|
Newsletters
|
|
|
|
|
Wireless Developer Network - Daily News
View Today's WirelessDeveloper NewsWire
Today's News |
WirelessDevNet DevZones |
Yesterday's News |
Submit News |
News-"wireless" Top Stories! |
Around-The-Web
| Wireless DevZones!
O2 ANNOUNCES "XMAIL" ON THE MOVE FOR PROFESSIONAL CONSUMERS
URL(s): www.o2.co.uk/xmail
O2 today announced the launch of xmail(tm), a new mobile email service for its xda® handset - a combined colour Personal Digital Assistant and mobile phone (GPRS) handset. xmail provides busy professionals access to their business email, calendar, corporate and personal contacts and tasks whilst they are on the move.
xmail users will be able to get more from what was once considered wasted time, such as being stuck in a taxi or on a train journey, with always-on email services plus the ability to automatically synchronise email messages from their desktop directly with their xda.
"xmail meets the needs of professional consumers who are looking for a secure, easy-to-use email service. In trials customers said that xmail allowed them to 'stay ahead of the game' and 'made every minute of their time more valuable'", said Kent Thexton, chief data and marketing officer, mmO2 plc. "O2 has now sold over 50,000 xda's and the customer experience has been excellent - but there has been a demand for a more varied email connectivity solutions. As a leader with email on the move we look to continue to expand this market."
xmail is a self provisioning service so getting started is simple; customers download the software from the O2 website (www.o2.co.uk/xmail) and are up and running with secure access to their business data in minutes. All data is delivered to the subscriber's mobile device in real-time, without the need for cradle synchronisation.
Customers can sign up for a free 10 day trail of xmail. After that customers pay £9.99 per month for the xmail service charge. This does not cover any airtime or data usage.
xmail from O2 is enabled by System SEVEN(tm), a patent-pending mobile data services platform developed by SEVEN. System SEVEN is deployed by mobile operators worldwide, and has received multiple awards, including Network Magazine's 2003 Product of the Year, and the Frost & Sullivan Market Engineering Award for Technology Innovation.
"O2 leads the mobile market with advanced, compelling devices such as the Microsoft Pocket PC-powered xda," said Bill Nguyen, founder and president of SEVEN. "xmail transforms the xda beyond a great PDA to a killer appliance for fully synchronised, over-the-air personal and business messaging."
In order to use xmail customers will need:
* The xda
- With mobile internet on an O2 sim card with Mobile Web from O2
* or
- WAP browser on your mobile phone
- Web browser on a laptop with GPRS data card or phone for mobile web
- Other Pocket PC devices e.g iPAQ and a GPRS card or phone
About O2
O2 aims to enrich customer's lives by enabling them to get the most from their mobile. As a leading provider of mobile services to consumers and businesses in the UK, O2 offers a range of services including text, media messaging, games, always on data connections (via "GPRS") and much more. Other services under development include music over mobile and mobile video. O2 is the UK market leader in mobile data services such as text, with over half a billion messages being sent by O2 customers each month.
O2 was formed in 2001 following the demerger from British Telecom of its former mobile business, BT Wireless. O2 (UK) Limited is a subsidiary of mmO2 plc which also delivers O2 branded services in Ireland and Germany. O2 has approximately 12 million customers in the UK.
xmail is a trademark of O2 Limited
xda is a registered trademark of O2 Limited
About SEVEN
SEVEN creates enhanced mobile messaging and PIM applications, available on the widest variety of devices across 2.5 and 3G networks. The company's patent-pending System SEVEN(tm) software architecture empowers mobile operators to deliver subscribers secure, manageable, real-time access to personal and enterprise applications on their device of choice, including Palm, Pocket PC and Symbian based smart devices, PDAs, mobile phones and internet browsers. Available today through Cingular Wireless, O2, Orange and Sprint PCS, SEVEN provides individuals and businesses with the leading, lowest cost mobile data solution. SEVEN is a global company headquartered in Redwood City, CA, with regional offices in London and Tokyo. For more information, please visit
|
|
|
|
