Version 1.07 includes upgrades to the Pocket PC Edition, a full-featured wireless Web browser for Pocket PCs, giving end users complete access to real Web pages. Version 1.07 also includes upgrades to the Enterprise Edition , a client/server solution for wireless Web browsing across networks. ThunderHawk's Enterprise Edition gives corporations and organizations complete access to Internet and corporate Intranet Web pages.

"Over 10,000 customers have registered ThunderHawk since its release last May. Since that time, we have worked toward aggressive deadlines to improve our wireless Web browser and give our customers the features they want," states Anna Chagnon, President of Bitstream. "This release of the Pocket PC Edition makes it easy to install ThunderHawk from the Web. This release of the Enterprise Edition includes a more robust server architecture, improved documentation, and a new graphical user interface, making ThunderHawk easier to install and modify for corporate IT departments. ThunderHawk is now more intuitive. Our wireless Web browser continues to allow people to stay connected."

New Pocket PC Edition features include:

• Improved and simplified installation
• Ability to download any file through the Web browser

New Enterprise Edition features include:

• Overall improvements to the ThunderHawk server architecture
• Improved and simplified installation, including a new Windows installer for the ThunderHawk server
• New GUI (graphical user interface) for the ThunderHawk server
• New Linux installer
• New GUI for the Linux load balancer
• Ability to scale the ThunderHawk server up to 64 concurrent users, doubling the capacity of previous versions

Availability and System Requirements
ThunderHawk for the Pocket PC is available for a free 30-day trial and for purchase by subscription. Customers who have a Pocket PC can download, test-drive, and purchase ThunderHawk from the Bitstream Web site. To take full advantage of new features, existing customers can also upgrade versions on the site, located at http://www.bitstream.com/wireless .

Current system requirements for ThunderHawk are as follows:

• A Pocket PC running Windows CE 3.0, Pocket PC 2000, or Pocket PC 2002 OS, such as:
  • Audiovox Maestro, Audiovox Thera
  • Casio Cassiopeia E-115, E-125, or E-200
  • Compaq iPAQ
  • Dell Axim
  • Fujitsu/Siemens Loox
  • HP iPAQ
  • HP Jornada Pocket PC, 540 or later
  • Toshiba e310, e570, or e740
  • Toshiba 2032 using Sprint Nationwide PCS Network
  • 02 XDA devices, including the Pocket PC Phone Edition from VoiceStream/T-Mobile
    
• USB (cradle), serial (COM port), or IR (infrared) connection
• CompactFlash Type 1 or Type 1 extended modem or network interface card (NIC)
• An Internet service provider (ISP) account or network connection with Internet access

About

ThunderHawk
ThunderHawk brings the desktop Web browsing experience to mobile device users. The Pocket PC Edition allows a Pocket PC, which typically has a 320x240 color LCD screen, to display a legible SVGA (800x600) or VGA (640x480) screen of a Web page. You can view ThunderHawk screen shots at http://www.bitstream.com/wireless .

ThunderHawk is also available as a client-server solution for wireless Web browsing across enterprise networks. ThunderHawk Enterprise Edition gives a company's mobile workforce complete access to Internet and corporate Intranet Web pages. In addition, the Enterprise Edition enables wireless carriers to differentiate themselves by providing real Web browsing to their customers - in essence, useful data services to complement voice services.

Bitstream has relied on its 20 years' of font experience in creating its first wireless Web browser. ThunderHawk renders text using the Wireless Font Set,made up of high-quality fonts that render well at small point sizes on any display. The fonts are designed specifically for wireless devices and produce high-quality output for color LCD, anti-aliased, and black-and-white displays. The fonts are specifically designed to fit as much text as possible onto a small screen, as well as provide maximum legibility at small sizes.

If your company is interested in Bitstream ThunderHawk, contact Bitstream at 800.522.3668 or 617.497.6222 , E-mail us at sales@bitstream.com , or visit us on the Web at http://www.bitstream.com . Bitstream is working with key strategic partners who wish to license ThunderHawk.

Bitstream Inc.
Bitstream Inc. (NASDAQ: BITS) is the leading developer of font technology, digital fonts, and custom font designs. Bitstream licenses its award-winning TrueDoc and Font Fusion technologies to Web and application developers, and to manufacturers of information appliances, wireless and handheld devices, set-top boxes, embedded systems, and printers. Setting the standard for excellence in font technology, Bitstream holds numerous key patents that cover the creation of portable fonts for the Internet. Building on this experience, Bitstream has released ThunderHawk, a full-featured browser for the wireless Web.

Founded in 1981, Bitstream is the first independent digital font foundry. In 1999,Bitstream created MyFonts.com, Inc. (www.myfonts.com), the Web site for finding, trying, and buying fonts on line. Also in 1999, Bitstream established Pageflex (www.pageflexinc.com), the pioneer of a new direction in composition software: Web-top publishing. Bitstream is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Bitstream and TrueDoc are registered trademarks, and the Bitstream logo, Font Fusion, and ThunderHawk are trademarks, of Bitstream Inc. MyFonts.com is a service mark of MyFonts.com, Inc. Pageflex is a trademark of Pageflex Other technologies and brand names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.

Anna Chagnon
President
Bitstream inc.
617.520.8619