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WirelessDevNet.com Press Release
Sybase iAnywhere Announces General Availability of Avantgo Travel Guide
DUBLIN, Calif., March 21 -- iAnywhere, a subsidiary
of Sybase, Inc. (NYSE: SY), today announced the general availability of the
AvantGo Travel Guide, a mobile companion for subscribers of its popular
AvantGo(R) mobile Internet service. The Travel Guide is available as an
additional "tab" within the AvantGo application, enabling users to quickly and
easily access flight itineraries, weather, directions, maps and city guides.
The Travel Guide, sponsored by Cadillac, brings together access to user
account information from top travel partners including Expedia Corporate
Travel, Northwest Airlines, Sabre Virtually There, Travelocity Business and
United Airlines. Since the beta was announced last year, United Airlines has
been added to the travel partner lineup, and added features include a currency
conversion tool, 100 additional city guides, and 1000 additional metro areas
for weather forecasts.
"We are committed to delivering innovative service to our customers," said
Kenneth Feldman, vice president-Loyalty and e-Commerce, United Airlines.
"Offering a United channel on the AvantGo mobile Internet service gives our
customers a dynamic way to access not only flight information, but also real-
time travel information, further enhancing their overall travel experience."
"The AvantGo Travel Guide further demonstrates our dedication to offering
applications that will enable business professionals to have 'always
available' access to important information," said Neil Versen, senior director
of AvantGo at iAnywhere. "Thirty percent of AvantGo's users travel seven or
more times a year. This makes the Travel Guide a doubly important feature for
us to offer to our subscribers, enabling them access crucial information to
them anywhere and anytime, free of charge."
Availability
The AvantGo Travel Guide is available immediately for users of AvantGo
version 5.7 or above software, available for Palm OS 5, Symbian UIQ, Symbian
Series 60 (v6.1) and Windows Mobile Pocket PC devices. An online-only version
is available for RIM BlackBerry devices. The Travel Guide is available in
English only. Version 5.7 and above users only need to synchronize their
device to receive the Travel Guide. A free AvantGo account is required,
available from http://www.avantgo.com. Visit http://www.avantgo.com/travel for additional
information.
About AvantGo
AvantGo is a free service from iAnywhere that delivers rich, personalized
mobile websites to smartphones and PDAs. Today, hundreds of major brands,
including BMW, CNET, HP, Jeep, Microsoft, The New York Times and Rolling Stone
leverage AvantGo to target a highly desirable demographic of millions of
registered users. AvantGo offers the convenience of anywhere, anytime access,
seamlessly supporting both wireless and "sync and go" connectivity. To learn
more about AvantGo visit http://www.avantgo.com.
About iAnywhere
iAnywhere enables success at the front lines of business. The company
holds worldwide market leadership positions in mobile and embedded databases,
mobile management and security, mobile middleware and synchronization, and
Bluetooth(R) and infrared protocol technologies. Tens of millions of mobile
devices, millions of subscribers, and 20,000 customers and partners rely on
the company's "Always Available" technologies, including SQL Anywhere, Afaria,
OneBridge, and the AvantGo(R) mobile Internet service. iAnywhere is a
subsidiary of Sybase, Inc. (NYSE: SY). Visit http://www.ianywhere.com for more
information.
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