Britannica.com-R- Wireless Application to Be Bundled With Palm Handhelds; Agreement Will Give Customers Free and Easy Access to Encyclopedia, Local Information.Business Editors & High-Tech Writers CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 27, 2000 Britannica.com, a powerful new Web site featuring some of the highest quality content available on the Internet, today announced an agreement with Palm Inc. to bundle its Britannica(R) Traveler wireless application, which provides free access to the Encyclopaedia encyclopaedia Reference work that contains information on all branches of knowledge or that treats a particular branch of knowledge comprehensively. It is self-contained and explains subjects in greater detail than a dictionary. Britannica and useful local information, with certain future Palm(tm) handheld computers A computing device that can be easily held in one hand while the other hand is used to operate it. The Palm devices are a popular example. See Palm, smartphone and palmtop. . The announcement comes two months after Britannica.com Inc. introduced Britannica Traveler for the Palm VII The Palm VII product family consisted of two products, the Palm VII and the Palm VIIx Palm Pilots. These were produced by Palm, Inc., before it was split into PalmOne and PalmSource. They had antennas for wireless data communication on the Mobitex network under the now defunct Palm. handheld. Since then, thousands of customers have downloaded the application from www.britannica.com and www.palm.net. Under the agreement announced today, Britannica Traveler will be included among the applications shipped with various future Palm products, making it available more easily to a larger group of users. "Britannica Traveler has been a success since its launch in April, and this agreement will increase its distribution and enhance our presence in the wireless market," said Don Yannias Don Yannias (born 1958) was appointed to be the Chief Executive Officer of Encyclopædia Britannica Inc. on 4 March 1997, after having become a director in January 1996. He was instrumental in developing the digital (CD/DVD-ROM) and online versions of the Encyclopædia Britannica. , chief executive officer of Britannica.com Inc. "Wireless transmission has great potential for us, and we intend to be a major player in this rapidly growing area." "Wireless access to high-quality information, such as that from Britannica.com, is very appealing to our customers," said Byron Connell, vice president, consumer markets group at Palm Inc. "As content providers for future Palm handhelds, Britannica.com's application is helping us fulfill the mobile information needs of our customers." Britannica Traveler gives users of wirelessly enabled Palm handheld computers free access to information from the Britannica.com Web site (www.britannica.com) once they have signed up for a wireless service, including the entire text of the Encyclopaedia Britannica and useful information on the area in which the user is located. Users can search the 44-million-word database and access specific articles through a wireless connection to a Britannica.com Web server. Among the most useful features of the application is "Get Local," designed for travelers, which uses the geographical positioning capabilities of the Palm VII handheld and the geographical coding in the Britannica database to deliver local information automatically. A user in San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden , for example, will receive articles about the city, surrounding communities such as Berkeley, and notable people associated with the area, such as Mel Blanc Melvin Jerome Blanc (May 30, 1908 – July 10, 1989) was a prolific American voice actor. Although he began his nearly six decade long career performing in radio and television commercials, Blanc is best known for his work with Warner Bros. , Clint Eastwood, Dianne Feinstein Dianne Goldman Berman Feinstein (born June 22, 1933) is the senior U.S. Senator from California, having held office as a senator since 1992. She is a member of the Democratic Party. and Robert Frost. About Britannica.com Inc. Britannica.com Inc. produces Britannica.com (http://www.britannica.com), a powerful free Web site featuring some of the highest quality content on the Internet; BritannicaSchool.com (http://www.britannicaschool.com), a subscription online learning and research product for students, educators and parents; Britannica Online (http://www.eb.com), a subscription-based, advertising-free reference and research service; and the award-winning multimedia Britannica CD-ROMs and DVDs. Britannica.com's products give users timely and reliable information along an impressive range of topics through original content and features developed by the company's editorial and educational teams, content from the world's most respected encyclopedia and leading reference sources, articles from scores of top magazines and newspapers, and Web sites selected for their quality. Headquartered in Chicago, the company also operates offices in San Francisco, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , La Jolla La Jolla (lə hoi`yə), on the Pacific Ocean, S Calif., an uninc. district within the confines of San Diego; founded 1869. The beautiful ocean beaches, in particular La Jolla shores and Black's Beach, and sea-washed caves attract visitors and , Calif., London, Sydney, Melbourne, Australia, and New Delhi New Delhi (dĕl`ē), city (1991 pop. 294,149), capital of India and of Delhi state, N central India, on the right bank of the Yamuna River. . Palm.Net is a registered trademark and Palm is a trademark of Palm Inc. or its subsidiaries. |
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