OmniSky Demonstrates Bluetooth and WAP Support, Service for Casio Pocket PCs and First Laptop Solution at PC Expo.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 26, 2001 PC Expo A trade show for resellers, corporate managers and technical professionals from CMP Media LLC, a subsidiary of United Business Media. First held in New York in 1983 with 120 exhibitors and 9,600 attendees, the show grew from the personal computer's early years to 550 vendors and more than OmniSky Corporation (Nasdaq:OMNY), a leading global provider of award-winning wireless applications and services, today began using the three-day PC Expo exhibition to show technology demonstrations that 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. the company's wireless services momentum. The technology demonstrations show OmniSky's commitment to new technologies -- such as Bluetooth -- and to extending the OmniSky wireless e-mail and Internet service to additional wireless networks, mobile-phone handsets, laptops and new handhelds. OmniSky's PC Expo technology demonstrations, in the company's booth (no. 4422) include: -- The OmniSky service accessed over the CDMA wireless network using a Bluetooth-enabled Motorola Timeport 270c mobile phone to provide connectivity to a Palm Vx equipped with an OmniSky Bluetooth adapter. -- The OmniSky service delivered over the CDMA wireless network to a Sanyo SCP-5000 mobile phone, using WAP technology. -- The OmniSky service on the Casio E-125 Pocket PC. -- OmniSky's first solution for laptops -- for the HP Pavilion notebook PC. "OmniSky is committed to making our wireless e-mail and Internet service available for the leading wireless networks and the leading mobile devices," said Patrick McVeigh, OmniSky's chairman and chief executive officer. "We're also keenly interested in extending our support to technologies such as Bluetooth and WAP (1) (Wireless Access Point) See access point. (2) (Wireless Application Protocol) A standard for providing cellular phones, pagers and other handheld devices with secure access to e-mail and text-based Web pages. . This year's PC Expo is a great forum to highlight our significant momentum in platform, device and network expansion. We currently offer the service for the key Palm OS and Pocket PC devices It may never be fully completed or, depending on its its nature, it may be that it can never be completed. However, new and revised entries in the list are always welcome. This is a list of Pocket PC and Windows CE devices, and companies that make, or have made, them. , and we're quickly moving toward support for laptops and mobile phones. Our network support has expanded beyond CDPD (Cellular Digital Packet Data) A low-speed, digital, wireless data network that is an enhancement to an existing analog cellular network. Based on IBM's CelluPlan II, CDPD provides a packet overlay onto the AMPS network and moves data at 19. as we show the capability to support GPRS/GSM and CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) A method for transmitting simultaneous signals over a shared portion of the spectrum. The foremost application of CDMA is the digital cellular phone technology from QUALCOMM that operates in the 800 MHz band and 1.9 GHz PCS band. ." Bluetooth Support To show its avid support for Bluetooth technology, OmniSky is demonstrating its wireless e-mail and Internet service accessed on a Palm Vx equipped with an OmniSky Bluetooth adapter, with connectivity provided by a Bluetooth-enabled Motorola Timeport 270c mobile phone. A member of the Bluetooth SIG industry association, OmniSky plans to support Bluetooth aggressively and take a leadership role in driving the development of new standards that can propel the wireless industry. OmniSky also announced today that it is working together with Ericsson to deliver OmniSky's wireless e-mail and Internet service via Ericsson's powerful Bluetooth and GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) The first high-speed digital data service provided by cellular carriers that used the GSM technology. GPRS added a packet-switched channel to GSM, which uses dedicated, circuit-switched channels for voice conversations. mobile phones. Ericsson and OmniSky plan to co-operate to ensure interoperability between their Bluetooth and GPRS products and services, and will locally co-market solutions to mobile network operators and distributors. The two companies successfully demonstrated a Bluetooth solution, integrating the Palm Vx with OmniSky's service and Ericsson phones, at CeBIT in March of this year. Support for WAP Mobile Phones OmniSky's demonstration of its service on the Sanyo SCP-5000 WAP mobile phone furthers the company's commitment to support the Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) for mobile phones. OmniSky also announced that it has joined the WAP Forum (Wireless Application Protocol Forum, Mountain View, CA, www.wapforum.org) An organization founded in 1997 to promote a wireless standard for smartphones and mobile terminals. In 2002, it merged into the Open Mobile Alliance. See OMA and WAP. as part of its strategy to take a leadership role in defining the best-possible user experience for wireless services on phones. OmniSky's WAP demo at PC Expo shows how users can access Web content on the Sanyo SCP-5000 mobile phone over the CDMA network. The OmniSky demonstration service on the Sanyo mobile phone allows users to access optimized Web content, and OmniSky's Os Cities and Os People applications, which make it easy to engage in real-time wireless collaboration with friends and colleagues, and get essential information about cities where they visit or live. Availability of the OmniSky Service for the Casio E-125 Pocket PC At PC Expo, OmniSky is demonstrating its service for the Casio E-125 Pocket PC, and offering attendees the exclusive opportunity to pre-order the service, which will be launched this summer. OmniSky to Offer Wireless Access Solution for Laptops Planning to launch support for the HP Pavilion HP Pavilion may refer to:
