From: info@markspace.com
Date: 02 Sep 98
Subject: Mark/Space Newsletter #12

Included in this announcement:

  1. NEW:     PageNOW! E-Mail Gateway 1.0 (Windows)
  2. NEW:     PhoneWatcher 2.0 (Mac)
  3. UPDATED: PageNOW! 1.1 Free Update (PalmPilot)
  4. NEWS:    Mark/Space at PCS'98 in Orlando, Sep 22-25
  5. FUN:     Online Shirt Gallery
  6. TIP:     Using PageNOW! with VoiceStream
  7. TIP:     Using PageNOW! with Pacific Bell PCS Phones
  8. FUN TIP: Send music to your 2-Way Pager!


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NEW: PageNOW! E-Mail Gateway 1.0 (Server: Windows, Client: Any Platform!)
     http://www.markspace.com/pagenow/egate.html 
     Description/Demo/Future Features Survey

The PageNOW! Email Gateway provides a link between email address and 
pagers or digital phones. The gateway checks internet email addresses, 
and relays all or selected parts of any messages found to the
designated pager or phone. 

To reach a pager or phone, just send email to an address such as 
"page_brian@yourcompany.com", "sales_force@pagers.mycompany.com"
or even "personal_account@national_isp.com".

The gateway enables "equal opportunity paging" since anyone who can 
send email (using a Mac OS, Windows, Unix, PalmOS, or any other email 
device) can send a message through your PageNOW! Email Gateway.

Visit the website (above) to download a working demo of the new 
PageNOW! E-Mail Gateway, check out more of the features, and review 
the pricing options!


NEW: PhoneWatcher 2.0 (Mac/CallerID Savvy Program)
     http://www.markspace.com/phonewatcher.html
     Description/Demo/Future Features Survey

PhoneWatcher is a compact (400K), zippy (.5 Meg RAM), and powerful 
(scriptable, customizable) program that is happiest when it is 
watching for, announcing, and logging phone calls to and from your 
Macintosh. It's versatile enough to work with any Mac (System 7.1-
Mac OS 8x.), modem, and ordinary phone service, yet capable of delivering 
top performance when your computer is connected to Caller ID devices, 
services, and ISDN.

PhoneWatcher gives you control over your phone calls. It can announce 
the name and number of a caller, can page you when you are away from 
the phone, and can even log your incoming and outgoing calls. Scripts 
for dialing, area codes, country codes, and more are included in the 
Sample Scripts.

Identifying time zones and locations that are tied to a particular 
Area Code or Country Code is a snap! Customizing the ringing sound for 
each caller, and for each of PhoneWatcher's alerts, is as easy as 
importing new sounds or even recording your own! Block calls, speed 
dial your most-used phone numbers, all from PhoneWatcher's easy-to-use
interface.


UPDATED: PageNOW! 1.1 Free Update (PalmPilot)
         http://www.markspace.com/pagenow/palmos.html
         Demo, Description, Future Features Survey

The latest upgrade of PageNOW! for all PalmOS devices (Pilot, Palm III,
Workpad) recently made its debut. Wait--did you see correctly? Yes, 
PageNOW! fully supports the Palm III as well as earlier versions of the
PalmPilot and the IBM Workpad.

Here is a summary of key features for the 1.1 release:

- Supports all paging services, using the industry-standard TAP protocol
- Supports Pilot modem as well as external Hayes-compatible modems
- Unlimited number of paging services (common ones pre-defined)
- Unlimited number of pager users
- Memorized Messages: are in an easy-access popup menu
- Message Splitting: Splits long messages into a series of smaller ones
- Character/Page Counter: Tracks the length and number of pages
  that will be sent
- Smart Dialing: Configure numbers for reaching an outside line, 
  credit card calling, etc.
- Greeting/Signature: Optionally add text to the beginning or end of 
  each page sent

(PageNOW! for PalmOS 1.1 is a free update if you own PageNOW! for Pilot--
use your existing serial number to activate your update.)


NEWS: Mark/Space at PCS'98 in Orlando, Sep 22-25
      http://www.markspace.com/
      http://www.pcs98.com/
      mailto:brian_hall@markspace.com

PCS is the "Personal Communications Showcase" expo put on by the
PCIA, a wireless industry trade organization. This year several hundred
exhibitors and tens of thousands of attendees will converge on the
Orange County Convention Center for a look at the latest in mobile
communications hardware and software.

If you happen to be attending the PCS'98 Show in Orlando this month,
be sure to drop a line to Brian Hall 
if you would like to schedule a meeting.

Brian will be in attendance showing off upcoming versions of PageNOW!
sending and receiving messages with PCS/GSM phones, sending voice
messages to phones and voice mail boxes, transmission via wired and
wireless TCP/IP and many other features that are so exciting we can't
yet make them public!

If you are a wireless communications company representative, this is
your chance to learn first hand from the CEO what is in store for
Mark/Space over the next year and learn how a partnership with Mark/Space
can increase revenue and foster customer satisfaction.


FUN: Online Shirt Gallery
     http://www.markspace.com/shirts.html
     http://www.tidbits.com/tb-issues/TidBITS-438.html

Stop by our new online shirt gallery and see some of the shirts we have
done over the years. From the PhoneWatcher "I Like to Watch" shirt to
the famous "MacBlack 95" shirt.

Check out the link to TidBITS and see why that magazine rated the
"I Like to Watch" shirt Macworld Expo's "Pithiest Shirt".


TIP: Using PageNOW! with VoiceStream
     http://www.voicestream.com/

From a PageNOW! customer comes the following advice:

    "I finally was able to get PageNOW! to work with VoiceStream here
     in Oregon. It turns out that VoiceStream looks for a 1 before the
     pager ID as a form of authentication. So to page me my Pager ID
     has to be 1 503 516 xxxx."


TIP: Using PageNOW! with Pacific Bell PCS Phones
     http://www.pacbell.com/
     http://www.pacbell.com/products/wireless/pcs/index.html

Working with one of our larger corporate customers in the Bay Area, we
have learned that Pacific Bell is now offering TAP dial-up modem access
for sending text messages to their PCS phones. In PageNOW! you just
configure the service as usual (TAP Protocol, 7E1) and enter the phone
number provided by your service representative. At this time, you must
sign a Non Disclosure Agreement with Pacific Bell to obtain this number.
We hope at some point in the future this restriction will be lifted.


FUN TIP: Send music to your 2-Way Pager!
        http://www.pwebp.com/music2.html

Brian Pinter of Pinter Web Productions has a handy web page that both
describes how to compose and send music to your AccessLink 2-Way pager.

As of this writing, you can select from a popup menu of over 50 songs,
enter your pager ID, and have the music sent to your pager. Songs range
from "Happy Birthday" to theme songs from popular television shows and
movies.