MobiMate Ltd. Brings Best of Class Travel Services to the Palm Treo 680 with WorldMate 2007 Pro
Written by MobiMate Ltd.
Friday, 29 December 2006
LOD, Israel - MobiMate Ltd. announced today the release of WorldMate 2007 Professional Edition. The new version of WorldMate with enhanced global weather coverage was intended specially for the new Palm® Treo™ 680 smartphone.
This release continues the eight-year tradition of MobiMate working with Palm, Inc., making the WorldMate product franchise one of the longest-standing and best-selling applications for the Treo smartphone and other Palm devices. This legendary performance has provided MobiMate over the years the experience needed to tailor its products to be ideal for Palm Treo users, turning WorldMate into one of the most dominant travel applications among them and one of the most popular Palm applications.
“The Treo smartphone has been a fantastic platform for WorldMate’s online and offline content services,” explains MobiMate’s CEO, Nadav Gur. “We are truly excited about the Treo 680 and look forward to expanding our business to this next generation of Treo users.”
Mike Rank, director of developer relations at Palm, Inc., adds, “WorldMate’s range of services is ideally suited to the needs of business travelers and frequent fliers, giving them important information on the go in an easy-to-use format.”
WorldMate takes advantage of the Treo 680’s capabilities to provide an industry leading suite of services including flight schedules, flight status, itinerary management, global weather forecasts with animated satellite imagery, world clocks, and many other features. It has become the de facto standard mobile application for business and leisure travelers.
The Palm Treo 680 smartphone is a full-featured mobile phone that offers consumers and business customers everything needed to stay organized. Designed to appeal to new users and businesses that want to deploy an affordable, all-in-one phone to their mass workforce, the new GSM/GPRS/EDGE quad-band world phone(1) is easy to use, slim and compact, yet packed full of features beyond its stellar phone capability, such as email, web browsing, messaging, multimedia, calendar and contacts.(2)
More information about the Treo 680 smartphone is available at www.palm.com/Treo680.
(1) Designed to be compatible with networks implementing GSM/GPRS/EDGE standards, but may not be available or operate in all countries.
(2) Within wireless service coverage area only. Availability and coverage depends upon carrier and the geographic scope of international roaming agreements. Email, messaging and web access requires data services from a mobile service provider at an additional cost. Email account not included. EDGE service not available in all areas.
About WorldMate
WorldMate® is the world’s leading mobile travel service, providing subscribers with a host of services for their busy lives. Mobile services range from weather and currency information to flight schedules and real-time flight status. Utilities include travel expense reporting, itinerary planning and exchange, currency conversion, calculators, world clocks and much more. The WorldMate product line is available on nine (9) platforms including J2ME, BlackBerry®, Palm OS®, Microsoft Windows Mobile for Pocket PC and Smartphone, Symbian UIQ, Series 60, Series 80 and 90 Communicators and Desktop PC. It is the only mobile application worldwide to have been a top-10 best seller on more than 5 platforms to date.
WorldMate® is the seven-time recipient of the Handango Champion award in the several categories, and has received countless wireless developer accolades and endorsements from Nokia, Palm, Sony Ericsson and Symbian, as well as awards from industry specific eZines such as PC Magazine, ZDNet, Pocket PC Magazine, Geek.com and others.
About MobiMate Ltd.
MobiMate is the clear leader in the mobile travel-related services category with WorldMate -- the leading mobile travel service. MobiMate’s unique approach to the Mobile Internet sees the product as a combination of clever, attractive and user-friendly software, valuable content and services from recognized sources, and an on-line service delivering this content to the end-user’s device. MobiMate’s leadership in this space has been recognized by leading handset manufacturers who bundle MobiMate products with their devices, including Nokia, Sony-Ericsson, Hewlett Packard and others.
MobiMate and WorldMate are registered trademarks of MobiMate, Ltd. Palm, Palm OS and Treo are among the trademarks or registered trademarks owned by or licensed to Palm, Inc. All other trade names and trademarks are the property of their respective holders.
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