Business Editors

SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 13, 2000

James T. Voss, President of PalmWorks, Inc. announced today that PalmWorks has agreed to acquire PDA Data, of Seattle, Washington. PDA Data provides internet billing and customer service functions utilizing the powerful Covault billing platform.

"We are very excited about this opportunity to extend our corporate family with the folks at PDA Data. The PDA Data team brings with them a wealth of experience and talent in customer fulfillment and billing support services. This is a key acquisition for PalmWorks, because it gives us a turnkey solution for our customer services operation complete with staff, software and facilities in place and online." stated Mr. Voss. "The facilities occupied by PDA Data will serve as a hub for our west-coast operations as well as a secondary location for our nationwide network of fault-tolerant Internet and application server equipment."

Along with providing full support services for it's parent company PalmWorks, Inc., PDA Data will offer it's customer fulfillment and billing management services to third party Independent Software Vendors who wish to make their applications available on the PalmWorks Network.

"Because our system is scalable to the high growth expected in the wireless data market, PDA Data provides an immediate and continuing solution to Palmworks back office needs." said Ron Curtin, General Manager of PDA Data's Seattle office. "We can provide them the kind of technology they need to take full advantage of the rapid growth this market is certain to experience."

Based in Houston, Texas, U.S.A., PalmWorks, Inc. (www.palmworks.net) is an Internet technology company specializing in online application service and deployment to both the desktop and WPDAs (Wireless Personal Digital Assistants) for business and consumer applications.

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