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24th May 2005 - Nextel Communications Inc. and Visto
Corporation announced the launch of Mobile Email Enhanced,
the first email service for Java-enabled mobile phones
with full synchronization and a PDA-like feel. Mobile
Email Enhanced pairs ConstantSync™, Visto’s
wireless synchronization technology, with an on-the-phone
application to provide real-time access to email, contact
lists, and calendars.
Push email allows over-the-air email delivery to the
phone without any interaction from the user. Nextel
Mobile Email Enhanced works in tandem with Microsoft
Outlook®, IBM® Lotus Notes® and most Internet
email accounts such as EarthlinkSM and Yahoo!.
“With Nextel Mobile Email Enhanced, our customers
can make more productive use of their time spent away
from their desks or out of the office with easy access
to business or personal email,” said Danny Bowman,
Nextel vice president of wireless data services. “Mobile
Email Enhanced is designed to give our customers the
flexibility to customize a solution that best meets
both their productivity needs and personal style. This
service, powered by Visto, provides many of the benefits
of a PDA in the comfortable form of a mobile phone.”
“Nextel has opened up mobile email to a broad
market with this new product,” said Brian Bogosian,
chairman, president and CEO of Visto Corporation. “Mobile
Email Enhanced makes full-featured email available to
every customer that wants improved productivity. Visto
Mobile and ConstantSync technology enable Nextel to
offer a powerful user experience with quick and secure
access whether retrieving email from a corporate office
or a personal account.”
Nextel Mobile Email Enhanced has been designed to satisfy
the needs of IT Managers who require a “behind
the firewall solution” and the small business owner
for whom simple installation and ease of management
are critical. Small business users can quickly download
and install the Nextel Desktop Assistant without the
need of an IT Department. Larger businesses and enterprises
should use the Visto™ Mobile Enterprise Server
(VMES) – Nextel is providing the server software
at no charge to lower the total cost of ownership.
The service is available on all Java-based Nextel phones,
including the recently released Motorola i605, i836,
i355 and i275, and will be available for new phones
as they launch. Mobile Email Enhanced is available with
three productivity bundle options:
• Premier Data Service Plan ($29.99/month) includes
unlimited Mobile Email Enhanced service and unlimited
data access, 120 multimedia messages, unlimited text
messaging and wireless web browsing;
• Enhanced Data Services Plan ($19.99/month) includes
Mobile Email Enhanced service with 2MB of data access,
120 multimedia messages, unlimited text messaging and
wireless web browsing;
• Mobile Email Enhanced stand-alone service ($14.99/month)
with 2MB of data access.
About Nextel Communications
Nextel Communications, a FORTUNE 200 company based in
Reston, Va., is a leading provider of fully integrated
wireless communications services and has built the largest
guaranteed all-digital wireless network in the country
covering thousands of communities across the United
States. Today 95 percent of FORTUNE 500Ò companies
are Nextel customers. Nextel and Nextel Partners, Inc.
currently serve 297 of the top 300 U.S. markets where
approximately 262 million people live or work.
About Nextel Partners
Nextel Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ:NXTP), based in Kirkland,
Wash., has exclusive rights to offer the same fully
integrated, digital wireless communications services
offered by Nextel Communications, Inc. (Nextel) in mid-sized
and rural markets in 31 states where approximately 54
million people reside. To learn more about Nextel Partners,
visit www.nextelpartners.com.
About Visto
Visto delivers the leading global platform for mobile
operators to provide wireless push e-mail to the broadest
set of mobile devices. Visto’s open solution enables
e-mail for the mass market, targeting large enterprises,
small businesses, mobile professionals and consumers.
The company’s patented Visto Mobile™ platform
with ConstantSync™ technology works in real time
with POP3, IMAP, Microsoft Exchange and Lotus Domino
e-mail solutions for personal to enterprise use, providing
maximum control and flexibility for the operator and
choice for the customer. Established in 1996 and headquartered
in Redwood Shores, California, with offices in Seattle,
London, Rome, Paris, Toronto, Tokyo, Beijing and Tianjin,
China, Visto is backed by Oak Investment Partners, Draper
Fisher Jurvetson, VantagePoint Venture Partners, Meritech
Capital Partners, Rustic Canyon Ventures, Allegis Capital
and Blueprint Ventures. For more information, visit
www.visto.com or e-mail sales@visto.com.
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