Press Release

August 19, 2003

Onset, Advanced Productivity Software Partner to Provide BlackBerry Access to Time and Billing Solutions

Partnership Lets Mobile Attorneys Increase Law Firm Margins by Ensuring Accurate Client Billing Using DTE® and METAmessage for Wireless - Legal

BOCA RATON, FL - (MARKET WIRE) - LawNet 2003 - Onset Technology, a leading developer of enterprise access software for wireless handheld devices, announced today that it has joined Advanced Productivity Software's (APS) partner program. The partnership will enhance METAmessage® solutions for Research In Motion (NASDQ: RIMM); (TSX: RIM) BlackBerry® deployments -- solutions that let mobile attorneys access APS's DTE® time-and-billing solution, spell-check outgoing messages, and use document management and CRM applications practically anywhere, anytime.

"According to the American Bar Association, law firms lose up to 12% of their potential revenue as a result of unbilled time," said Gadi Mazor, Onset's CEO and president. "Making APS's solutions available on BlackBerry will have a dramatic affect on a law firm's bottom line. Mobile attorneys can enter billing info with a few clicks of their handheld."

Advanced Productivity Software's DTE solutions offer a fast, intuitive means for convenient and secure time entry. They set the standard for time tracking software and simplify even the most complex client billing with a simple, task-based time entry system. Users can create a virtually unlimited list of client/matter specific task codes, so every productive moment can be accounted for.

"More and more of today's attorney's are very mobile and have embraced the BlackBerry handhelds as their platform of choice," said Jim Tharpe, president of APS. "These attorneys and their firms have a deep interest in augmenting the functionality that is supplied with the basic unit with other pertinent applications. Especially, applications like time entry that can make a real difference in their bottom line. We've always been committed to providing the legal industry with easy to use and flexible time-entry options, and our partnership with Onset helps ensure that DTE solutions are available where, when, and how our customers want."

METAmessage, used by over 150 law firms (40+ in the AmLaw 100) and over 1000 enterprise customers, is a complete, out-of-the-box solution for BlackBerry handheld access to the enterprise. Users can interact directly with a range of enterprise data systems including document management/time-and-billing/CRM programs, enterprise applications, and internally developed databases. The user simply opens a form on the handheld and either requests information from or adds information to the data source. Users can also get documents to send, read, or print; access the Web, without opening a browser, for driving directions, flight information, Google searches, and more; and, read email attachments and Web pages and print them anywhere, including network printers.

About Onset Technology

Founded in 1997, Onset Technology is the developer of METAmessage® for Wireless - a unique software solution that gives business users access to virtually any data on their enterprise network using just a wireless email device such as RIM's BlackBerry® handheld. The software is broadly compatible with virtually all wireless devices and servers including those from strategic partners AT&T, Ericsson, Microsoft, and RIM. Since its introduction last year, METAmessage has been widely adopted by Fortune 1000 companies, government agencies, and a range of large service organizations. For more information, visit www.onsettechnology.com

METAmessage® is a trademark of Onset Technology. The BlackBerry and RIM families of related marks, images and symbols are the exclusive properties of and trademarks and registered trademarks of Research In Motion Limited. DTE is a registered trademark of Advanced Productivity Software, Inc.