Alltel Extends Push E-Mail to MOTORAZR and Kyocera Strobe.Alltel's Office Sync E-Mail Service See Internet e-mail service. , Powered By SEVEN, Will Be Added to Other Handsets Later LITTLE ROCK, Ark. & REDWOOD CITY Redwood City, city (1990 pop. 66,072), seat of San Mateo co., W Calif., on San Francisco Bay; inc. 1868. Manufactures include commmunications, electrical, electronic, and medical equipment. , Calif. -- Alltel Wireless (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : AT), America's largest network, and SEVEN, the global market leader in push e-mail (1) Automatically transmitting e-mail messages that have been received by a desktop or server mail system to a PDA, laptop or other portable device to keep mobile users up-to-date. software, today announced that Alltel customers now can send and receive e-mail in real time from select BREW handsets. The service is currently available on the MOTORAZR V3c and the Kyocera Strobe K612B and will be added to other BREW handsets later. "Office Sync for BREW devices is a great option for customers who prefer to use conventional wireless handsets rather than PDAs," said Wade McGill, senior vice president of product management for Alltel Wireless. "It significantly expands the options for keeping Alltel customers connected with friends and business associates while on the go. We're pleased to be the first wireless carrier to launch this service with SEVEN." Office Sync for BREW handsets also provides users with access to their corporate contacts. It is available from Alltel for $14.99 per month, including unlimited data. Customers can find out more by contacting their Alltel Wireless business solutions representative or by calling 1-877-BIZ-CNTR, or by visiting their nearest Alltel retail store. "We have been delighted to see Alltel's dedication in making Office Sync such a success in only six months from its introduction," said Kent Thexton, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of SEVEN. "Thanks to the extensive cooperation with SEVEN, Alltel, Motorola, Kyocera and Qualcomm, Office Sync for BREW handsets overcomes the traditional compromise between handset performance and style. Combined with an Alltel unlimited data plan where you don't need to compromise between features and price, Office Sync now enables enterprise customers of all sizes as well as consumers to enjoy the benefits of mobile e-mail." The new service is the latest addition to Alltel's rapidly expanding array of advanced wireless communications wireless communications System using radio-frequency, infrared, microwave, or other types of electromagnetic or acoustic waves in place of wires, cables, or fibre optics to transmit signals or data. products. It complements the introduction earlier this year of Office Sync for Palm OS[R] and Windows Mobile The Windows platform from Microsoft for handheld devices, including PDAs, cellphones and Portable Media Centers. See Pocket PC, Pocket PC Phone Edition, Smartphone and Portable Media Center. [TM] devices. Office Sync is available today in two versions: Enterprise Server Edition for businesses and Personal Edition for individuals and smaller businesses. Based on SEVEN's award-winning push e-mail software, both versions of Office Sync are easy to install and simple to use and meet the growing communications needs of mobile professionals. The SEVEN software on BREW automatically pushes new e-mail to the user's phone immediately, mirroring changes on desktop and vice versa VICE VERSA. On the contrary; on opposite sides. , extending all the benefits of real-time desktop messaging to the mobile device with a very comfortable user experience. About SEVEN SEVEN is a global provider of software that enables mobile operators, Internet e-mail providers and service providers to offer their subscribers secure, low-cost, real-time access to business and personal e-mail applications. SEVEN's software is specialized to meet the unique needs and requirements of the Fortune 500 enterprise, the small-to-medium organization, workgroups, individual professionals and consumers. The SEVEN software supports all major device platforms, including BREW, J2ME (Java 2 Platform, Micro Edition) A version of Java 2 for cellphones, PDAs and consumer appliances. J2ME uses the K Virtual Machine (KVM), a specialized Java interpreter for devices with limited memory. , Microsoft Pocket PC, Microsoft Smartphone 2003, Microsoft Windows See Windows. (operating system) Microsoft Windows - Microsoft's proprietary window system and user interface software released in 1985 to run on top of MS-DOS. Widely criticised for being too slow (hence "Windoze", "Microsloth Windows") on the machines available then. Mobile 5.0, Palm OS and Symbian-based phones, and currently ships on over 200 mobile phone models manufactured by Hitachi, HTC HTC HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) Component HTC High Tech Computer Corp (Taiwan, China) HTC Hennepin Technical College (Minnesota) HTC High-Throughput Computing , HP, Motorola, Nokia, Palm, Sanyo, Samsung, Sony Ericsson and Toshiba. SEVEN is available today across major international network standards, and has been chosen by 100 leading mobile operators and service providers worldwide. SEVEN is headquartered in Redwood City, CA, USA, with local offices around the globe. For additional information, visit www.seven.com. About Alltel Alltel is owner and operator of the nation's largest wireless network and has more than 11 million wireless customers. Alltel, NYSE: AT www.alltel.com |
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