OmniSky Wireless Applications and Services Today's OmniSky announcements of support for new technologies, such as Bluetooth, and expansion of support to CDMA networks and to new devices - WAP phones WAP phone n → teléfono WAP , the Casio Pocket PC and the HP Pavilion notebook PCs - strategically align with the company's recently introduced applications and services platform, a complete set of modular hosted services and applications that enables carriers, devices manufacturers and online service providers to quickly introduce customized, branded wireless services for the consumer and enterprise market. About OmniSky OmniSky (Nasdaq:OMNY) is a leading global provider of wireless applications and services for users of mobile devices. OmniSky's award-winning service offers mobile professionals access to up to six e-mail accounts e-mail account n → cuenta de correo , including corporate e-mail via Microsoft Outlook For the e-mail and news client bundled with certain versions of Microsoft Windows, see . Microsoft Outlook or Outlook (full name Microsoft Office Outlook as well as POP3 e-mail, the ability to search and surf the Internet, a broad range of optimized Web content, and the ability to securely conduct e-commerce transactions. The OmniSky service is available on the Palm V and Palm Vx, Handspring Visor An electronic PDA originally from Handspring, Mountain View, CA (www.handspring.com) that was introduced in 1999 by the people who invented and marketed the PalmPilot. Based on the Palm OS, it was the first handheld to use the USB interface. Platinum, Visor Prism and Visor Edge, HP Jornada 520/540 Series Pocket PCs, the Compaq iPAQ Pocket PC, and soon on the Casio E-125 and HP Pavilion Notebook PCs, and can be purchased online or in over 2000 retail outlets retail outlet n → punto de venta retail outlet n → point m de vente retail outlet retail n → across the U.S. Service coverage includes over 167 major metropolitan areas within the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , encompassing over 172 million people. OmniSky also offers its service outside of the U.S. through U.K. and German beta programs and has plans to expand into additional international markets this year. In 2001, OmniSky expects to offer its proprietary wireless applications and services, including Communications, Content Delivery, and Location-Based Services See mobile positioning. to telecommunications carriers, online service providers, hardware manufacturers, and other third parties. OmniSky intends to enable these companies to offer differentiated wireless data solutions on any mobile device, from WAP-compliant cell phones to PDAs and laptop computers, and on the most widely available wireless networks, such as CDPD, CDMA, GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) A digital cellular phone technology based on TDMA that is the predominant system in Europe, but also used worldwide. Developed in the 1980s, GSM was first deployed in seven European countries in 1992. and GPRS. OmniSky is headquartered 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 more information visit www.omnisky.com or call 415/764-2200. The foregoing information contains forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. that are based on OmniSky's current expectations. These expectations are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause OmniSky's actual results to differ materially from those referred to in these forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause OmniSky's actual results to differ include, but are not limited to, risks related to: market acceptance of an early stage service such as OmniSky's; delays in the development or introduction of new versions of OmniSky's service; technical difficulties with networks or operating systems Operating systems can be categorized by technology, ownership, licensing, working state, usage, and by many other characteristics. In practice, many of these groupings may overlap. on which OmniSky relies to deliver its service; changes in technologies that affect the wireless, Internet or handheld mobile device industries; the ability of an early stage company such as OmniSky to manage its growth; the protection of OmniSky's proprietary information; release of competitive products and services; and general economic downturns. These and other risks are more fully described in OmniSky's periodic reports and registration statements filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and can be obtained online at the Commission's web site at http://www.sec.gov. Readers should consider the information contained in this release together with other publicly available information about OmniSky for a more informed overview of the company. Note to Editors: The OmniSky name and logo are trademarks of OmniSky Corporation. All other names and trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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