Toshiba Becomes Strategic Partner

GEOWORKS AND TOSHIBA ANNOUNCE STRATEGIC RELATIONSHIP

ALAMEDA, Calif., Oct. 25, 1994 - Geoworks (NASDAQ/NMS: GWRX) today announced it has entered a broad strategic partnership with Toshiba Corporation in which the two companies are working together on technologies and products for the U.S. and Japanese consumer computing markets.

Toshiba, a leading worldwide supplier of computing and electronic products, and a dominant developer of mobile computers, said it is jointly exploring with Geoworks the use of the Geoworks GEOS operating system with a wide range of Toshiba products.

The first product resulting from the partnership is a version of the GEOS operating system that supports all Asian languages. Its first configuration is Geoworks 2.0J which is the Japanese version of Geoworks Ensemble 2.0 designed specifically for the Japanese market.

"We are thrilled to be partnering with Toshiba," said Gordon Mayer, Geoworks president and chief executive officer. "They share with us a strong commitment to bringing to the mass market a range of powerful, low-cost consumer-oriented computing devices, and they have the development, manufacturing and marketing resources to back up that commitment."

Oka Komiyama, general manager of Toshiba Corporation's Advanced Information Group, said, "We are pleased to announce Geoworks as a strategic partner. Their object-oriented operating system software technology will help enable Toshiba to remain at the forefront of the changing information systems market by bringing low-cost, feature- rich consumer computing devices to our customers."

"Geoworks' products will promote synergies between a number of Toshiba's product divisions, leading to exciting new products in the areas of semiconductors, software and information appliances," Komiyama said.

For Geoworks, the alliance with Toshiba marks another major milestone in its quest to establish GEOS as a leading operating system platform for consumer computing devices such as mobile computers, smart phones and interactive TV.

Establishing partnerships with the world's leading computer hardware vendors, independent software developers, communication services providers and mass market distributors is a primary component of Geoworks' business strategy.

To date Geoworks has established relationships with America Online, Canon Business Machines, Inc., Casio Computer Co., Ltd., CompuServe, Inc., IBM EduQuest, Motorola, Inc., Sharp Corporation, Tandy Corporation and now Toshiba Corporation. In addition, Hewlett-Packard Company and Novell, Inc., have made significant equity investments in the company.

Geoworks develops and markets operating system and application software for the emerging consumer computing device (CCD) market. CCDs include mobile devices, information appliances and set-top boxes for interactive television.