Mountain View, Calif. (March 31, 2000) -- Handspring, Inc. announced today that it has filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission for an initial public offering of its Common Stock. All the shares will be offered by Handspring.

Handspring designs and markets innovative handheld computers. Handspring's first product, the Visor, combines organizer applications with the company's unique Springboard platform expansion slot, which offers users an easy and elegant way to add hardware and software application modules. Credit Suisse First Boston will lead manage the underwriting group, with Merrill Lynch & Co., Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette and U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray serving as the co-managers. Preliminary prospectuses are not currently available. When available, prospectuses may be obtained from Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation, 11 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10010-3629.

A registration statement relating to these securities has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission but has not become effective. These securities may not be sold nor may offers to buy be accepted prior to the time the registration statement becomes effective. This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state.

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