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WorldMate Professional Edition with ''Flight Status Option'' from OAG; Flight Information is Just Getting Better!


LOD Lod (lōd), city (1994 pop. 51,200), central Israel. It is also known as Lydda. Its manufactures include paper products, chemicals, oil products, electronic equipment, processed food, and cigarettes. , Israel -- MobiMate(R), one of the world's leading mobile application provider, just released the latest version of WorldMate(TM) Professional Edition for Pocket PC, offering new and a exciting Flight Status service. This is one of the first services of its kind available for the Pocket PC platform allowing users to track the status of their flights and receive the up-to-date information directly to their handheld device. MobiMate has again partnered with OAG OAG Office of the Attorney General
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, the world's leading provider of travel information since 1929, to offer this new and exciting feature complimenting the flight schedules service. The user can now check flight schedules ahead of time, choose the desired route and check the status of the flight before leaving for the airport! No more time wasted waiting around at airports because he/she didn't know that the flight had been delayed.

Flight Status is a first of its kind pay per use service, which means that there is no monthly fee, the user buys and uses the tokens only when he needs them. Tokens are currently available in packages of 30 credits available on the MobiMate website.

WorldMate Professional Edition is aimed directly at business travellers Business Traveller is a CNN International monthly television program hosted by Richard Quest.
  • CNN's Business Traveller Web site
, who require more travel-related information and tools to assist them in planning, managing and tracking their business travel. This is why MobiMate is constantly adding more business related features that allow business travellers the tools to always be one step ahead of competition. Main features include -- Flight Schedules and flight status information from OAG, online currency converter (1) A device that changes one set of codes, modes, sequences or frequencies to a different set. See A/D converter.

(2) A device that changes current from 60Hz to 50Hz and vice versa.
, five world clocks, weather for over 38,000 locations supplied by The Weather Channel Interactive Inc., an itinerary manager, international dialling codes, packing list, tips and tax calculator and much more!

"Working together with the best partners in the industry, we are constantly adding new features that make WorldMate Professional Edition the best business travel tool available on the mobile market. The Flight Status service is the first of its kind pay-per-use feature for Mobimate, but will be followed by many more," stated Jennifer Charny, MobiMate's Marketing Manager.

For FREE trial & more information, please visit MobiMate's Web site at http://www.mobimate.com/ppc/worldmate/pro/index.shtml

About WorldMate

WorldMate is a leading mobile travel application service for smart-phones with hundreds of thousands of users worldwide. In 2004, WorldMate won the Handango Champion awards as the "Best Travel application for Palm OS" and the "Best Travel application for 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. ". In 2003, WorldMate won the Handango Champion awards as the "Best Travel application for Symbian OS" and the "People's Choice Awards The People's Choice Awards is an awards show recognizing the people and the work of popular culture. The show has been held annually since 1975 and is one of the few to be based on the opinions of the general public. ". WorldMate also won the Pocket PC Magazine awards as the "Best Travel-Time application for Pocket PC" in 2003, and was nominated nom·i·nate  
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2. To designate or appoint to an office, responsibility, or honor.
 as a finalist for Ericsson's 2003 Mobile Applications Award. Its key features include world clocks with automatic DST (1) (DeSTination) Contrast with SRC, which is an abbreviation of "source."

(2) (Digital Signal Trust Company, Salt Lake City, UT, www.digsigtrust.com) An organization that sets up and manages PKI systems for companies and industry groups.
 calculation, a world map with day/night display, 5-day worldwide weather forecasts from The Weather Channel updated on-line, a currency converter with daily exchange rate updates, measurements converter, and more. It is available for Palm OS(R), Pocket PC(R), Symbian UIQ UIQ User Interface IQ (smartphones) , Series 60 and Series 90, and the J2ME (Java 2 Platform, Micro Edition) A version of Java 2 for cellphones, PDAs and consumer appliances. J2ME uses the K Virtual Machine (KVM), a specialized Java interpreter for devices with limited memory.  platform. The service is based on a Client / Server model, with the server hosted by MobiMate. WorldMate's unique on-line capabilities make it a natural complement for wireless mobile devices. Research has shown that WorldMate Standard Edition generates over 300 KB of data traffic on average per month per user (over 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. , EDGE or 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.  1X or comparable networks).

About MobiMate Ltd.

MobiMate is one of the best-established mobile application software developers in the industry, publishing best selling titles such as WorldMate and DateMate. Having gained extensive experience in mobile business solutions, MobiMate is now leveraging these capabilities in its service-oriented products aimed at travelling business professionals. MobiMate is based in Lod, Israel and is privately held.

MobiMate and WorldMate are trademarks or registered trademarks of MobiMate, Ltd. The Weather Channel Interactive Inc., and weather.com are trademarks or registered trademarks of The Weather Channel Enterprises; Inc. Symbian is a registered trademark of Symbian Ltd. OAG is a registered trademark of OAG Ltd. All other trade names and trademarks are the property of their respective holders.
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