WorldMate Wins Best Application for Life from Handango.com
Lod, Israel, July 13, 2005. MobiMate, the leading provider of travel services for mobile devices , announced that their WorldMate for BlackBerry received the Handango Champion Award for The Best Application for Life.
Handango, the top provider of mobile applications, announced the 2005 winners of the Handango Champion Awards at the fifth annual Handango Partner Summit. The awards were created to recognize outstanding mobile software applications and developers. Winners were judged and chosen by a panel of industry experts and media.
‘We are thrilled to bring home a BlackBerry award and to again have the honor of attaining one of the mobile industry’s greatest achievements", said Nadav Gur, MobiMate CEO. “In 2005 we’ve worked hard at enhancing WorldMate on all platforms, and especially BlackBerry, with the release of WorldMate 2005 Professional Edition. We are proud to be the top travel application on the market.”
"I would like to congratulate this year's Champion Award winners and applaud their successes," said Randy Eisenman, president and chief executive officer of Handango. "The title 'Handango Champion Award Winner' is quite an honor, as finalists and winners are nominated by customers and chosen by some of the best minds in the mobile content industry."
WorldMate Standard Edition for BlackBerry is an all-in-one package for the frequent business traveler, featuring essential services including world time, global weather forecasts (provided by The Weather Channel – weather.com), currency converters and an interactive day/night map with a city locator. WorldMate 2005 Professional Edition includes additional services including comprehensive flight schedules (provided by OAG, the leading the world’s leading provider of travel information since 1929 ) and a travel information center- a one-stop-shop for all critical travel information. These services will make business traveler lives’ easier by providing information when and where it's needed - reducing stress and saving time and money.
MobiMate’s products, services, corporate information and more can be found at: www.mobimate.com.
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 nine (9) platforms including Java, BlackBerry®, Palm OS, Microsoft Windows Mobile for Pocket PC and for Smartphone, Symbian UIQ, Series 60, Series 80 and 90 Communicators and Desktop PC.
WorldMate® is the three time recipient of the Handango Champion Award 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
About MobiMate®
MobiMate Ltd. is a wireless application service provider whose focus is on serving business travelers throughout their travel experience. MobiMate is the clear leader in this category, being the only company worldwide with a best-selling product on all open mobile application platforms.
MobiMate’s leadership in this space has been recognized by leading handset and PDA vendors who bundle MobiMate products with their devices, including Nokia, Sony-Ericsson, Hewlett Packard and others. MobiMate’s partners include Palm, The Weather Channel Interactive Inc, OAG and other notable travel-related companies.
For more information about MobiMate, please visit http://www.mobimate.com/company.shtml
MobiMate® and WorldMate® are registered trademarks of MobiMate, Ltd. The Weather Channel™ and weather.com are trademarks or registered trademarks of The Weather Channel Interactive ® Inc., All other trade names and trademarks are the property of their respective holders.