ADVISORY/OmniSky Brings Wireless E-mail to San Francisco Financial District.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers ADVISORY for Mon.-Fri. (Jan. 22-26) Team OmniSky Descends on the Financial District to Demonstrate the Power of Wireless e-mail and Internet Access See how to access the Internet. to San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden Business Professionals OmniSky Corporation, the award-winning provider of branded wireless e-mail and Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the services for users of PDAs, will "occupy" downtown San Francisco from January 22-26, performing a series of hands-on demonstrations in key financial district locations. A task force of OmniSky demonstrators, easily identifiable by their striking black top hats and tails, will show mobile professionals practical ways the OmniSky wireless service enables them to communicate better on the go. A range of wireless tasks will be demonstrated on PDAs (Palm and Handspring hand·spring n. A gymnastic feat in which the body is flipped completely forward or backward from an upright position, landing first on the hands and then on the feet. ) such as sending and receiving e-mail, trading stocks, getting Super Bowl news, and blasting faxes from the Embarcadero em·bar·ca·de·ro n. pl. embarcade·ros California A pier, wharf, or landing place, especially on a river or inland waterway. BART station, on city sidewalks, and aboard the Larkspur Larkspur, city, United States Larkspur, city (1990 pop. 11,070), Marin co., W Calif., a prestigious residential suburb of San Francisco near Mt. Tamalpais; inc. 1908. The region's scenic beauty and excellent beaches attract many visitors. ferry. WHAT: OPERATION OMNISKY WHO: OmniSky - the award-winning provider of branded wireless e-mail and Internet services for users of PDAs MEDIA OPPORTUNITY: Conduct live, on-camera interviews with OmniSky demonstrators. Send "real time" e-mail to your news anchors from the streets of downtown SF. WHERE: Embarcadero Center Four (adjacent to JavaCity) January 22-26; 7 am-6 pm Larkspur Ferry January 24 - 5:20 pm Ferry January 25 - Ferry to be announced One Market (at entrances on Mission, Market & Stuart) January 21-26; 7 am-6 pm Embarcadero BART Station (at street entrances) January 21-26; 7 am-10 am; 4 pm-7 pm CONTACT: To arrange an on-camera interview please contact: Vanessa Wagar, OmniSky, Public Relations, (650) 962-4407, vwagar@omnisky.com |
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