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Notiziario Marketpress di
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THE WORLD WIDE WEB AVAILABLE AT YOUR FINGERTIPS FREE INTERNET ACCESS FOR PALM PRODUCT USERS EVERYWHERE
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London, Uk, 10 March 2000 - Palm, Inc. (Nasdaq: Palm) announced that its new colour device, the Palm Iiic´, will debut in the Uk bundled with award winning software from Avantgo. Palm Iiic handheld computer users will be able to access over 300 top web-sites, enabling them to purchase tickets, catch up with the news and review travel information on their Palm devices. With Avantgo. Com, the company´s free interactive internet service, Palm Iiic product users have quick access to personalised internet information using either a wireless connection or via synchronisation with a desk-top Pc. Existing Palm product users can take advantage of a free download via the Internet and select the sites they want to access. Phil Hibberd, Vice President of Avantgo Europe, commented: "With the adoption of handheld devices and mobile phones exploding across the Uk, Avantgo. Com provides the ultimate service for Palm product users. With Avantgo on board users can access any information on the web for free. In addition, many of our channels now offer custom web content, allowing users to track personalised data from stock portfolios to weather reports. " John Cook, Director of Consumer Product Marketing, Palm, Inc, said: "We are delighted to be bundling Avantgo software with the new Palm Iiic organiser. It builds on our commitment to deliver products that are directly in tune with our customers´ changing needs. The solution allows users to carry around with them colour images of people, places and things that are important to them. "Together, the Palm Iiic organiser and Avantgo software represent an ideal way for individuals and mobile professionals to obtain the interactive and personalised information they want on a consumer friendly, visually appealing interface. " The Avantgo. Com service offers over 300 optimised channels from leading web sites covering the latest in news, sports, finance, weather and entertainment. Users of the interactive service also have the option to add their favourite web-sites as Avantgo. Com channels. Using the simple five-step wizard, any web-site can be added to more than 1, 200 user-submitted channels already available. The authority in managing mobile information, Avantgo, Inc. Wirelessly extends Internet, intranet and extranet applications to handheld computers based on the Palm Computing" and Windows Powered Pocket Pc platforms, and Internet-enabled phones (such as Wap and traditional microbrowser phones). With its core products, Avantgo Enterprise for Fortune 1000 companies and Avantgo. Com for individuals on the go, the company helps organisations stay closer to their customers. Using Avantgo. Com, today hundreds of thousands of individuals are accessing free, interactive and personalised content from leading media providers on more than 350 optimised channels. Named as one of Computerworld´s ´Top 100 Hot Emerging Companies to Watch in 2000´, Avantgo. Com also recently won Pc Magazine´s Technical Innovation Award for Best Internet Tool/service of 1999. For more information, please visit the company´s web site at www. Avantgo. Com or call +44 (0)208 387 1223. For information: Kirsty Tewes/rebecca English The Weber Group Europe Tel: +44 171 240 6189 Email: renglish@webergroup. Co. Uk - Lorraine Legros Palm, Inc. Tel: +33 1 41 97 46 16 Email: lorraine_legros@3com. Com - Business Press srl Silvia Rocchi voice (+39) 02 72585. 1. |
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