Handmark® Pocket Express(TM) Wins Top Wireless Powered Up Award
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Breakthrough Information Service Judged Best Wireless/Over-the-Air Application for Palm OS by PalmSource
KANSAS CITY, MO - (19 December 2005) - Handmark®, a global leader in mobile media, today announced that its Pocket Express(TM) mobile information service has received a Fall 2005 U.S. Powered Up Award from PalmSource, Inc., for Best Wireless/Over-the-Air application for Palm OS®. Palm Inc., Cingular Wireless, PalmGear.com, a division of Motricity and CNET Download.com are co-sponsors of the Fall 2005 U.S. Powered Up Awards.
"Handmark Pocket Express makes great use of the wireless capabilities of Palm OS," said Albert Chu, vice president of business development, PalmSource. "With its small footprint, fast updates and essential information, Pocket Express is a must-have for users of wireless Palm Powered(TM) devices."
Pocket Express turns any wireless Palm OS device into a personalized instant information center. News, sports, movies, maps, an Oxford dictionary and more can be automatically updated throughout the day, and accessed with minimal navigation. The personalized Pocket Express experience is faster than web surfing by orders of magnitude, and the intuitive PageOne interface serves up content with a fraction of the clicks required by mobile browsing.
"The Powered Up Award is evidence of how compelling the Pocket Express experience is in the daily life of mobile consumers. It is also a well-deserved recognition of the outstanding work of our design and engineering teams," said Douglas Edwards, Handmark cofounder and executive vice president.
Handmark Pocket Express is available for $6.99 per month or $69.90 per year at express.handmark.com. For more information on Pocket Express and other Handmark software applications, visit www.handmark.com.
About Handmark
Handmark is a global leader in the development and distribution of mobile content solutions. The company's flagship Pocket Express wireless service bundle offers consumer-friendly access to news, reference and infotainment content on mobile phones as well as BlackBerry, Treo and Windows Mobile wireless handhelds. The company also holds key mobile content distribution patents including Java-based push technology for wireless devices; has technology and distribution relationships with CNN International, The Associated Press, Oxford University Press, Hasbro, MobiTV, TV Guide and Zagat Survey as well as Sprint, Nextel, T-Mobile, Verizon, and others; and has an estimated 43 percent market share in mobile software titles sold through retail channels. Handmark has R&D facilities in Gothenburg, Sweden; Kansas City, Missouri; and Dallas, Texas, with sales offices in Chicago, Kansas City, San Francisco, Stockholm, and London. For more information, visit www.handmark.com.
© 2005 Handmark, Inc.; Handmark is a registered trademark, Pocket Express, tools & toys for a mobile generation, the Handmark logo, and associated trade dress are trademarks of Handmark, Inc. PalmSource,Palm OS and Palm Powered are among the trademarks or registered trademarks owned by or licensed to PalmSource, Inc. All rights reserved.
