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For more information, contact: Be, Inc. Sylvie Pelaprat sylvie@be.com +1 (650) 462-4113 CHEN PR Stacy Breines +1 (650) 357-8749 In Europe: Marie-Françoise Lelong-Weinberg mflelong@beeurope.com +33-1-55-91-7736 Be Incorporated Teams with RealNetworks RealPlayer G2 will be integrated into BeOS MENLO PARK, Calif./SEATTLE, August 23, 1999 - Be Incorporated, (Nasdaq: BEOS), developer of BeOS®, the operating system designed for digital media applications today announced an agreement that will bring RealNetworks RealPlayer® G2 to BeOS users for the first time. RealPlayer G2's streaming multimedia features will be integrated into BeOS and provide BeOS users with access to the highest quality audio and video programming on the Web. Under the agreement, RealNetworks will work with Be, Inc. to develop RealPlayer G2 for BeOS and include it on the BeOS CD. With more than 74 million registered users and more than 85 percent share of the streaming media market, RealPlayer G2 is the de facto standard for streaming multimedia on the Internet. Built-in content access features including Presets provide direct access to streaming media programming from within RealPlayer and continue to drive usage with more than one million media accesses per day. "We are pleased to be working with Be to integrate RealPlayer G2 with BeOS," said Len Jordan, senior vice president, Media Systems, RealNetworks, Inc. "The world is becoming media rich and BeOS has emerged as a powerful media operating system and a strong development platform that is a terrific compliment to RealNetworks' streaming media strengths." "Be's partnership with RealNetworks brings together two leaders in the new digital age," said Roy Graham, senior vice president of sales and marketing and chief marketing officer at Be, Inc. "This partnership represents a key foundation in our streaming media strategy." Be, Inc. recently began shipping BeOS Release 4.5 to bring developers and users new features and improvements that make BeOS ideal for digital media. Key new features include Media Kit additions that manage and synchronize multiple streams of audio and video and other real-time data coming from various hardware inputs and outputs. BeOS Release 4.5 also ships with an array of services including a Web-Browser, an e-mail client, media player, TV viewer, 3D audio mixer, utilities, translators, and an integrated development environment. In addition, there are over 800 applications currently available for BeOS including audio, video, graphics, office productivity, Internet and networking, development tools, utilities and games. # # # About Be® Be Incorporated offers the BeOS® operating system, an operating system designed for digital media applications and Internet appliances. BeOS is capable of providing faster and more predictable processing times for digital media applications than traditional desktop operating systems. BeOS can run on a wide range of devices including Internet appliances, desktop PCs and high-performance multiprocessor workstations. BeOS is promoted through relationships with OEMs, applications developers, consumer electronic manufacturers and Internet service and content providers. Be Incorporated was founded in 1990, is headquartered in Menlo Park, California and has offices in Asia and in Europe. Be is publicly traded on Nasdaq under the symbol BEOS and can be reached at (650) 462-4100 or http://www.be.com. Forward Looking Statements The statements contained in this Press Release may contain "forward-looking statements." Actual events or results may differ materially as a result of risks facing Be Incorporated or actual results differing from the assumptions underlying such statements. Such risks and assumptions include, but are not limited to, risks related to competition and market acceptance of BeOS, ability to establish and maintain strategic relationships, availability of third party applications that operate on BeOS, and ability to increase sales and market awareness for BeOS. All forward-looking statements are expressly qualified in their entirety by the "Risk Factors" and other cautionary statements included in the Company's prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Securities Act of 1933, with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 20, 1999 (Commission File No. 333- 77855). RealNetworks, RealPlayer, RealAudio, RealVideo and RealChannels are trademarks or registered trademarks of RealNetworks, Inc. Be and BeOS are registered trademarks of Be Incorporated. Other brand product names are registered trademarks of their respective holders. All rights reserved.

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