 @pos.com Announces Signing of Merger Agreement with Symbol Technologies, Inc.


San Jose, CA, Aug. 13, 2002 -@pos.com (www.atpos.com, OTC BB: EPOS), a leader
in secure, interactive electronic transaction technologies, announced today
the signing of an Agreement and Plan of Merger with Symbol Technologies, Inc.
(NYSE:SBL) and the termination of its asset purchase agreement with Hand Held
Products, Inc.

Under the terms of the Agreement and Plan of Merger, Symbol Technologies will
acquire all of @pos.com outstanding common stock for $.46 per share. The
transaction will be effected pursuant to a negotiated merger agreement,
whereby Symbol Technologies will make a tender offer for all of @pos.com
outstanding common stock.

"The transaction with Symbol will allow us to expand our operations, pursue
market opportunities and continue to develop and enhance our product line,"
said John Wood, Chief Executive Officer of @pos. We believe that not only will
the acquisition benefit our shareholders but shall also greatly benefit our
customers as well."

"The acquisition will extend our product offering to our global retail
customers. In addition, @pos's technology will complement and enhance other
Symbol product offerings," said Richard Bravman, Chief Executive Officer,
Symbol Technologies, Inc.

About @pos

@pos is a leader in secure, interactive electronic transaction technologies.
The company delivers technologies that include signature capture pads,
web-enabled platforms, smart card interfaces, and encryption engines
supporting DES and Triple DES, in addition to offering an extensive suite of
software tools. @pos currently markets its products to the retail, government
and banking segments for applications that include electronic signature
capture, debit and credit payments. For more information, see www.atpos.com,
email to info@atpos.com, or call (408) 468-5400.

About Symbol Technologies, Inc.

Symbol Technologies, Inc., is a global leader in mobile data transaction
systems, providing innovative customer solutions based on wireless local area
networking for data and voice, application-specific mobile computing and bar
code data capture. Symbol's wireless information appliances connect the
physical world of people on the move, packages, paper and shipping pallets, to
information systems and the Internet. Today, some 10 million Symbol bar code
scanners, mobile computers and wireless LANs are utilized worldwide in markets
ranging from retailing to transportation and distribution logistics,
manufacturing, parcel and postal delivery, government, healthcare and
education. Symbol's systems and products are used to increase productivity
from the factory floor to the retail store, to the enterprise and out to the
home. Information about Symbol is available at www.symbol.com and
1-800-722-6234 or 631-738-2400.



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Safe Harbor Statement

The matters discussed in this communication include forward-looking statements
such as statements relating to our ability to successfully complete the
transactions contemplated by the Agreement and Plan of Merger and statements
relating to whether the merger will add value to our business. These forward-
looking statements are subject to various risks, uncertainties, and other
factors that could cause actual results to vary materially from the results
anticipated in such forward-looking statements. Such risks and uncertainties
include, but are not limited to, the possibility that the tender offer for our
common stock may fail or that we may be unable to obtain shareholder approval
of the transaction or that we will be otherwise unable to close the
transaction contemplated. In addition, the inability to accurately predict the
success of our company before and after the merger and other risks are
detailed from time to time in our filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission. We disclaim any intent or obligation to update these
forward-looking statements.

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@pos shareholders are advised to read the tender offer statement regarding the
acquisition of the company which will be filed by Symbol Technologies and
Symbol Acquisition Corp., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Symbol Technologies,
with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the related
solicitation/recommendation statement which will be filed by @pos with the
Commission. The tender offer statement (including an offer to purchase, letter
of transmittal and related tender offer documents) and the
solicitation/recommendation statement will contain important information which
should be read carefully before any decision is made with respect to the
offer. These documents will be made available to all shareholders of @pos, at
no expense to them, by contacting the information agent, Georgeson
Shareholders Communications Inc. These documents also will be available at no
charge at the SEC's website at www.sec.gov.

