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WirelessDevNet.com Press Release
Handango Honors Extended Systems with Best in Mobile Business Software Award
BOISE, Idaho--Aug. 23, 2004--
Media and Industry Experts Select XTNDConnect PC Phone Sync as Best Business Application
Extended Systems (Nasdaq:XTND), a leading provider of mobile application solutions for the enterprise, announced today that its XTNDConnect PC Phone Sync software has received the Handango Champion Award in the Best Business Application category. The Handango Champion Awards are designed to recognize exceptional mobile applications delivering the highest value to customers. Winners were chosen by a panel of industry experts including representatives from Laptop Magazine, Wireless Developer Network, RCR Wireless, USA Today/Gannett News, Network Computing, Palm Infocenter and Network World, to name a few.
With XTNDConnect sync solutions, millions of business professionals worldwide synchronize -- either wired or wirelessly -- their contacts, calendar, and email from their mobile phones and devices with MS Outlook Express, MS Outlook, and Lotus Notes, providing a seamless level of integration between mobile devices and the office desktop.
"The Handango Champion Awards honor outstanding applications developed by extraordinary companies. This particular award recognizes the contribution made to the productivity of Handango's customers in business," said Clint Patterson, vice president of marketing at Handango. "XTNDConnect PC Phone Sync won the award by enabling customers to easily connect and synchronize mobile phones with desktop business applications, ensuring a seamless transition between their mobile and office tools."
Extended Systems' synchronization software, which runs on a multitude of operating systems from proprietary to Linux, is available directly to Handango's customers. It is also shipped with dozens of mobile phones from Siemens, Sony Ericsson, Motorola, and others. To date, shipments of Extended Systems' desktop synchronization solutions for business professionals have exceeded 20 million worldwide, becoming the multi-vendor standard in the mobile phone world.
"Enterprises worldwide have deployed our OneBridge Mobile Solutions together with Palm, Windows Mobile and Symbian-based smartphones to gain access to email, PIM and other business critical applications on corporate servers," said Jeffrey Siegel, chief marketing officer at Extended Systems. "XTNDConnect PC Phone Sync provides our customers with added flexibility by providing effortless synchronization capabilities via wired, Bluetooth, infrared or WiFi directly from mobile phones and PDAs to the desktop. This wireless extension of the office enables business professionals to stay connected to their information wherever their work may take them."
About Extended Systems
Extended Systems provides the expertise, strategy and solutions to help enterprise organizations streamline their business processes through mobile technology. The Company's OneBridge Mobile Solutions suite enables companies to mobilize critical enterprise applications such as e-mail, field service, sales force automation (SFA), enterprise resource planning (ERP) and customer relationship management (CRM). Extended Systems has more than 2,500 enterprise customers worldwide and key alliance relationships.
Founded in 1984, Extended Systems has offices and subsidiaries in the United States and worldwide. For more information, call 1-800-235-7576 or visit the Company Web site at www.extendedsystems.com.
This press release contains forward-looking statements, including statements regarding the success of our XTNDConnect PC Phone Sync software and our OneBridge Mobile Solutions. These statements are subject to risks and uncertainties. These risks and uncertainties include the overall economic conditions and the level of information technology purchasing by existing and potential customers, the success of key business relationships, continued growth in the markets for our products, the perceived and realized benefits of mobile phones and devices, the timely development and acceptance of new products and technologies, the risks associated with development of new products and product enhancements, the impact of competitive products and pricing, and other risks as detailed from time-to-time in Extended Systems' SEC filings, including its 2003 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed September 29, 2003 and its 2004 Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q filed November 14, 2003, February 17, 2004 and May 17, 2004.
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