CASIO PREVIEWS NEW PEN-BASED TECHNOLOGY AT WINTER CONSUMER ELECTRONICS
SHOW

LAS VEGAS, Nev., Jan. 7--At a press briefing here today, Casio, Inc.
revealed plans for its new Personal Information Processor, the Zoomer,
which is scheduled to be released this summer.

The Zoomer hand-held unit combines the power of electronics with the
familiarity of pen and paper. "Consumers are moving towards smaller, more
personal devices, while at the same time demanding functionality,
flexibility, and features. This product will combine breakthrough
technology that is user friendly, with an affordable price," said Kazuo
Kashio, President of Casio Computer Co., Ltd.

The Zoomer's pen-based technology offers an intelligent mixture of
handwriting recognition and graphics capture. The Zoomer couples "anytime,
anywhere" information management with a consumer price point; this will
enable Casio to be at the forefront of the next wave in consumer
electronics.

"We have carefully defined our mission, and stayed true to the goal that we
set out with: to design and market the type of product that consumers will
embrace. Not fairy-tale technology, but the real thing," said John J.
McDonald, President of Casio, Inc.

The Zoomer will include reference, personal information management, and
many other features, making it a compelling consumer product. Developers
supporting the Zoomer platform include: Geoworks, Palm Computing,
America-On-Line, and Intuit. Casio plans to have a selection of
third-party applications available for the product, and is working closely
with popular software vendors to gain support for this new platform.

Casio, Inc., Dover, N.J., is the U.S. subsidiary of Casio Computer Co.
Ltd., Tokyo, Japan. Casio manufactures watches, calculators, electronic
business organizers, cash registers, electronic musical instruments, mini
TVs and music systems.

CASIO, 570 MT. PLEASANT AVE, P.O. BOX 7000, DOVER, NJ 07801
201-361-5400;  FAX #201-361-3819

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