America Online Launches New Enhanced Version of Its 'AOL Mobile'--sm-- Service On Internet-Ready Phones.Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers DULLES Dul·les , Allen Welsh 1893-1969. American public official. Director of the CIA (1953-1961), he resigned after the failed invasion of the Bay of Pigs. Noun 1. , Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 16, 2001 Agreements With Travelocity Travelocity is an online travel agency operated by Travelocity.com LP. Travelocity is a wholly owned subsidiary of Sabre Holdings Corporation, which was a publicly traded company until taken private by Silver Lake Partners in March 2007. (R) and eBay Deliver Additional Value to 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. Members On the Go Qsent and NGame Also Join Channel Lineup A criminal investigation technique in which the police arrange a number of individuals in a row before a witness to a crime and ask the witness to identify which, if any, of the individuals committed the crime. in Travel and Entertainment Channels Service Also Features New Shopping, Mail and Addresses, and Updated News and Sports Channels Sports channels are television specialty channels (usually available exclusively through cable and satellite) broadcast sporting events, usually live, and when not broadcasting events, sports news and other related programming. America Online See AOL. Inc., the world's leading interactive services company, today announced the availability of new Channels, services, content and games to its newly enhanced AOL Mobile service, which provides AOL's more than 29 million members and other Internet-ready phone users with the convenience of having anytime mobile access to AOL's popular features and services. Today, AOL also announced agreements with Travelocity, eBay, Qsent and NGame to offer additional convenience and features to users of the AOL Mobile service. The new version of the AOL Mobile service, available today from the Main Menu of the Sprint PCS (1) (Personal Communications Services) Refers to wireless services that emerged after the U.S. government auctioned commercial licenses in 1994 and 1995. This radio spectrum in the 1. Wireless Web(TM) and from the AT&T Digital PocketNet(sm) Premium service, as well as from any other Internet-ready phone at mobile.aol.com, features a new Shopping Channel Shopping channels are television specialty channels that present shopping related content, particularly for home shopping enthusiasts. Home shopping pioneers:
The new AOL Mobile service menu lineup now includes: Mail & Addresses, the AOL Instant Messenger See AIM. (sm) (AIM)(sm) service(1), Finance, Local, News and Sports, Shopping, Travel, Entertainment, and Search. Since America Online first launched the AOL Mobile service on Internet-ready phones in June 2000, AOL members have found it a valuable way to access their favorite features, including AOL Mail and the and the AIM service, when they are away from the desktop. Local, Sports and Finance information are also among the most popular channels in the AOL Mobile service lineup. "We're excited about working with these partners to bring added convenience to users of our AOL Mobile service," said Lisa Hook, President of AOL Mobile. "These agreements underscore The underscore character (_) is often used to make file, field and variable names more readable when blank spaces are not allowed. For example, NOVEL_1A.DOC, FIRST_NAME and Start_Routine. (character) underscore - _, ASCII 95. our goal of working with the industry's best names to provide truly useful and entertaining interactive features and services to consumers who are accessing the AOL Mobile service through mobile phones," she continued. "As mobile commerce is becoming an increasingly important part of how consumers utilize their wireless devices, we've added a Shopping Channel to our current lineup," Hook added. "And, through new and existing partnerships for the AOL Mobile service, we're able to provide the functionality and content people want most whenever and wherever they need it -- from getting a taxi and then checking the status of a flight while headed to the airport, to placing an online bid or playing an online game before arriving at the terminal." Through the new Shopping Channel and other agreements announced today, users of the enhanced version of the AOL Mobile service can now access new Channels, services, content and games, including: -- AOL Mail and Addresses, including the ability to respond to and write mail. In addition, the AOL Mobile Address Book adds to the convenience of members' experience by fully synching with the AOL 6.0 software's desktop Address Book feature. Members can access their contacts and enjoy one-click dialing capabilities(2); -- Finance Channel, including portfolios, stock quotes, accounts, business news and content from Fortune Magazine; -- Find a local restaurant in "Dining" or get a taxi or limo from QSent, the latest additions to the already popular "Local" lineup of City Guides, Movies from AOL Moviefone, Directions from MapQuest, Traffic, White Pages and Yellow Pages; -- Get the latest news and sports information, in addition to weather, "gossip" from People.com, lottery information and horoscopes; -- Check on the status of a current bid, search for specific items or browse the variety of listings on the service through eBay. Or, search the Yellow Pages for a store nearby, and use the channel's Store Finder to get there; -- Book airline, car and hotel reservations or check flight arrivals and departures through new mobile partner Travelocity. In addition to checking weather and getting directions, users can call and schedule a taxi, sedan or limo reservation through QSent; -- Enjoy the Entertainment Channel's six free new games from NGame: Chop Suey Kung Fu, Dataclash, Alien Fish Exchange, and three casino-type games. NGame's content joins the channel lineup of other entertainment content, including puzzle games from Boxerjam, Teens content from Bolt.com, Horoscopes, Movies summaries/show times and ticket ordering from Moviefone; and -- Access national White Pages from Infospace, Yellow Pages from Digital City, and a useful ATM finder from MapQuest, as well as searching for other online content. The AOL Mobile service is available today on Internet-ready Sprint PCS Phones(TM) and through the AT&T Digital PocketNet(sm) Premium service, as well as from any other Internet-ready phone via mobile.aol.com. In addition, the AIM service(1) is available to AOL members and the rest of the tens of millions of AIM users via Sprint PCS Internet-ready Phones. From the phones' portals menus, Sprint PCS or AT&T Wireless customers just need to select "AOL" to access the Mail & Addresses, the AIM service(1), Finance, Local, News and Sports, Shopping, Travel, Entertainment, and Search channels. The AOL Mobile service will be available on VoiceStream's high-speed wireless 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 service later this Spring. 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 AOL Time Warner, Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :AOL). 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 e-commerce, commerce conducted over the Internet, most often via the World Wide Web. E-commerce can apply to purchases made through the Web or to business-to-business activities such as inventory transfers. services. (1) The AIM service is available on Sprint PCS Internet-ready Phones only. (2) Available for AOL members only. |
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