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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 Devonshire Marketing Vanessa Land or Jo Butler +44 (0)1276 675571 Be Incorporated Will Demonstrate BeOS Applications at ECTS Applications Include Audio, Games, Video and Internet Appliances LONDON, September 1, 1999 - Be Incorporated (Nasdaq: BEOS), developer of BeOS®, the operating system designed for digital media applications and Internet appliances, today announced that it will demonstrate multiple applications for BeOS at the ECTS '99 Conference September 5-7, 1999 at Olympia Exhibition Centre in London. Audio, games and video applications as well as Internet appliances pre-installed with BeOS will be demonstrated at the booth (# N190). "We are very excited about the myriad of applications being developed for BeOS," said Jean Calmon, vice president and general manager, Europe at Be, Inc. "The multitude of applications including audio, video and games really show-off the digital media capabilities of the BeOS architecture. Also, BeOS' modular design was built as an Internet-native system with core operating system services that specifically handle digital media in a way that is ideally suited for the Internet appliances market. The coming months promise to be exciting for both Be and consumers as these applications come to market." New applications being demonstrated by Be, Inc. at the show include: Games: The latest games for BeOS will be presented, including Quake II and Quake III Arena, running in Voodoo hardware accelerated openGL mode, Civilization: Call to Power, and Corum 3. Video: Blender -NaN-(www.blender.nl) is a fully equipped freeware 3D graphics suite with an innovative 3D interface designed by animators for modeling, rendering and post-production. This is a cross platform application, supporting BeOS, Linux, FreeBSD, Windows, SGI and Sun platforms. Latest developments include Game-Blender, providing interactive 3D game prototyping and playback. Audio: IK Multimedia's T-RackS (www.t-racks.com) is a complete mastering suite for audio professionals featuring real-time preview and processing, a state-of-the-art six bank Parametric EQ, multi-band master stereo limiter, 32-bit floating point resolution and physical modeling tube emulation. GrooveMaker from IK Multimedia (www.groovemaker.com) is the world's first real-time random groove generator. Features include the V-Mix real-time random remix engine, a large collection of sample loops, standard audio file imports, single or multi-track exports and a virtual synthesiser arpeggiator. Internet Appliances: BeOS has been pre-installed on Microworkz' new line of Information Access Devices to enable Microworkz to take full advantage of the digital media-handling features of BeOS to create non-PC devices that are marketed primarily for access to the Internet. Other functions include email, ecommerce, word processing and games. Be will also be demonstrating BeOS on the Internet Personal Access Device 'IPAD' which provides simple consumer Web access through a customizable interface. The 'IPAD' with BeOS will include features for audio and video streaming, enable low cost development and deployment, and will be e-commerce and broadband-enabled. Be, Inc. also announced the latest update to BeOS (4.5.1). Updates include support for new sound and Internet cards, support for the Adaptec 7890 (Ultra 2) and a host of improvements to existing drivers, including the Matrox, ATI, TNT2, Solo-1 and DEC Ethernet chipset drivers. The update can be downloaded from the Be, Inc. Web site, www.be.com. # # # 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).

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