Best Releases ACT! for Palm OS Handhelds

Best Software has announced ACT! for Palm OS handhelds. From a single application on the device, individuals as well as sales teams can access notes, histories and appointments for each contact record, view custom and user defined fields from their ACT! desktop, and manage sales opportunities.

"ACT! for Palm OS offers significant new capabilities to mobile business and sales professionals for whom conventional look-up of PIM data on mobile device is not enough," said ACT! General Manager Greg Head. "As our four million individual users and over 12,000 corporate customers already know, the benefit of contact management with ACT! - over PIMs like Outlook® and the Palm OS address book - is that every call, meeting, note, or sales opportunity is integrated with the contact. ACT! for Palm brings the richness and power of contact management to the Palm OS."

ACT! for Palm OS enables individuals to access their complete customer information, even while on the road, including contact, calendar and to-do items, which are all integrated at the contact level. For example, from the daily view, users can click on a calendar appointment and go to the contact record to review recent notes and histories prior to a meeting. It also has drop-down menus and pop-up lists, minimizing the need to type or use Graffiti.

With ACT! for Palm OS, users can:

• Access contact and activity information instantly.
• Access pre-defined and custom fields from ACT! on a handheld.
• View and enter time stamped notes and histories.
• Manage calendars with ease.
• Work with data at the Group level.
• Manage sales opportunities from a handheld.

ACT! for Palm OS ships with ACT! Express, a limited version of ACT! for Windows that includes a contact database, built-in calendar, word processor and report generator. For existing ACT! users, the product integrates with ACT! 6.0. ACT! for Palm OS can be run on any Palm Powered™ handheld running Palm OS versions 3.5, 4.0 and 4.1.

"The 24 million users of Palm Powered handhelds actively search for the latest applications they rely on to extend the functionality of their devices and we have seen double digit growth in the demand for such applications," said Larry Berkin, director of developer marketing for PalmSource, Inc. "ACT! for Palm Powered handhelds demonstrates the strength of the Palm OS and is indicative of a world class application that will continue to leverage that growth."

Availability and Pricing
ACT! for Palm OS is available in North America today with promotional pricing online at www.act.com/estore. The product will be available in North America through software retailers including CompUSA, Staples, BestBuy, Office Dept, Micro Center, Fry's, CDW, and Circuit City in early December. The suggested retail price is $79.95US with a $10.00US mail-in rebate for existing ACT! 6.0 users. Volume licensing is also available for companies wanting 10 licenses or more by calling 1-888-855-5222. ACT! for Palm is available in the Asia Pacific region today as well.