Good Technology Announces Support for Cingular 8100 Series Pocket PC
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Brings Award-Winning GoodLink(TM) and GoodAccess(TM) to Another Windows Mobile 5.0 Device
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Feb. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Delivering on its vision to provide enterprise-class wireless messaging and corporate application access across an extensive choice of mobile devices, Good Technology, the leading provider of industry standards-based enterprise handheld computing software and service, today announced that its GoodLink and GoodAccess solutions will support the Cingular 8100 series Pocket PC running Microsoft Windows Mobile 5.0. The combination of Microsoft's robust operating system, the 8100 series' full feature-set, including QWERTY "slider" keyboard, Cingular's nationwide* EDGE network, and Good's secure, reliable unified mobility platform provides enterprises with a comprehensive solution for real-time, push-access to email, intranet browsing and other business critical applications.
"Good continues to enable a greater number of enterprise users to enhance their productivity on a choice of handhelds uniquely suited to their needs," said Rick Osterloh, vice president, products, Good Technology. "The Cingular 8100 series is a great choice for enterprise users who prefer a large touch screen supporting both portrait and landscape modes, and the power of the Windows Mobile 5.0 operating system. Combine that with the security and OTA management of GoodLink and GoodAccess, and enterprises have an end-to-end handheld computing solution for maximum mobile productivity."
Adding to its breadth of handheld choices on Windows Mobile-based Pocket PC, Smartphone, Palm OS and, in the future, Symbian-powered Nokia handhelds, Good now supports a greater range of line of business needs with a fully- featured Windows Mobile 5.0 Pocket PC. The integrated Wi-Fi, Bluetooth® support, and quad-band support make the Cingular 8100 series an ideal choice for customers in the healthcare, field service and manufacturing sectors who depend on integrated, mobile access to PIM, voice, and other critical enterprise applications while on the go.
"The Cingular 8100 series running GoodLink on Cingular's high speed EDGE network brings an outstanding end user experience and the robust IT management capabilities required by the most demanding mobile enterprises to yet another great Cingular business device," said Michael Woodward, executive director, mobile professional solutions for Cingular Wireless. "GoodLink gives Cingular the ability to offer customers access to corporate e-mail on a wide choice of enterprise-class handhelds, and we're pleased to be able to add the Cingular 8100 series Pocket PCs to our portfolio of GoodLink-enabled devices."
GoodLink and GoodAccess are tightly integrated with the Cingular 8100 Series Pocket PCs, providing mobile employees with the same usability that Good users at more than 8,000 corporate accounts have come to love. A common interface across industry standard handhelds reduces training time, troubleshooting difficulties, and total cost of ownership for IT, and maximizes end user device choice with a secure, managed solution.
In addition, Good Technology enables business customers to better manage their mobility costs with Zero-IT Touch(TM) Secure Over-The-Air (Secure OTA(TM)) upgrades, over-the-air application distribution and management, and protects enterprise assets with FIPS-certified security all the way from the enterprise perimeter through the transport network down to the device.
The Cingular 8100 series gives customers the best in connectivity, productivity, and mobility with Windows Mobile 5.0; integrated Wi-Fi and Bluetooth® support; persistent memory storage that retains information even when the device's battery is depleted; quad-band international roaming and EDGE. Cingular's EDGE network is the largest high-speed national wireless data network in the U.S. with availability in 13,000 cities and towns and along nearly 40,000 miles of major highways. Customers will have "world phone" capabilities through Cingular's roaming agreements with carriers in more than 165 countries for voice and 95 countries for data.
GoodLink and GoodAccess for the Cingular 8100 series are available immediately for mobile enterprises with Microsoft Exchange and, in the summer of 2006, for IBM Domino/Lotus Notes corporate email systems.
* Not available in all areas.
About Good Technology
Good Technology is the leader in enterprise handheld computing software and service, using industry standards to provide the corporate applications enterprises need on the handhelds they choose over the networks they prefer. The company's GoodAccess and GoodLink products extend mission-critical enterprise applications -- including Microsoft Exchange, Oracle, salesforce.com and Siebel -- to mobile employees when and where they need them, using end-to-end AES encrypted, FIPS 140-2 certified security, and cradle-free, real-time synchronization. GoodLink and GoodAccess are combined enterprise software and service that run on a variety of devices and networks, freeing customers from vendor lock-in, and allowing maximum flexibility. Good Technology is located in Santa Clara, California. For more information call 1-866-7-BEGOOD and select the option for sales, e-mail sales@good.com or visit www.good.com .
Members of the media, for further information, please contact:
Reena Mukamal, Good Technology, rmukamal@good.com or 408-352-1802
Web site: www.good.com/
