<img src="images/logo-cingular.gif" align="right">NEW ORLEANS, LA, MARCH 18, 2003 -- Cingular Wireless and Handspring, Inc. today announced at CTIA Wireless 2003 the availability of General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) for Treo users on Cingular's 1900 MHz Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) network, bringing a new level of power and functionality to the award-winning communicator product. The GPRS software upgrade provides Cingular customers easy access to their corporate or Internet email inbox as well as the ability to seamlessly move between voice and data applications, without having to disconnect from the network.

Cingular will sell GPRS-enabled Treo 270 communicators through the company's various sales channels in all Cingular 1900 MHz GSM coverage areas as a voice enabled PDA option for Cingular's Wireless Internet Express service, which gives individual customers access to POP3 email via My Wireless Window, as well as its XpressMail Network Edition service for corporate customers.

"Cingular is rolling out GSM and GPRS services nationwide in order to give our customers the ability to use the most advanced wireless devices and to access high-speed data applications," said Mike Dobbs, vice president of product development for Cingular Wireless. "The availability of Handspring's GPRS upgrade on Cingular's 1900 MHz packet data networks will allow Treo users in these markets to enjoy the full functionality of their communicators."

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