NS BASIC ANNOUNCES DEVELOPMENT TOOLS FOR THE POCKET PC 2002

NS BASIC Provides Easy To Use Development Tools For Powerful New Devices

TORONTO - October 4, 2001 -- NS BASIC Corporation announced today that NS Basic/CE fully supports the new Pocket PC 2002 handheld devices. One of the most widely used commercial Windows CE development tools, NS Basic/CE now supports the interfaces that allow the full feature set of Pocket PC devices to be controlled from a BASIC program.

"NS Basic/CE is the easiest way to develop for Windows CE," said George Henne, President of NS BASIC Corporation. "Now that we've added support for the Pocket PC 2002, NS Basic/CE runs on the widest array of Windows CE devices."

MicrosoftÕs latest Pocket PC operating system, Pocket PC 2002 Premium Edition, provides a robust suite of applications ideal for both mobile professionals and enterprise customers. Applications include: Pocket Outlook, Pocket Word, Pocket Excel, Pocket Internet Explorer, Terminal Services Client, MSN Messenger, Microsoft Reader 2.0 and Microsoft Windows¨ Media Player 8 for Pocket PC.

NS Basic allows developers who program with tools such as Visual Basic to use their experience to develop applications for Pocket PC 2002 devices. NS Basic is a complete, powerful development environment enabling the development of applications with a true Pocket PC look and feel. NS Basic includes features such as databases, serial and IR communications, signature capture and more. Development takes place on the desktop or on the device itself.

Applications developed with NS Basic/CE can be distributed royaly free. NS Basic/CE costs $149.95 for a single user: enterprise licences are also available.

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