Bitstream Releases ThunderHawk 2.0 Smartphone Edition.NEW ORLEANS New Orleans (ôr`lēənz –lənz, ôrlēnz`), city (2006 pop. 187,525), coextensive with Orleans parish, SE La., between the Mississippi River and Lake Pontchartrain, 107 mi (172 km) by water from the river mouth; founded -- New Version Combines Effortless Scrolling, Improved Speed and Connectivity for Top Browsing Experience on 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. Smartphones Bitstream(R) Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : BITS) announced today the release of ThunderHawk(TM) 2.0 Smartphone Edition, the company's award-winning technology that provides end users and enterprise clients with a familiar, yet secure, desktop browsing experience on Windows Mobile devices. Bitstream is demonstrating ThunderHawk 2.0 today through Wednesday, at CTIA (1) See CompTIA. (2) (Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association, Washington, DC, www.ctia.org, www.wow-com.com) A membership organization founded in 1984 that is involved with regulatory and public affairs issues in the wireless industry. Wireless 2005 in New Orleans. New users are able to test the software by downloading the 30-day free trial, while current ThunderHawk subscribers can download ThunderHawk 2.0. In conjunction with the version release, a free companion subscription offer is available to current ThunderHawk subscribers who own both a Smartphone and a Pocket PC, and want one subscription for both devices. With ThunderHawk, browsing the Web on a Smartphone is similar to browsing on the desktop because ThunderHawk includes functionality that enhances the user experience in ways that other browsers do not: --Effortless scrolling. Fast, fluid Web page navigation. --Increased speed. Download ThunderHawk directly to your Smartphone for the fastest mobile Web page speeds available. --Multiple viewing options. "Full screen" and "split screen" viewing options make information easy to find, and easy to read. --The ability to read information on-the-fly. ThunderHawk's compact transport format and progressive rendering creates a fast, positive user experience. --Seamless connectivity. With ThunderHawk 2.0, a dropped connection is re-established immediately, along with any data you previously entered. --Proxy authentication (1) Verifying the integrity of a transmitted message. See message integrity, e-mail authentication and MAC. (2) Verifying the identity of a user logging into a network. support. For corporations and other organizations utilizing a private base station, ThunderHawk 2.0 provides proxy authentication support. "ThunderHawk development goals are aggressive this year, starting with this latest Smartphone version release," said Anna Chagnon, President and Chief Executive Officer of Bitstream. "While some browsers reformat (1) To change the record layout of a file or database. (2) To initialize a disk over again. the Web page for quick reading, users still have to scroll through several pages before finding the information they need. ThunderHawk promotes effortless navigation on mobile devices because HTML HTML in full HyperText Markup Language Markup language derived from SGML that is used to prepare hypertext documents. Relatively easy for nonprogrammers to master, HTML is the language used for documents on the World Wide Web. Web pages look similar to how they would appear on desktop browsers. ThunderHawk 2.0 Smartphone users will notice seamless navigation, increased speed and the ability to easily find information and read Web pages quickly." In addition to the security and flexibility benefits for corporations, ThunderHawk 2.0 Enterprise Server Edition for Smartphones includes a new, fully-configured appliance, where Bitstream provides both the software and the hardware for purchase. The advantage of this turnkey appliance is that the server software comes preconfigured Set up ahead of time. It implies that the device or software application has been modified to suit the customer or situation. See ghosting server. so there is less of a burden on the enterprise IT department during the installation process. About ThunderHawk ThunderHawk(TM), a breakthrough wireless Web browser The program that serves as your front end to the Web on the Internet. In order to view a site, you type its address (URL) into the browser's Location field; for example, www.computerlanguage.com, and the home page of that site is downloaded to you. from Bitstream(R), provides carriers, device manufacturers, application developers and corporate IT departments with a familiar, secure desktop browsing experience on mobile devices. Developed with a high degree of HTML 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 compliance, ThunderHawk enables Pocket PC and Smartphone users to read Web-based e-mail See Internet e-mail service and HTML e-mail. , check flight and travel information, go shopping online, and access the latest information for crucial decisions in the field. ThunderHawk displays sharp text and clear graphics on full HTML Web pages, eliminating excessive scrolling and slow transmission speeds that plague other mobile browsers A mobile browser (earlier referred to as a microbrowser or minibrowser) is a web browser designed for use on a mobile device such as a mobile phone or PDA. Mobile browsers are optimised so as to display Web content most effectively for small screens on portable , so information is always easy to find and read on small screen devices. For more information, e-mail us at thsales@bitstream.com, contact Bitstream at 800.522.3668 or 617.497.6222, or visit us on the Web at http://www.bitstream.com/wireless. About Bitstream Bitstream Inc. (NASDAQ: BITS) is a software development company that makes communications compelling. Bitstream enables customers worldwide to render high-quality text, browse the Web on wireless devices, select from the largest collection of fonts online, and customize documents over the Internet. Its core competencies include font technology, browsing technology, e-commerce technology, and publishing technology. You can visit Bitstream on the Web at www.bitstream.com. Bitstream is a registered trademark and the Bitstream logo and ThunderHawk are trademarks of Bitstream Inc. Other technologies and brand names are used for information only and remain trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. |
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