WorldMate® Shoots Straight to the Top of the Bestsellers List for Nokia Series 80 Communicators
Lod, Israel, January 27, 2005 - WorldMate®, the award-winning business travel companion for mobile devices, shot straight to the top of the Bestsellers List following its launch on the newest versions of Nokia Series 80 Communicators, the popular Nokia 9300 and 9500 devices.
"The demand from consumers was tremendous, and the response to our latest launch has been incredible," said MobiMate VP of Marketing, Nicole Mayraz. "I'm not surprised by the immediate success, and actually I'm very happy to see that our initial predictions for this platform were accurate."
She continued by stating that "the Series 80 Communicators are an important addition to [MobiMate's] long list of supported devices - it's a top choice for many business travelers, and since WorldMate is the Number One business travel mobile software application, it's a natural and obvious fit that consumers recognized immediately."
Within 48 hours of its release, the much anticipated WorldMate for Series 80 skyrocketed past all the competitors to land at the top of the Bestsellers List on Handango.com, the world's leader in sales for mobile software applications. The newest version of WorldMate for the Series 80 phones joins seven other supported mobile device platforms, five of which also provide WorldMate with a coveted spot in the Top Ten Bestseller lists for Java, BlackBerry, Palm OS, Microsoft Windows Mobile (Pocket PC), and Symbian UIQ.
The Nokia Series 80 Communicator devices combine the features of a business PDA with multimedia, advanced messaging, and high-speed data capabilities. WorldMate enables business users to utilize these advanced smart phone features to gain access to critical business travel-related information such as global weather forecasting conditions, world maps and international currency conversion services while en route. Additional features include the five world clocks, all with time zone management and daylight savings time capabilities.
The WorldMate for Series 80 application retails for $39.95 and can be purchased on various online mobile application download Web sites, including MobiMate's own corporate Web site at
http://www.mobimate.com/s80/worldmate/index.shtml.
About WorldMate®
WorldMate® is the world's leading mobile travel and itinerary management companion service, providing subscribed users with the ability to create, plan, manage and send travel-related trip itineraries in six (6) languages and on eight (8) platforms including Java, Blackberry, Palm OS, Microsoft Windows Mobile (Pocket PC), Symbian UIQ, Series60, Series80 Communicators and Desktop PC.
WorldMate® is the three time recipient of the Handango People's Choice Awards in the Travel and Business Enterprise categories, and has received countless wireless developer accolades and endorsements from Nokia, PalmOne, Sony Ericsson and Symbian, as well as awards from industry specific eZines such as PC Magazine, ZDNet, PocketPC Magazine, Geek.com and others.
For more information about WorldMate®, please visit
www.mobimate.com/worldmate
About MobiMate®
MobiMate® is a mobile application developer with numerous award winning travel and itinerary management product lines and hundreds of thousands of subscribed users worldwide. MobiMate's strategic partners include Nokia, Orange, The Weather Channel Interactive® Inc., Symbian, Handango, OAG, Sony Ericsson, Hewlett Packard and others, providing global distribution and international sales of the flagship WorldMate® product, which is available in Professional, Standard and Desktop Editions on multiple wireless platforms including Java, Blackberry, Palm OS, Microsoft Windows Mobile (Pocket PC), Symbian UIQ, Series60, Series80 Communicators and Desktop PC.
For more information about MobiMate, please visit
www.mobimate.com/about
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