Houston, TX, April 7, 2005 -- FrogPad,
an innovator in data entry technologies for mobile
computing, has been capturing the hearts, minds and
digits of the growing corporate technology market
with the introduction of 4 new and original one-handed
keyboards since 2003.
FrogPad is launching the first specialized online
tutorial created by De Marque, the renowned creator
of E-Learning typing tutorials for corporate settings
and for grades K-12 in the US and Canada.
The FrogPad keyboard is easier to use than a standard
keyboard because it is one-handed as most our activities
are, and it has been designed around the 15 most
frequently used letters by all languages using the
Roman alphabet. The De Marque typing tutorial for
the FrogPad keyboard features “Friendly Froggie” to
train users to type very efficiently with one hand.
The On-line tutorial is available in English, and
will soon be in French, German and Spanish.
FrogPad™ for Educators
By enabling typing with one hand, FrogPad™ is
revolutionizing the use of technology in the education
system. The size and portability of the keyboard
make it ideal for classroom use. Computer technology
has become a very important tool in the educational
system for both teachers and students. In elementary
schools, the curriculum focuses on ensuring that
students are computer literate. Schools devote an
entire semester to teaching students how to type.
Because of the intuitive patented letter layout,
teaching students to type on FrogPad™ will
insure faster learning in less time than a semester.
An average person can learn to type 40 WPM on the
FrogPad™ with less than ten hours of practice,
when sixty hours are required for a regular keyboard.
The professional tutorial developed and now offered
by De Marque is fun and easy to use. It provides
great instruction and training for new users. And
young children will leap to using it immediately.
It gives every student a real chance to experience
the joys of technology.
For more information: Specialized
Tutorials
Disabilities in the Classroom
FrogPad™ is a great tool for students with
disabilities. In an education system where inclusion
and mainstreaming have become very popular practices,
FrogPad™ further enables students with disabilities
to function normally in a regular classroom. Its
design allows students to type quickly using only
one hand, and its size makes it easily portable as
well as hardly noticeable to others. Students also
love the fun nature of the keyboard with its bright
color and cute logo. Most students have referred
it to as “cool”. Think of the impact
this keyboard makes for children with Dysgraphia
and Cerebral Palsy. Visit the disability link for
more information.
For more information: FrogPad
for disabled
ABOUT FROGPAD
With customers in countries around the world including
Japan, Germany, Netherlands, New Zealand, Australia,
U.K., Canada, the United States, and the most recent
new distributor in Turkey, IntraTurkNetwork.com;
FrogPad is quickly becoming the mobile computer
interface choice for keyboarders around the world.
Today there are four form factors of the patented
FrogPad data entry interface: the FrogPad standard
keyboard, the slimmer mini FrogPad, the Bluetooth-enabled
iFrog, and the most recent addition to the Frog
family, the Bluetooth headset, FrogTalk. All keyboards
are offered in left and right hand models.
FrogPad products can be purchased online at www.frogpad.com or
through its international distribution partner, www.expansys.com.
Expansys manages all International direct web-based
distribution for FrogPad. FrogPad is well positioned
to be the data interface of choice for the projected
market of 1.7 billion portable wireless Internet
devices.
Founder and FrogPad President Linda Marroquin likens
the introduction of the FrogPad to the market changing
launches of the Laptop or the PDA, “The standard
QWERTY keyboard in use today was designed for a different
time when mobile computing devices were only a glimmer
in the eyes of their developers; and the continual
evolution and miniaturization of mobile technology
devices are driving the need for a new kind of data
entry device. We believe the patented FrogPad product
platform is the solution”.
Current applications for the future wearable Frog
include industries with needs for easy data entry
from a field application such as shipping logistics,
healthcare patient care, and remote field operations
such as on-site drilling for the Oil & Gas industry.
FrogPad is an innovator in one-handed data entry
methods for mobile computing devices.
ABOUT DE MARQUE De Marque was founded in 1990 by Marc Boutet,
a fifteen-year-old high school student who decided
to create his own summer job, and his current partner,
Guy Bergeron, a pioneer of IT use in schools. With
Guy's background, the company focused on developing
applications for the educational market. Since then,
De Marque has grown from 2 to more than 40 employees
and developed a variety of educational software,
CD-ROMs and eLearning applications that are now sold
in North America and Europe.
De Marque's best seller is Typing Pal, the funniest
and most effective way to learn to type. Typing Pal
is available in CD-ROM and online editions for home
users, schools, and businesses, and is offered in
English, French, Italian, and Icelandic. De Marque
also offers a free online Typing Pal course available
at www.typingpal.com.
This document may contain forward-looking statements,
relating to the Company’s future financial
results and operations or to the environment in
which it operates, which are based on FrogPad’s
operations, estimates, forecasts and projections.
These statements are not guarantees of future performance
and involve risks and uncertainties that are difficult
to predict, and/or are beyond FrogPad’s control.
A number of important factors could cause actual
outcomes and results to differ materially from
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These factors include those set forth in other
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to update or revise any forward-looking statements,
whether as a result of new information, future
events or otherwise.
A proven typing tutor adapted to a revolutionary
keyboard!
Learn how to master your FrogPad™ keyboard
in just a few hours!
Typing Pal for FrogPad™ is a web-based typing
tutor that offers you a typing course that is fully
adapted to FrogPad™ keyboard owners.
Using a simple and effective teaching method, which
has been used for dozens of years and was adapted
to the FrogPad™ keyboard, this online typing
course will allow you to master the rudiments of
typing so that you can quickly find your way around
the FrogPad™ keyboard.
Typing Pal for FrogPad™ is the only typing
method adapted to Frogpad™ keyboard.
For individuals, the tutorials subscription starts
at $29.99 for one month.
Features
Exercises for both right and left-handed typists
Practice texts to practice in real situations
Personalized improvement exercises based on
your statistics
Detailed statistics to keep track of your progress
Technical requirements
FrogPad™ keyboard
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