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23rd March 2004 - PalmSource®, Inc. provider of
Palm OS®, a leading operating system powering next
generation mobile devices and smartphones, and Visto
Corporation (www.visto.com), a leading provider of personal
and corporate mobile messaging solutions to wireless
operators for the broadest set of mobile device platforms,
today announced the availability of Mobile Mail 5.0
for Palm OS Cobalt and Palm OS Garnet.
Mobile Mail 5.0 is the result of a joint development
effort between PalmSource and Visto, announced in June
2003, to create a standard platform email client for
the Palm OS platform. Mobile Mail 5.0 can be easily
configured to work with Visto’s mobile email solutions
geared towards the mobile market. Wireless operators
and Palm OS licensees will be able to provision Mobile
Mail 5.0 for their customers using Visto Mobile Personal
Edition for access to email on Palm Powered™ devices.
Additionally, IT departments can use Mobile Mail with
Visto Mobile Enterprise Server, giving enterprise employees
access to corporate data and email on their Palm Powered
devices.
Mobile Mail 5.0 is designed to provide secure and reliable,
out-of-the-box wireless email functionality between
Palm Powered smart mobile devices and corporate email
servers such as Microsoft Exchange and Lotus Domino
and POP3/IMAP email servers, allowing enterprise users
and consumers to stay connected to corporate data while
away from the office. PalmSource and Visto will showcase
a demo version of Mobile Mail 5.0 this week at CTIA
Wireless at the PalmSource Booth #4069 - Hall B4 of
the Las Vegas Convention Center.
Mobile Mail 5.0 Key Features
• Over-the-air push email as well as scheduled
or user initiated email synchronization;
• Easy configuration of email accounts setup;
• Support for MS Exchange, Lotus Domino, through
integration with Visto Mobile Personal Edition and Visto
Mobile Enterprise Server;
• Implements standard email protocols such as
IMAP, POP3 and SMTP solution portfolio to meet the needs
of mobile professionals, SMEs and large enterprises;
• Improved security through SSL support and encrypted
authentication; and
• Enhanced IMAP folder support enables users to
subscribe to up to 16 server folders.
“We are pleased to deliver Mobile Mail 5.0 as
the standard platform email client for Palm OS,”
said David Nagel, president and chief executive officer
of PalmSource, Inc. “We believe this solution will
enable Palm OS licensees, wireless operators and software
developers to quickly and efficiently deploy a variety
of Palm Powered products and solutions tailored to the
mobile professional.”
“Combining the flexibility and ease of use of
the Palm OS platform with Visto’s wireless services
will provide the necessary infrastructure for wireless
operators, Palm OS licensees and selected partners to
deploy a secure wireless email solution, providing additional
revenues opportunities,” said Brian Bogosian, chairman,
president and CEO of Visto. “Mobile Mail is an
outstanding solution for Visto Mobile Personal Edition,
available to wireless operators for their subscribers,
as well as the Visto Enterprise Server solution for
IT departments.”
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