MindManager to Be Preloaded on HP Tablet PCs

Mindjet Partners with HP to Offer Software that Enhances Collaboration Via Microsoft Office Integration

LARKSPUR, Calif., Nov. 19, 2003 -- Mindjet, the leading provider of visual tools for brainstorming and planning, today announced a marketing agreement with HP to provide Mindjet's MindManager Tablet PC software bundled with the newly introduced HP Compaq Tablet PC TC1100.

MindManager for Tablet PC helps users take clear, concise notes, which can then be exported to Microsoft Office applications.

Information workers use MindManager for Tablet PC's visual-organization capabilities and tight integration with Microsoft Office to capture, organize and quickly share unstructured information typical of meetings and brainstorming sessions. MindManager's visual interface helps users leverage Tablet PCs for more efficient note taking and better information sharing.

"We are delighted to have HP as a partner," said Chris Holmes, Mindjet vice president for business solutions. "More than 350,000 customers use our desktop and laptop MindManager software to pull together ideas and information and make the kind of rapid decisions required by fast-moving markets. MindManager for Tablet PC extends this same productivity to pen-based users on HP's very versatile Tablet PC design."

Beginning mid-November 2003, trial copies of MindManager for Tablet PC will be shipped with each HP Tablet PC TC1100 sold for English and German language markets. Users can purchase licensed copies of MindManager for Tablet PC by using a hyperlink built into the trial software or from the HP Tablet PC solutions web site ( http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/tabletpc/solutions.html#mindmanager ).

"Mindjet's pen-enabled organization and planning solution is a natural complement to the HP Compaq Tablet PC TC1100," said Naila Seif, director of mobile solutions, Personal Systems Group, HP. "The combination of the HP Tablet PC and MindManager for Tablet PC provides customers an innovative solution that helps them not simply take notes, but structure the information in such a way that it will be immediately understandable to themselves and to others."

"MindManager has really impressed us as one of the most natural applications for the Tablet PC," said Bill Mitchell, vice president of the Tablet PC division at Microsoft. "It helps information workers capture notes clearly and quickly -- which is important enough. But then to be able to immediately share the notes with a larger audience as Microsoft Office documents makes MindManager a key link in the information management chain."

The agreement also allows HP to ship the upcoming version of MindManager X5.1, scheduled for release in early 2004. The first XML-enabled mapping tool for Tablet PCs, MindManager X5.1 will support Mindjet's "Smart Map Parts." This innovative technology allows users to pull into the map environment data retrieved from desktop programs, application databases, Web services, search engines and online news organizations using XML, XSL and Web Services technologies.

Pricing and Availability

MindManager 2002 for Tablet PC is available now for the HP Compaq Tablet PC TC1100 in both Business ($189) and Enterprise ($269) versions. MindManager 2002 for Tablet is available online at http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/tabletpc/solutions.html#mindmanager .

About Mindjet

Mindjet LLC (www.mindjet.com) is the leading provider of visual tools for brainstorming and planning, with more than 350,000 customers worldwide, including 60 of the Fortune 100 companies. Founded in 1993, the company has offices in the San Francisco Bay Area; Frankfurt, Germany; and Birmingham, UK. Mindjet is a Microsoft Certified Partner and a member of the Microsoft Project Solution Providers Program and the Citrix Business Alliance. MindManager(R) is a Mindjet LLC trademark. All other product and company names herein may be trademarks of their respective owners.

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