NS Basic/CE Announces Support for Windows Mobile 5.0!

New Pocket PC devices fully supported

May 11, 2005 -- NS BASIC Corporation today announced support for Windows Mobile 5.0, Microsoft's new platform for handheld devices. NS Basic/CE will run on all Windows Mobile 5.0 Pocket PC and Pocket PC Phone Edition devices.

NS Basic/CE is a VB-like development tool. It allows you to create applications on a Windows desktop computer which will run on Windows CE devices. A unique feature of the development tool is that it can also be used to develop on the device itself.

"We're happy to be able to run on the new devices from Day 1." said George Henne, President of NS BASIC Corporation. "We really appreciate the development support that Microsoft gave us. We're excited to see what developers will do with NS Basic/CE and Windows Mobile 5.0."

Existing NS Basic/CE applications will be able to run on Windows Mobile 5.0 devices without modification. This allows the huge base of NS Basic/CE applications and developers to make use of this device.

More about NS Basic/CE

NS Basic allows developers who program with tools such as Visual Basic to use their experience to develop applications for Windows CE devices. NS Basic/CE is a complete, powerful development environment enabling the development of applications for the enterprise, business, personal productivity and eduction. It includes features such as databases, net, 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 are distributed royalty free. NS Basic/CE 5.1 costs $149.95 for a single user. Enterprise licenses are also available. The toolkit allows development on Windows 98SE, 2000, XP or directly on the device itself.

About NS BASIC Corporation
NS Basic/CE is one of the most widely used Windows CE development tools. NS BASIC Corporation has been a leading creator of development tools for handheld devices since 1993. More than 15,000 developers in over 60 countries use NS BASIC's tools for Palm OS, Windows CE and Newton.

Here are some useful pointers for more information:
Desktop Tour: http://www.nsbasic.com/ce/info/DesktopTour1.html
Device Tour: http://www.nsbasic.com/ce/info/Tour01.html
FAQ: http://www.nsbasic.com/ce/info/faq.html
Specifications: http://www.nsbasic.com/ce/info/Specifications.html
Converting from eVB: http://www.nsbasic.com/ce/info/technotes/TN30.htm
For more information, please contact us at info@nsbasic.com.