Sybase iAnywhere Debuts New Wireless AvantGo Software to Blackberry Subscribers
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Popular Mobile Internet Service to Be Demonstrated on New BlackBerry Pearl Handset at CTIA
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 12 / -- CTIA Wireless I.T. and Entertainment 2006 -- Sybase iAnywhere today unveiled the next generation of the AvantGo® mobile Internet service, featuring a fully-enhanced wireless experience that enables smartphone and PDA users to have always available access to their favorite Web content. The beta program for Research In Motion BlackBerry users opened today, giving users the opportunity to take the new service for a test- drive. Additional platforms will be announced in the months to come.
The new beta software gives BlackBerry users the ability to quickly browse thousands of mobile Web sites while on the go, all optimized for their mobile device. Hundreds of media companies use AvantGo to deliver up-to-date politics, news, weather, sports, travel and entertainment to users all over the globe.
"Reuters has been an early pioneer in adopting innovative technology for delivering mobile content to an influential audience on a variety of portable devices," said Stephen Smyth, vice president, Media, at Reuters. "We're excited to be working with AvantGo to complement our mobile strategy with the new Blackberry service that automatically keeps users updated with the latest news and information from Reuters."
"We are very excited to share with our customers the next-generation of AvantGo," said Mark Wilson, vice president, On Demand Services, at Sybase iAnywhere. "We expect that BlackBerry subscribers will be just as excited. With the new version of AvantGo, BlackBerry users can expect the same easy access to optimized Web content that they currently experience when receiving and responding to e-mail-always available, fast access to the latest information, wherever they go."
AvantGo RIM BlackBerry Beta Program
To be one of the first to try out the new AvantGo BlackBerry beta software, visit the Sybase iAnywhere booth #225 at CTIA Wireless I.T. & Entertainment in Los Angeles, or alternatively, register to download beta software for BlackBerry devices at: www.avantgo.com .
About AvantGo
AvantGo is a free service from Sybase iAnywhere that delivers rich, personalized mobile Web sites to smartphones and PDAs. Today, hundreds of major brands, including BMW, CNET, HP, Jeep, Microsoft, The New York Times, Reuters, and Rolling Stone leverage AvantGo to target a highly desirable demographic of millions of registered users. AvantGo offers the convenience of anywhere, anytime access, seamlessly supporting both wireless and "sync and go" connectivity.
About Sybase iAnywhere
Sybase iAnywhere enables success at the front lines of business. The company holds worldwide market leadership positions in mobile and embedded databases, mobile management and security, mobile middleware and synchronization, and Bluetooth® and infrared protocol technologies. Tens of millions of mobile devices, millions of subscribers, and 20,000 customers and partners rely on the company's "Always Available" technologies, including SQL Anywhere, Afaria, OneBridge, and the AvantGo mobile Internet service. iAnywhere is a subsidiary of Sybase, Inc. (NYSE:SY).
Crystal King
Sybase iAnywhere
978-287-1524
crystal.king@ianywhere.com
Scott Malinowski
Citigate Cunningham
617-374-4223
smalinowski@cunningham.com
Source: iAnywhere
Web site: http://www.ianywhere.com/
http://www.avantgo.com/
