Press Release

April 11, 2000

Neomar WAP Microbrowser and Mobile Portal to be Made Available for All RIM BlackBerry Wireless Handhelds

Delivers First Full Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) Solution in US Focusing on Information and Applications Critical to Business and the Enterprise

San Francisco, CA - Neomar, Inc., a start-up company focused on delivering wireless applications to enterprises and mobile professionals, today announced that Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) will make available the WAP-based Neomar microbrowser and Mobile Portal to BlackBerry™ customers, delivering to mobile professionals wireless access to critical Internet information, and soon to be available, enterprise applications.

Through this strategic alliance developers and ISVs will be able to deliver a wide range of WAP-based Internet and Intranet content to their customers. In addition, through Neomar's Mobile Portal, BlackBerry users will have access to travel arrangements, restaurant reservations and reviews, weather information, and other critical e-commerce transactions important to mobile professionals and the enterprise. Neomar is also delivering a WAP gateway, which along with the microbrowser and portal, provides an end-to-end solution for partners to deliver WAP content to their customers.

"Neomar is quickly emerging as a leader in WAP-based solutions for mobile devices," said David Werezak, VP Marketing, Research In Motion. "Users will benefit from access to wide range of WAP based content on their RIM wireless handhelds. Developers and ISVs will benefit from Neomar's standardized WAP platform, enabling rapid implementation and commercialization of business applications and wireless e-commerce solutions."

Providing important wireless content to business customers is just one part of what Neomar is delivering. The company will also provide access to critical enterprise applications such as the corporate Intranet, just-in-time manufacturing and supply chain management, productivity and desktop extensions, business-to-business exchanges and auctions, sales force automation and customer relationship management, and field transactions. RIM's family of wireless handhelds are frequently the mobile device of choice for delivering these types of applications.

"Business users of wireless handhelds like RIM's BlackBerry need to get critical information while on the go," said Fred Chieux, senior vice president of strategy and alliances for Neomar. "And the RIM handhelds, especially the new palm-sized 957, are great devices for hosting our microbrowser and Mobile Portal, which are providing access to both Web-based information and soon enterprise applications."

Neomar's Mobile Portal, powered by Neomar's WAP 1.1 microbrowser, delivers content specifically formatted for wireless devices using WML 1.1, the WAP equivalent of HTML. WAP has become the wordwide standard for developing wireless content by making it swift and simple to adapt Web content to handheld devices. Neomar's Mobile Portal takes advantage of the RIM 957 wireless handheld's large screen, graphics capability, memory and unique user interface to give users an inherently better WAP browsing experience than can be had with Web-enabled phones.

Availability

The Neomar microbrowser and portal for all RIM wireless handhelds will be available in a closed beta program later this calendar quarter. Interested developers and wireless solutions providers should contact Neomar Developer program for more information. Sign up to be notified when the Neomar browser is available to BlackBerry customers.

About Neomar

Neomar is the leading provider of Wireless Application Protocol (WAP)-based wireless services for PDAs (personal digital assistants). Enterprises and business executives who depend on the Internet for information and business-critical applications can now access those services with any Neomar powered PDA. Based on WAP, the global standard for wireless internet connectivity Neomar's microbrowser is the first commercially available for wireless PDAs. In addition, Neomar is working with premier Internet content, services and technology partners to bring a full suite of wireless services to business and enterprise customers. Neomar, a privately-held start-up company based in San Francisco, California, was founded in June 1999. For more information, please call 415-403-7300 or visit Neomar's web site at www.neomar.com.