SHARP ANNOUNCES EXPENSE 
MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE FOR ZAURUS

MAHWAH, N.J., January 1996 --  Sharp Electronics Corporation announces the
availability of Expense Manager® add-on software for the Zaurus
keyboard-enhanced personal digital assistant (K-PDA).  The new software
(ZR-5P01) takes advantage of the pen- and keyboard-based Zaurus Graphical
User Interface allowing mobile professionals to easily record, manage and
examine expenses with the Zaurus. 

With Zaurus Expense Manager software, users can quickly capture expense
information and fax or e-mail expense data to their offices from the road,
reducing the paperwork and hassles associated with keeping track of receipts
when traveling on business.  Once collected, expense information also can be
transferred to a PC or Macintosh® computer and automatically imports into a
Microsoft Excel® spread sheet.

"Zaurus Expense Manager software makes tracking expenses as simple as a touch
of the pen or a stroke of the keyboard,"  said Mary Repke, director, Sharp
Consumer Business Product Group.  "This add-on software takes full advantage
of the Zaurus synergy graphical operating system to simplify the hassle of
tracking expenses."

Expense Manager allows users to tailor lists of their expenses to create the
categories and payment types that suit their individual needs.  Category
totals for business expenses, such as airfare, mileage and telephone, are
automatically totaled.  This allows executives to easily compare expenses
accrued with their allotted budgets.

International travelers can customize Expense Manager software with foreign
currencies and exchange rates.  Multiple expense reports can be maintained
simultaneously.

Expense Manager Software for the Sharp Zaurus is available now. Sharp
anticipates retailers to sell Expense Manager for about $59.00

For more information, contact Sharp Electronics Corporation, Sharp Plaza,
Mahwah, N.J. 07430 or call 1-800-BE SHARP.

For on-line product information, visit Sharp's Web Page at
http://www.sharp-usa.com.

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Sharp Electronics Corporation, the U.S. sales and marketing subsidiary of
Japan's Sharp Corporation, offers one of the broadest and most advanced lines
of consumer electronics, business products and electronic components.  With
U.S. sales of $3.4 billion, the company has achieved double-digit sales
growth in each of the past three years.  Sharp is the world leader in liquid
crystal displays (LCDs), and has developed innovative, consumer-focused
products such as VIEWCAM( LCD camcorders, Zaurus( keyboard-enhanced personal
digital assistant, fully featured notebook computers, SharpVision( LCD
projection systems, Wizard® electronic organizers, audio and video systems,
appliances and office automation products.  To support its more than 50
product lines, Sharp Electronics employs approximately 2,300 people
nationwide.