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- Published: 29 November -0001
CTIA WIRELESS, ATLANTA, March 22, 2004, Booth # 4069 – PalmSource®, Inc. (NASDAQ: PSRC) provider of Palm OS®, a leading operating system powering next generation mobile devices and smartphones, and Visto Corporation (www.visto.com), a leading provider of personal and corporate mobile messaging solutions to wireless operators for the broadest set of mobile device platforms, today announced the availability of Mobile Mail 5.0 for Palm OS Cobalt and Palm OS Garnet. Mobile Mail 5.0 is the result of a joint development effort between PalmSource and Visto, announced in June 2003, to create a standard platform email client for the Palm OS platform. Mobile Mail 5.0 can be easily configured to work with Visto’s mobile email solutions geared towards the mobile market. Wireless operators and Palm OS licensees will be able to provision Mobile Mail 5.0 for their customers using Visto Mobile Personal Edition for access to email on Palm Powered™ devices. Additionally, IT departments can use Mobile Mail with Visto Mobile Enterprise Server, giving enterprise employees access to corporate data and email on their Palm Powered devices.
Mobile Mail 5.0 is designed to provide secure and reliable, out-of-the-box wireless email functionality between Palm Powered smart mobile devices and corporate email servers such as Microsoft Exchange and Lotus Domino and POP3/IMAP email servers, allowing enterprise users and consumers to stay connected to corporate data while away from the office. PalmSource and Visto will showcase a demo version of Mobile Mail 5.0 this week at CTIA Wireless at the PalmSource Booth #4069 - Hall B4 of the Las Vegas Convention Center.
Mobile Mail 5.0 Key Features
• Over-the-air push email as well as scheduled or user initiated email synchronization;
• Easy configuration of email accounts setup;
• Support for MS Exchange, Lotus Domino, through integration with Visto Mobile Personal Edition and Visto Mobile Enterprise Server;
• Implements standard email protocols such as IMAP, POP3 and SMTP solution portfolio to meet the needs of mobile professionals, SMEs and large enterprises;
• Improved security through SSL support and encrypted authentication; and
• Enhanced IMAP folder support enables users to subscribe to up to 16 server folders.
“We are pleased to deliver Mobile Mail 5.0 as the standard platform email client for Palm OS,” said David Nagel, president and chief executive officer of PalmSource, Inc. “We believe this solution will enable Palm OS licensees, wireless operators and software developers to quickly and efficiently deploy a variety of Palm Powered products and solutions tailored to the mobile professional.”
“Combining the flexibility and ease of use of the Palm OS platform with Visto’s wireless services will provide the necessary infrastructure for wireless operators, Palm OS licensees and selected partners to deploy a secure wireless email solution, providing additional revenues opportunities,” said Brian Bogosian, chairman, president and CEO of Visto. “Mobile Mail is an outstanding solution for Visto Mobile Personal Edition, available to wireless operators for their subscribers, as well as the Visto Enterprise Server solution for IT departments.”
About Visto
Established in 1996, Visto is the leading provider of mobile messaging solutions to mobile operators for the broadest set of mobile device platforms. Visto Mobile Access Solution, Server Edition, provides departmental and enterprise access to corporate email. Visto Mobile Personal Edition is a flexible set of custom-branded applications and services that let mobile operators provide subscribers
with real-time, secure, remote access to their corporate and personal email, PIM and other files directly from their mobile devices. Both solutions include message push for immediate email notification, and are well-suited to the “converged” mobile PDAs/phones using Palm OS, Windows Mobile (for Pocket PCs and Smartphones), J2ME and Symbian platforms as well as enhanced mobile WAP/Web browser-enabled mobile devices. Visto’s solutions are available from Visto and through mobile operators worldwide, including AT&T Wireless, Bell Mobility, KPN, Manitoba Telecom Services, Nextel Communications, Inc., Rogers AT&T Wireless, SaskTel Mobility, SmarTone and TELUS Mobility. Visto is also a member of the Microsoft Mobility Partner Advisory Council (MPAC), a unique program developed by Microsoft Corp. to serve as a focused feedback mechanism for Microsoft Windows Mobile platform development, and provide leading companies with the tools and resources they need to bring to market the most innovative and successful mobility solutions. For more information, visit www.visto.com. Visto is backed by Oak Technology Partners, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Vantage Point Venture Partners, Rustic Canyon Ventures, Allegis Capital, Blueprint Ventures, The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, Bessemer Venture Partners, New Enterprise Associates and Walden VC.
About PalmSource
PalmSource, Inc. is the company behind Palm OS, a leading operating system powering mobile information devices. Approximately 30 million Palm Powered handhelds and smartphones have been sold to date worldwide. Industry leaders Aceeca, AlphaSmart, Fossil, Founder Technology, Garmin, GSL, HuneTec, Kyocera, Lenovo, palmOne, PerComm, Samsung, Sony, Symbol Technologies and Tapwave license Palm OS to create diverse mobile devices that meet unique customer needs. Palm OS has given rise to a large community of users, enterprises, developers and manufacturers, who together make up the Palm Powered Economy. More information about PalmSource is available at http://www.palmsource.com, http://www.palmsource.co.uk, http://www.palmsource.fr, http://www.palmsource.de and http://www.palmsource.com.cn.
Palm, Palm OS and PalmSource are registered trademarks of, palmOne and Palm Powered are trademarks of, Palm Trademark Holding Company, LLC. Other brands may be trademarks of their respective owners. Visto Corporation, Visto, the Visto logo, Visto Mobile Enterprise Server, Visto Mobile Access Solution, Visto Mobile Personal Edition, WirelessInbox, MessageXpress and Transcend Mail are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Visto Corporation. All other registered trademarks, trade names or service marks are the property of their respective owners.
Visto’s technology is protected by U.S. Patents 6,085,192, 5,968,131, 6,023,708, 5,961,590, 6,131,116, 6,151,606, 6,233,341, and 6,131,096. Other patents pending.
Forward Looking Statement
This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, as well as assumptions that, if they never materialize or prove incorrect, could cause our results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements include, without limitation, statements related to the features, functions, benefits and delivery of Mobile Mail 5.0. The risks and uncertainties that could cause our results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements include, without limitation, the availability of Mobile Mail 5.0; the ability of Mobile Mail 5.0 to provide the anticipated results and benefits; the ability of Palm OS licensees, wireless operators, and software developers to timely deploy a variety of Palm Powered products and solutions that meet the demands of mobile professionals; our ability to benefit from any growth in the smart mobile device markets; and the general economic conditions in the U.S. and abroad and other risks and uncertainties contained in our public announcements, reports to stockholders and other documents filed with and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission, including our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended August 29, 2003 and November 28, 2003. All forward-looking statements in this press release are based on information available to us as of the date hereof, and we assume no obligation to update these forward-looking statements.
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CONTACT INFORMATION
Cynthia Harris
Public Relations, PalmSource, Inc.
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Tuesday Uhland
Access PR for Visto
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