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9.6.01
Sensoria and CustomWeather Partner to Deliver Location-Aware, On-Demand, In-Vehicle Weather Forecasts

LA JOLLA, Calif. —September 6, 2001—Sensoria and CustomWeather announced a new partnership today at DEMOmobile 2001—an executive conference focused on the products and technology shaping the mobile and wireless marketplace—in La Jolla, Calif.

Through the partnership, CustomWeather will provide on-demand, location-aware weather forecasting services to drivers via the Sensoria Telematics Environment, a standards-based telematics platform that provides innovative third-party application developers a simple-to-use interface for delivering services to in-vehicle information systems.

CustomWeather’s content is accessed by the Sensoria Telematics Environment via a wireless connection in the vehicle and played on-demand over the car’s audio system through text-to-speech conversion.

“Sensoria’s technology allows us to enter the telematics market and deliver our weather content into the vehicle on-demand and specific to the driver’s location. The platform's GPS capabilities and text-to-speech support make it a perfect fit for our geocoded, XML-based weather forecasting services,” explains Geoff Flint, CEO of CustomWeather.

“CustomWeather is a great example of the utility and convenience of advanced telematics services,” explains Dave Gelvin, president and CEO of Sensoria. “The quick and easy integration demonstrates the value of an open platform like the Sensoria Telematics Environment and increases the opportunity for other service providers to join us.”

CustomWeather’s forecasting services are extremely well suited for use on the Internet and wireless platforms. CustomWeather provides valuable data such as comprehensive current condition reports, two-day detailed forecasts, seven-day extended forecasts, ski resort updates, marine forecasts and airport delay forecasts for over 58,000 cities worldwide, including more than 28,000 cities in the U.S. CustomWeather supplies its content in a variety of formats including XML and ASCII, giving clients total control of the look and feel of the weather content delivered to their customer.

The Sensoria Telematics Environment is a standards-based platform for delivering next-generation telematics services over conventional cellular, Bluetooth and wireless LAN connections. It enables telematics service providers to quickly and easily deploy new voice and data applications remotely to in-vehicle information systems. It consists of three components: the Telematics Server Suite, the Telematics Client Platform software, and the mGate Modular Vehicle Gateway. Sensoria has simplified the complexities of wireless and proprietary vehicle interfaces into a common set of APIs and web-based interfaces to support third-party software development for the Sensoria Telematics Environment.

About Sensoria Corporation
Sensoria Corporation is a leader in wireless and wire-line connectivity solutions that network the systems embedded in vehicles, homes and industry with the Internet. Sensoria’s technology enables access to advanced telematics, telemetry and location-based services from the car, workplace or home. Founded in 1998, Sensoria Corp. is a private company based in San Diego, California. For more information, visit http://www.sensoria.com or call (858) 673-4460.

About CustomWeather, Inc.
CustomWeather, headquartered in San Francisco, CA, offers syndicated custom weather content, services and applications that are designed to be fully integrated and private-labeled by internet and wireless information providers. CustomWeather’s geo-coded data feeds are supplied via FTP in desirable formats such as XML and ASCII. CustomWeather generates over 58,000 unique forecasts worldwide, establishing it as the leader for global location-based coverage at both the US and International levels.

Contacts
CustomWeather, Inc.

Marketing and Business Development:
Geoff Flint
415. 777 3945
marketing@customweather.com

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