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WirelessDevNet.com Press Release
Xpherix Introduces Remo(tm), Comprehensive Connectivity Solution For Mobile Subscribers
SAN JOSE, CA, September 17, 2003 - Xpherix(tm) Corporation, the leading provider of personalized mobile connectivity solutions, today announced the introduction of Remo(tm), a comprehensive connectivity solution for mobile subscribers, developed for QUALCOMM's Binary Runtime Environment for
Wireless(tm) (BREW) platform. For less than $8 per month, Remo is a powerful communications tool that provides integrated remote access to Email, contacts, and calendars on everyday data-enabled phones.
Remo is designed to address the millions of PC and mobile phone users who remain disconnected from vital information while out of the office because they simply cannot or will not pay the increasing costs for a Blackberry(r), Smartphone, or other high-priced hybrid devices. Between purchase prices, set-up costs and monthly subscription fees, such devices can cost more than $800 in the first year alone.
"Remo affordably delivers productive communication convenience to mobile phone customers," stated Nick Walker, CEO of Xpherix Corporation. "Mobile professionals can now stay in touch and up-to-date with one device for about
25 cents a day. Additionally, we are making mobile life easier. Traveling with multiple devices can be really painful; especially through airports with the new security screening. Remo allows business travelers to leave their laptops in the office and carry the single device they always have anyway - a mobile phone."
"Xpherix' productivity tools are an important addition to wireless data offerings available to millions of BREW users around the globe," said Gina Lombardi, senior vice president of marketing and product management, QUALCOMM Internet Services. "Xpherix' Remo serves as a testament to the innovative possibilities made possible by developers creating content for the BREW system."
Road warriors are not only looking for a less expensive solution, they are also looking to lighten their load when traveling or away from the office.
Between mobile phones, laptops, PDAs, Blackberry-like devices, and pagers, mobile professionals have had to juggle multiple devices to remain productive. Remo wirelessly connects mobile professionals to critical information held in their PC at a fraction of the cost of current solutions and does it by using the most useful device - the mobile phone.
Using Remo's Get Email function, which provides access to up to seven different, user-specified, POP or POP3 Email accounts, subscribers can easily view, reply, and send Email right from their mobile phone. Remo's Calendar function enables subscribers to use the mobile phone to view, add, edit or delete calendar events stored in their home or office computer, even when the computer isn't on. Any changes made on the phone are automatically synchronized back to their Microsoft Outlook(r) calendar. The Contacts function enables subscribers to access phone numbers, addresses, Email addresses and even the notes field from applications including Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Outlook Express(r) or Palm(tm) software.
With the touch of a button, subscribers may also download names, numbers and Email addresses directly into the phone's built-in phonebook. This 'Push-to-Phone' function is especially useful for loading the phone's address book, automatically and painlessly, removing the need to type in contact details using the phone's keypad. In addition, Remo provides camera phone users an easy way to wirelessly load Email addresses into phones so that they can send pictures to friends and family without having to type out Email addresses using the phone's keypad.
To help further address the sometimes frustrating letter entry function on mobile phones, Remo offers a 'Quick Message' response feature for Email correspondence. Subscribers may save up to 50 common Email responses and the product comes preloaded with 22 'Quick Messages' which the user can easily tailor. For Emails in need of more immediate, specific or lengthy attention, Remo's integrated contacts capability allows users to easily respond to an Email with a phone call without having to change devices or manually enter phone numbers.
Remo is the latest addition to Xpherix' award-winning product set. Only two months after its launch, Xpherix' first BREW product, iPhonebook, was recognized as the "Best Productivity Application" at Qualcomm's BREW Developer Conference.
Pricing and Availability
Remo will initially be available on LG's VX-6000 handset and will also be available in the future through other BREW-enabled phones. Users will be able to download the application for about $8.00 monthly access, in addition to airtime used. More information about Remo and supported phones can be found at www.remomobile.com.
Xpherix Corporation currently has relationships with national wireless carriers such as Verizon Wireless, Alltel Communications, US Cellular Corporation and Midwest Wireless who offer Xpherix' initial applications,
iPhonebook(tm) and iDatebook(tm). iPhonebook and iDatebook are also currently offered by BellSouth Colombia.
About Xpherix
Xpherix Corporation is the leading provider of personalized mobile connectivity solutions for corporations and mobile professionals. Xpherix dynamic directory technology and telco-class infrastructure for accessing, storing and automatically updating personal address books and enterprise directories, solve the critical business need for immediate access to accurate contacts, calendars and email. Xpherix products and services create incremental revenue opportunities for telecom carriers, call centers and mobile device manufacturers. A privately held company, Xpherix has headquarters in San Jose, California with offices throughout the United States, in Munich, Germany and London, U.K. More information can be found at www.xpherix.com.
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Xpherix, Remo, iPhonebook and iDatebook are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Xpherix Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft Outlook Express are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. Palm is a trademark of Palm, Inc. QUALCOMM and BREW are trademarks of QUALCOMM Incorporated. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners.
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