Blue Nomad Unveils WordSmith 2.1 at Comdex

New Version of Word Processor for the Palm™ Organizer Features Spell Checker, Thesaurus, Virtual File System Support, and More 

Las Vegas, Nevada (November 12, 2001) --  Blue Nomad, LLC announced today the release of WordSmith 2.1, the latest edition of its award-winning word processor, enhanced memo pad, and electronic book reader for the Palm organizer. Packed with powerful new features, the release of WordSmith 2.1 raises the bar for Palm word processors. 

WordSmith 2.1 features several major enhancements, including spell checker, thesaurus, and virtual file system (VFS) support. In addition, WordSmith 2.1 ships with a carbonized Mac OS Wordsmith desktop application that runs natively under OS X, and FineType Manager, which allows users to delete, beam and preview Blue Nomad FineType fonts.  

This powerful and versatile package not only supports rich text, such as bold, italics and underline but also paragraph formatting and indents, justification, font selection and color. In addition, its unprecedented support for the Palm(tm) Portable and Targus Stowaway™ keyboards makes text inputting on the Palm easier and faster than ever.

WordSmith 2.1 is fully compatible with Microsoft Word, includes a bi-directional synchronization conduit for Windows and the Mac OS, and offers a command-line document converter for Linux/Intel users. It is likewise compatible with any word processor capable of reading and writing "RTF" files and allows users to synchronize documents between more than one desktop computer.  

WordSmith 2.1 will be available for $29.95 in late November 2001, and will be a free upgrade to all registered users of WordSmith. For more information or to download a free trial version of the software, please visit www.bluenomad.com or contact sales@bluenomad.com.

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About Blue Nomad

Blue Nomad, LLC formerly known as BackupBuddy Software, LLC, was founded in 1997 by Alexis Hinds, M.D. Blue Nomad has developed a comprehensive suite of backup, installation and productivity software for the Palm OS. In March 1999, Blue Nomad’s popular backup utility, BackupBuddy for Windows, received Platinum Certification from Palm, Inc. BackupBuddy is the only backup application to receive this designation. BackupBuddy was also named Best Palm OS Program of the Year by ZDNet in 2000 and Best Utility of the Year in 2000 and 2001 by Handheld Computing Magazine. WordSmith, the latest product from Blue Nomad, was released in January of 2001 and was named Best Doc Editor/Viewer of the Year by Handheld Computing in the same year.

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