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WirelessDevNet.com Press Release
WorldMate Comes to a Java Phone Near You
Lod, Israel August 6, 2004 -- Following the exceptional success of WorldMate on other platforms MobiMate announces that their best selling mobile travel application is now available on J2ME phones. The service, now available on pervasive Java phones, is comparable with the WorldMate versions available on smart-phone platforms like Symbian, who have won industry recognition as well as best-seller status. MobiMate’s WorldMate Standard Edition includes 4 functions bundled in the same product – World Clocks, World Weather for 257 major cities worldwide, provided by The Weather Channel Interactive, Inc. (www.weather.com), a Currency Converter with on-line currency rate updates, and a graphical Day / Night World Map. The service is in use by hundreds of thousands of users worldwide on smart-phone and PDA platforms, and is bundled with devices from notable vendors like Sony Ericsson, Nokia, HP, PalmOne and others. Many mobile phone operators have already shown interest in working in cooperation with MobiMate in order to offer WorldMate directly to their customers.
Nadav Gur, MobiMate’s CEO, was quoted stating “WorldMate Standard Edition is a clear demonstration of the capabilities of J2ME phones. We have waited years for these phones to evolve to a point where we can provide a compelling bundle of functionality and user experience. WorldMate J2ME is a useful, useable and attractive application – like its counterparts on other platforms.”
WorldMate Standard Edition for J2ME will initially be made available only through select wireless operators, aggregators and handset vendors.
For more details please visit www.mobimate.com/j2me/wmse or by email j2me@mobimate.com
About WorldMate
WorldMate is a leading mobile travel application service for smart-phones with hundreds of thousands of users worldwide. In 2004, WorldMate won the Handango Champion awards as the “Best Travel application for Palm OS” and the “Best Travel application for Symbian OS”. In 2003, WorldMate won the Handango Champion awards as the “Best Travel application for Symbian OS” and the “People’s Choice Awards”. WorldMate also won the Pocket PC Magazine awards as the “Best Travel-Time application for Pocket PC” in 2003, and was nominated as a finalist for Ericsson’s 2003 Mobile Applications Award. Its key features include world clocks with automatic DST calculation, a world map with day/night display, 5-day worldwide weather forecasts from The Weather Channel updated on-line, a currency converter with daily exchange rate updates, measurements converter, and more. It is available for Palm OS®, Pocket PC®, Symbian UIQ, Series 60 and Series 90, and the J2ME platform. The service is based on a Client / Server model, with the server hosted by MobiMate. WorldMate’s unique on-line capabilities make it a natural complement for wireless mobile devices. Research has shown that WorldMate Standard Edition generates over 300 KB of data traffic on average per month per user (over GPRS, EDGE or CDMA 1X or comparable networks).
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