--  SMART kapp app now includes Premium Services, unleashing a suite of
        powerful new features
    --  Larger, 84" kapp availability announced with special pre-order promotion

CALGARY, Jan. 20, 2015 /CNW/ - SMART Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: SMT) (TSX: SMA) now offers SMART kapp® Premium Services, which enables SMART kapp app users to unlock a range of enhanced features to the already revolutionary SMART kapp board. Additionally, SMART is now accepting pre-orders for its kapp 84 digital capture board.

kapp Premium Services
 Upgrading from the free SMART kapp mobile application to the premium version of kapp enables users to extend the number of concurrent remote participants connected to a session to 250, offers additional security features, and allows for the creation of password-protected reusable links, which enables meeting hosts to readily provide a link for recurring or ad-hoc meetings. SMART kapp Premium Services are available today in the latest version of the SMART kapp app.

kapp 84
 In addition, the company is now accepting pre-orders for its upcoming 84" kapp digital capture board. This next-generation of SMART kapp offers all the features of the original kapp digital capture board but with a much larger footprint that is similar in size to a standard-size meeting room whiteboard.

SMART kapp 84 is an 84" version of SMART kapp which broadens the applications for this extraordinary solution. Engineers, designers, trainers, professors, teachers and more can now use kapp 84 for more comprehensive and larger brainstorming, content creation and collaboration. The addition of a larger size board makes the power of SMART kapp available in more spaces and places from huddle spaces to boardrooms, lecture halls, classrooms, hotels meeting facilities and much more.

A remarkable transformation from the dull, outdated dry-erase board or flip chart, SMART kapp combines true ease of use with the ability to capture, save and share work in real time on any device, anywhere in the world.

To learn more:


    --  The SMART kapp app is available for download in the Apple App and Google
        Play stores.
    --  Read this award write-up on kapp from analyst firm Frost & Sullivan

Pricing & Availability

SMART kapp Premium Services are available now directly from the kapp app. Pricing for Premium Services is $1.99 per month or $19.99 per year in the U.S., and users can cancel at any time.

SMART kapp 84 is available for pre-order today on smartkapp.com for North America and through Westcoast in the U.K. Availability for Germany, Switzerland and Austria is planned for later this quarter. The MSRP for kapp 84 is $1,199 in the U.S. and £849 in the U.K. Pre-orders qualify for a promotional price of $999 in the U.S and £699 in the U.K.

Prices outside the United States and the United Kingdom will vary.

About SMART Technologies

SMART Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: SMT, TSX: SMA) is a world leader in collaboration solutions that are redefining the way the world works and learns. We are an innovator in interactive touch technologies and software that inspire collaboration in both education and enterprises around the globe. To learn more, visit smarttech.com.

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