America Online Launches Mobile Developer Program to Deliver the AOL Instant Messenger Service to Mobile Users Everywhere.DULLES, Va. -- LG Electronics, Motorola, Samsung Telecommunications America and Siemens Join AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. Mobile Developer Program to Provide Customers with the Nation's Most Popular Instant Messaging Exchanging text messages in real time between two or more people logged into a particular instant messaging (IM) service. Instant messaging is more interactive than e-mail because messages are sent immediately, whereas e-mail messages can be queued up in a mail server for seconds or Service America Online See AOL. , Inc., the world's leading interactive services company, today announced that it has launched an industry-wide mobile developer program that will make it easy to develop, test and distribute licensed AOL(R) Instant Messenger AOL's instant messaging service. See AIM and instant messaging. (TM) (AIM(R)) clients for mobile devices. LG Electronics, Motorola, Samsung Telecommunications America and Siemens have signed on, and OZ, the leading developer of standards-based mobile instant messaging Mobile Instant Messaging abbreviated as MIM is a presence enabled messaging service that aims to transpose the Internet desktop messaging such as ICQ or MSN experience to the usage scenario of being connected via a mobile/cellular device. solutions, has also joined the program. The AOL Mobile Developer Program leverages the open standards Specifications for hardware and software that are developed by a standards organization or a consortium involved in supporting a standard. Available to the public for developing compliant products, open standards imply "open systems;" that an existing component in a system can be replaced of the Open Mobile Alliance (OMA (1) See Object Management Architecture. (2) (Open Mobile Alliance Ltd., La Jolla, CA, www.openmobilealliance.org) An organization formed in June of 2002 by the consolidation of the WAP Forum group and the Open Mobile Architecture Initiative. ) to produce a better instant messaging experience for mobile users everywhere, regardless of device, service provider, network or geography. Joined by four leading mobile device manufacturers as well as OZ, the AOL Mobile Developer Program marks the industry's first major commercial deployment of OMA's Wireless Village-based Instant Messaging Presence Service (IMPS) standard. "Working closely with the industry's leading manufacturers, we are able to bring the familiar AOL and AIM Buddy List A list of colleagues, workgroup members, friends, etc., that you might wish to communicate with via instant messaging. See instant messaging. (R) feature to today's mobile users, helping them to stay in touch with friends, family and associates everywhere they go," said Doug Gardner, executive director, AOL Mobile, America Online, Inc. "We are pleased to be working with some of the industry's most innovative companies as we strive to deliver the very best instant messaging experience through this industry-wide, collaborative effort."
Benefits of the new program include:
1. An AOL(R) Client Certification Kit that includes user interface
guidelines, branding elements and functional specifications;
2. Access to AOL's Gateway server, which is compliant with the OMA
client server protocol IMPS version 1.1 and version 1.2; and
3. Development support and an expedited AOL review process to help
speed the approval of new AIM clients for mobile devices.
By joining the AOL Mobile Developer Program, the leading manufacturers and OZ are ensuring an easy to use and a seamless wireless experience for AOL's community of instant messaging users. These companies were among the first to provide AOL(R) members and AIM(R) users with an AIM branded instant messaging experience on a variety of mobile devices. More than 18 million mobile instant messages are sent by AOL members and AIM users on a daily basis, and the number of messages sent and received by users on the OMA IMPS-based AIM clients is on the rise. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a recent study,(1) 20% of all IM users engage in mobile instant or SMS (1) (Storage Management System) Software used to routinely back up and archive files. See HSM. (2) (Systems Management Server) Systems management software from Microsoft that runs on Windows NT Server. text messaging Sending short messages to a smartphone, pager, PDA or other handheld device. Text messaging implies sending short messages generally no more than a couple of hundred characters in length. at least once a week, and 34% for those aged 13-21 (2) do so. Nearly one in three IM users (31%) say they send mobile instant messages to keep in touch with the office and make business decisions while on travel for work. Nearly three in four (72%) say they send mobile instant messages when they don't have time for a phone conversation, and more than half (52%) say they use mobile instant messaging to keep from disturbing others on public transportation and at sporting events. More than nine million mobile devices already feature an AIM client, and industry leaders, Nokia and Sony Ericsson For an arrangement of Sony Ericsson products, see list of Sony Ericsson products Sony Ericsson is a joint venture established in 2001 by the Japanese consumer electronics company Sony Corporation and the Swedish telecommunications company Ericsson to make mobile phones. have already delivered mobile AIM clients on their popular cellular phones. OMA IMPS-based AIM clients are available on Nokia models 3200, 3100, 1100, 3300, 3595, 6010, 6800, 6820; and Sony Ericsson models T637 and T237. Under the new AOL Mobile Developer Program, AOL has approved development of the following OMA-based AIM Clients: --LG Electronics has delivered the mobile AIM client on its L1200, C1300, G4015, and L1400 models. --Motorola has developed an AIM client for several new and yet to launch mobile devices, including the V180, V220, V400, V600 and A630 models. --Samsung has delivered the mobile AIM client on its E315, E317 and X427M models, and will deliver it on the C207 when that model is available for public purchase. --Siemens has delivered the mobile AIM client on selected C and S class products. -- OZ has created Java-based AIM clients that are pre-installed or embedded on a variety of mobile phones, including HP devices. About AOL(R) Mobile AOL(R) Mail and the AOL(R) Instant Messenger(TM) (AIM(R)) service help bridge the gap between the desktop and today's mobile lifestyle, offering the ability to send and receive e-mail and instant messages, get AOL(R) Alerts and Reminders, and access the AOL(R) Address Book and Buddy List(R) feature from mobile devices. To learn more, go to www.AOLmobile.com. About America Online, Inc. America Online, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of Time Warner Inc. Based in Dulles, Virginia Dulles, Virginia is an unincorporated census-designated place located in Loudoun County, Virginia, part of the Washington Metropolitan Area. The headquarters of AOL, Orbital Sciences Corporation and ODIN technologies and the former headquarters of MCI Inc. are located in Dulles. , America Online is the world's leader in interactive services, Web brands, Internet technologies and e-commerce services. AOL Mobile services require a text or Web-enabled device and wireless service plan. Additional charges from your wireless service provider may apply for use of AOL Mobile services. (1)Opinion Research Corporation study of instant messagers in 20 of the top US DMAs, conducted June 7-17, 2004 on behalf of America Online, Inc. All rights reserved. (2)Must be 18 or older or have parental consent to register for or use AOL or AIM instant messaging. |
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