newsbytes@clarinet.com (02/04/90)
TOKYO, JAPAN, 1990 FEB 1 (NB) -- Following Sharp and Casio, Matsushita Electric Industrial has decided to release an electronic organizer with the brand-named Secre with an OEM (original equipment manufacturing) supply from Sharp. Matsushita has created a special package to exchange data between the hand-held organizer and its U1 word processor, allowing a user to store data in the word processor. The option, including a cable and communication software, will be available for 5,000 yen or $35. Matsushita claims that there are about 700,000 U1 users here. Secre is equal to Sharp's PA-8600 in content and price (28,000 yen or $193). Matsushita will ship it on the first of March this year, and aims to sell 10,000 units per month. (Ken Takahashi/19900201/Press Contact: Matsushita Electric Industrial, 06-906-4607)