NS Basic 3.0 for Pocket PC Announced
Program BASIC Anywhere, Anytime

April 19, 2000 -- NS BASIC Corporation announced today NS Basic 3.0 for the Pocket PC, a complete programming environment that takes advantage of the rich feature set of the Windows-powered Pocket PC.

NS Basic 3.0 brings BASIC, the most widely used programming language in the world, onto the hot new Pocket PC. NS Basic 3.0 features extensions providing visual objects (such as boxes and buttons), serial and WINSOCK communications, financial functions, file I/O and more. It supports a wide variety of ActiveX objects from Microsoft and third party developers.

A major enhancement to the product, NS Basic/CE Desktop Preview, allows users to write programs using a visual environment on the desktop. Programs can be written and tested on a Windows-based desktop before being downloaded to the device. NS Basic also provides a complete visual development environment that runs completely on the Pocket PC.

"Being able to give users the choice of developing on the desktop or the Pocket PC is very exciting for us", said George Henne, President of NS BASIC Corporation, "Developing applications for handheld devices has never been easier."

The product includes a powerful development and debugging environment, allowing programmers to test and modify variables and code interactively. It is designed to take full advantage of the capabilities of the Pocket PC and the handheld computer environment.

"To be successful in the new economy, companies need strong mobile computing solutions," said Rogers Weed, director of marketing for the Mobile Devices Division at Microsoft Corp. "NS BASIC provides a solid solution for companies that need to rapidly deploy Pocket PC-based solutions by opening the power of the Pocket PC to a wider group of developers."

NS Basic 3.0 runs on all Pocket PC devices as well as all current Windows CE-powered devices. The price is $99.95 USD, and includes a 200 page pocket sized Handbook. Upgrades for current users are available.

About Pocket PC

Windows-powered Pocket PCs, the next-generation PDAs from Microsoft and its partners, offer customers the best way to connect to their most essential information while away from their desk, yet are versatile enough to satisfy the personal needs of today's busy mobile lifestyle. Pocket PCs already include a broad range of native business, personal productivity, and entertainment applications, yet can easily be expanded to adapt to each customer's changing needs through a continually growing number of industry standard hardware and software expansion options.

About NS BASIC Corporation

NS BASIC is the leader in creating development tools for use on handheld systems. Since 1993, it has created easy to use programming environments for the Pocket PC, Windows CE, Palm, Newton and others. NS BASIC has customers in over 40 countries, in virtually every business and educational segment.

Links:

Information
info@nsbasic.com

Product Information
http://www.nsbasic.com

Where to buy
http://www.nsbasic.com/ce/order/orderformce.shtml

Upgrades

Upgrades are available for $39.95 plus shipping from the NS BASIC website. The upgrade includes the Installer CD and a revised Handbook. The upgrade will be automatically mailed at no charge to registered users who purchased NS Basic/CE 2.1 after March 15, 2000.