America Online and Motorola to Bring the AOL Instant Messenger Service to Next Generation Motorola Wireless Messaging Devices.Business & High-Tech Editors 3GSM World Congress 2002 DULLES, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 18, 2002 Built-in Version of AIM Service Allows Mobile Operators to Offer Consumers Easy, One-Click Access to 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 From Motorola Wireless Devices America Online See AOL. , Inc., the world's leading interactive services company, and Motorola, Inc., a global leader in providing integrated communications and embedded electronic solutions, announced today that the companies are working together to integrate a built-in version of the 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. (R) Instant Messenger AOL's instant messaging service. See AIM and instant messaging. (TM) service (AIM(R)) into a wide range of Motorola wireless handsets. By including the AIM service as an embedded feature on its wireless devices, Motorola and AOL will make it even easier for mobile operators to offer consumers a fun, 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. solution without requiring consumers to install or set up any software on their wireless device. Motorola and AOL will be conducting demonstrations of the built-in AIM service on Motorola wireless devices in AOL Time Warner's stand at this week's 3GSM World Congress and exhibition in Cannes, France (Palais des Festivals, Stand L19 in Hall 4). "With the built-in version of the AIM service on Motorola wireless devices any consumer with an AOL Screen Name and a password can be up and running and exchanging instant messages in no time," said Lisa Hook, President of AOL Anywhere for America Online. "Already, AOL audiences send more than one billion instant messages a day to their friends and loved ones loved ones npl → seres mpl queridos loved ones npl → proches mpl et amis chers loved ones love npl and for carriers, offering the AIM service on Motorola's wireless devices presents a great opportunity to increase the use of text-based services." "Messaging is today's wireless 'killer app' and by integrating the AIM service on our wireless devices, we're making it even easier for consumers to use this popular service, on the go," said Richard Foss, Corporate Vice President and Director of Worldwide Product Marketing for Motorola. "Together with AOL, we're able to offer mobile operators great services that provide a new level of convenience for consumers." The AOL Instant Messenger See AIM. service is used by millions of Internet users every day to communicate in real time with friends and family. One of its key features, the Buddy List(R) feature, allows users to immediately see when family, friends and other contacts are online and available to exchange instant messages. With "mobile" instant messaging, people have a whole new way to use their phone or wireless device by sending and receiving private text messages with others in real time. This makes it possible to reach people wherever they are - on their mobile phone, at home or work on their computer, or using a mobile device - with the added benefit of seeing when friends, family and other contacts are online and "chatting without talking" when discretion during a personal conversation is needed. The embedded version of the AIM service for mobile devices was launched last fall and is currently a finalist for the GSM Association's Best Consumer Application or Service award. About Motorola, Inc. Motorola, Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :MOT) is a global leader in providing integrated communications solutions and embedded electronic solutions. Sales in 2001 were $30 billion. 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: AOL). Based in Dulles, Virginia, America Online is the world's leader in interactive services, Web brands, Internet technologies and e-commerce services. MOTOROLA, the Stylized styl·ize tr.v. styl·ized, styl·iz·ing, styl·iz·es 1. To restrict or make conform to a particular style. 2. To represent conventionally; conventionalize. M Logo and all other trademarks indicated as such herein are trademarks of Motorola, Inc. (R)Reg. U.S. Pat. & T. Off. All other product or service names are the property of their respective owners. (C) 2001 Motorola, Inc. All rights reserved. Printed in the U.S.A. |
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