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WirelessDevNet.com Press Release
Pocket PC Magazine Declares ACCESS' NetFront Browser for Pocket PC Best Internet Browser
TOKYO, FREMONT, Calif., OBERHAUSEN, Germany and BEIJING, Nov. 8
-- ACCESS Co., Ltd. (Tokyo Stock Exchange: 4813), a global
provider of mobile content delivery and Internet access technologies, today
announced that its NetFront(R) Internet browser for Pocket PC which includes
JV-Lite(TM) 2, a Sun authorized Java virtual machine, has been selected as a
winner in Pocket PC Magazine's Best Software Awards 2004 competition. NetFront
was declared the overall winner from among eight other products in the
"Browsers and Web Utilities" category by a Pocket PC Magazine global panel of
experts.
Pocket PC Magazine's fourth annual Best Software Awards are intended to
help users select the software that best suits their Windows Mobile, Pocket PC
and Smartphone needs by recognizing vendors that produce outstanding software.
Originally launched in 1997, Pocket PC Magazine is recognized as one of the
leading publications covering all things Windows Mobile including Pocket PCs,
Smartphones, Portable Media Center, and Windows CE-based handhelds. Pocket PC
Magazine has an audited circulation of 76,191 including newsstand sales, paid
print and digital subscriptions.
"We are extremely flattered to be honored with this prestigious award from
Pocket PC Magazine," said Toru Arakawa, president and CEO of ACCESS. "This
award is an excellent testament to ACCESS' continuing dedication to deliver
the best possible mobile Internet browsing experience to users of the Pocket
PC and Windows Mobile platform."
About NetFront Browser
NetFront browser recently surpassed over 139 million deployments globally
that include 293 unique devices ranging from mobile phones and PDAs to digital
televisions, gaming consoles, and automobile telematics systems from 90 major
Internet device manufacturers. NetFront supports a wider range of operating
systems than any competing browser including solutions for Palm(R) OS, Symbian
OS, Linux OS, Windows Mobile/PocketPC and mobile handset environments like
BREW(TM). NetFront browser technology is used by the world's leading mobile
operators, software providers and electronics manufacturers including Adobe,
Alpine, AT&T Wireless, Casio, China Mobile, China Unicom, Epson, Hitachi,
Hutchinson 3G Group, IBM, KDDI, NEC, NTT DoCoMo, Mitsubishi, palmOne,
PalmSource, Samsung, SANYO, Sharp, Sony, Telcel Venezuela, Toshiba and more.
About ACCESS
ACCESS Co. Ltd. (Tokyo Stock Exchange: 4813) is headquartered in Tokyo,
Japan, with offices throughout the world including major centers in the U.S.,
Germany, and China. ACCESS is a leading global provider of mobile Internet
technologies and consultation services for the beyond-PC market. ACCESS'
NetFront browser technology powers 293 different commercial products worldwide
including mobile phones, digital televisions, set-top boxes, game consoles,
PDAs, car navigation systems, web phones, kiosk terminals and intranet
terminals. ACCESS' NetFront browser technology is most widely deployed in
mobile phones for NTT DoCoMo's popular i-mode and FOMA(TM) services. To date,
over 139 million ACCESS software licenses have shipped from more than 90 major
Internet device manufactures. ACCESS was listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange
Mothers market on February 26, 2001. More information is available at
http://www.access.co.jp/english/ or http://www.access-us-inc.com.
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