AppForge Announces MobileVB Support for Series 60 Platform Devices.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 22, 2003 AppForge, Inc., a leading provider of software products and services for the handheld, mobile and wireless industry, today announced MobileVB 4.0 which will support additional platforms including Series 60 devices such as the Nokia(R) 3600, 3650, and 7650 phones. "We are pleased that AppForge will be supporting Series 60 devices," said Lee Epting, vice president, Nokia Mobile Software. "We are confident that MobileVB 4.0 will contribute strongly to the breadth of quality applications available for Nokia's Series 60 handsets." With the addition of Series 60 support, Visual Basic developers can create mobile applications using their existing tools and knowledge and deploy those applications on multiple devices from Series 60 licensees, which represent more than 60% of the mobile handset The part of the telephone that contains the speaker and the microphone. On a desktop phone, the part you hold in your hand is the handset. On a cellphone, the entire phone is the handset. See multihandset cordless and headset. market. "Symbian is very pleased that AppForge will be supporting Series 60 devices in their upcoming release of MobileVB," said David Wood David Wood may refer to:
EVP EGR (Exhaust Gas Recirculation) Valve Position Sensor EVP Electronic Voice Phenomenon EVP Europäische Volkspartei (Germany) EVP Employee Value Proposition partnering, Symbian. "As the Symbian OS An open standard operating system for data-enabled mobile phones (smartphones) from Symbian Ltd., London (www.symbian.com). It supports Java, PC synchronization, Bluetooth local wireless access and GPRS packet-switched data. smartphone A cellular telephone with information access. It provides digital voice service as well as any combination of e-mail, text messaging, pager, Web access, voice recognition, still and/or video camera, MP3, TV or video player and organizer (see PDA). market continues to grow successfully, there are tremendous commercial opportunities for application developers within the Symbian OS ecosystem." "We expect to see a significant number of new MobileVB developers who wish to quickly develop applications for Series 60 devices," said Gary Warren, 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 AppForge. "MobileVB 4.0 is also great news for current AppForge developers as it enables them to release their existing MobileVB applications on these exciting new devices. Pricing and Availability The suggested retail price of AppForge's MobileVB 4.0 version is US $899. The product will be available in October 2003. Customers who purchase MobileVB between September 1 and the release of MobileVB 4.0 will receive a free upgrade to 4.0. All other registered users of MobileVB can upgrade for US $249. Additional information about pricing, upgrades and support policies is available on the AppForge Web site at www.appforge.com. AppForge Booster Booster - A data-parallel language. "The Booster Language", E. Paalvast, TR PL 89-ITI-B-18, Inst voor Toegepaste Informatica TNO, Delft, 1989. is an operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. extension that enables handheld devices to run applications written with AppForge MobileVB and Microsoft Visual Basic. The AppForge Booster for Series 60 can be downloaded for free from the AppForge website at http://www.appforge.com/booster. Developers also have the option of bundling Booster with their applications or providing links and/or download files from their own websites as well. About AppForge AppForge, Inc., a leading provider of software products and services for the handheld, mobile and wireless industry, enables businesses to quickly develop, market and distribute cross-platform mobile and wireless applications across market segments. AppForge's products enable developers to write applications for more than 90% of the world's leading mobile and wireless devices. AppForge is financed through leading institutional venture firms including Draper drap·er n. Chiefly British A dealer in cloth or clothing and dry goods. [Middle English, weaver or seller of cloth, from Old French drapier, from drap, cloth; see Atlantic, Grosvenor Funds and Council Ventures. For more information on AppForge, visit the company's Web site at www.appforge.com. Nokia, Nokia 3600, Nokia 3650, and Nokia 7650 are trademarks or registered trademarks of Nokia Corporation. |
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