Expands shopping choices by adding more than 2,000 retail outlets to innovative personal navigation service

New York—May 15, 2000—Vindigo, the leading developer of personal navigation applications for handheld devices and inshop.com (AOL keyword: inshop), the Internet shopping infomediary for retailers to drive shoppers to their stores, today jointly announced an innovative partnership to bring inshop's comprehensive store listings for over 4,000 local specialty stores, upscale designer boutiques, and department stores to Vindigo. Vindigo's free mobile service for Palm©, Inc. (Nasdaq: PALM) and Palm-compatible handheld devices arms users with the timely local content they need to make fast, informed decisions about where to Eat, Shop, and Play™—whenever and wherever they are.

In June, Vindigo users on-the-go in New York will have access to inshop's comprehensive local store listings from their mobile devices. As Vindigo expands to additional major metropolitan cities in June—including Boston, Chicago, San Francisco and Washington, D.C.—inshop will provide its comprehensive shopping information for those cities. Vindigo is available free-of-charge by downloading the application from www.vindigo.com or from www.inshop.com.

Shopping information in Vindigo is organized into several categories, from men's and women's wear to hats, scarves, and eyewear. Each listing includes complete location and contact information including store name, address, and telephone number. Now, savvy shoppers will have all of the information they need to streamline their shopping efforts at their fingertips. Finding a nearby shoe store, for example, is as easy as entering the closest intersection and selecting a listing. Vindigo can also provide door-to-door walking directions.

"Vindigo offers our customers the perfect way to keep informed about the most comprehensive, up-to-the-minute information on their favorite stores, when they are out in the street," said Véronique Bardach, CEO and founder of inshop. "inshop is committed to providing its users with the easiest, most flexible and powerful way to become savvy buyers. Now, they'll be able to access this information using Vindigo's innovative, personal navigation service."

"We are committed to delivering the richest, most comprehensive set of personal navigation services possible to put local information in every Vindigo user's hand," said Jason Devitt, CEO and co-founder of Vindigo. "The addition of inshop significantly expands the shopping section of the Vindigo service with its extensive listings of local shopping information to include every unique boutique and mainstay shopping outlet in Manhattan."

About inshop.com
Based in Manhattan, New York, inshop.com (AOL Keyword: inshop) is the free, indispensable consumer and retailer source for local shopping and fashion-related information. Shoppers visiting inshop on the Web or soon via a 24-hour toll-free automated telephone service can obtain detailed information, updated daily, on current fashion-related, sale, and promotional events happening in their favorite retail stores, online, or through catalogs. inshop provides shopping information specific to 52 cities and with over 45,000 events listed each month.

inshop is a privately held company backed by AOL Ventures, Hudson Ventures, Lazard Technology Partners and Gelardin USA LLC. The company's headquarters are located at 655 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10010. For more information about inshop.com and its services, visit the company's World Wide Web site at www.inshop.com.

About Vindigo
Vindigo creates resource-rich software for mobile devices that allows people to explore, enjoy, and connect to the world around them. The company's core product, also called Vindigo, transforms Palm Inc. organizers and compatibles into personal navigators. It delivers location-specific information about the limitless choices of places to go and things to do in popular cities. Combining mobility with an insider's insight and in-depth expert reviews from the nation's most trusted local sources—including The New York Times—Vindigo instantly adapts to a user's location and interests. Vindigo gives busy people the ability to make quick, savvy, lifestyle decisions about where to eat, shop, and play, whenever and wherever they are.

Vindigo is a privately held company backed by General Atlantic Partners LLC, Flatiron Partners, Carlin Ventures, and select private investors. The company's headquarters are located at 259 W. 30th Street, 4th floor, New York, NY 10001. For information, contact Vindigo at: (212) 741-0715 or via the Web at www.vindigo.com.

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