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"POINT AND SHOOT" INFRARED LINK SIMPLIFIES

SHARING ZAURUS DATA WITH WINDOWS APPLICATIONS

MAHWAH, N.J., January 1996 --  Sharp Electronics introduces Zaurus
Application Partner, a software and infrared adapter bundle that enables
users of the Zaurus( keyboard-enhanced PDA to easily exchange data with
Windows( software applications.  The new offering eliminates the often
complicated procedures associated with swapping data between a PDA and a
Windows application, such as recalling file names and directories.



Clipboard Link software for Windows quickly and easily brings Zaurus data to
a desktop PC.  By identifying an entry in the Zaurus and pressing the
infrared Send button, the information is instantly transmitted by infrared
beam to the Actisys Infrared receiver connected to the Windows PC.  Clipboard
Link software then automatically detects the incoming beam and places the
received data into the Windows Clipboard.  The user simply selects the Paste
function from the edit menu of any Windows application and the Zaurus entry
appears.  Even a complex document on the Zaurus with images, formatted text,
and a handwritten signature can be easily transferred to a word processing
program such as Word for Windows®.





Sending information from a Windows application to the Zaurus via infrared
beam is just as easy.  To do so, users simply copy text into the Windows
Clipboard, select send from the Clipboard link software, and press the get
button on the Zaurus.

"Zaurus Application Partner offers an easy way to share data with Windows
applications," said Mary Repke, director, Sharp Consumer Business Products
Group. "It is a simple solution that transforms the Zaurus into a virtual
extension of a Windows PC," she added.

Zaurus Application Partner includes the Actisys infrared receiver, Zaurus
data exchange utility for Windows and Clipboard Link software.  It will be
available in late April 1996.

Sharp anticipates that retailers and resellers will sell the Zaurus
Application Partner for about $199.

For more information, 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.