScientificFreedom Scientific is the world’s leading manufacturer of assistive technology products for those who are vision impaired and products for the special education and learning disability market. Freedom
Scientific®, JAWS®, PAC Mate™, and PAC Mate Omni™ are
either trademarks or registered trademarks in the United States and/or
other countries. The names of actual companies and products mentioned
herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.
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