GoAmerica Announces Wireless Data Support for 3Com’s Palm VII Connected Organizer
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — December 2, 1998 — GoAmerica Communications Corp., the nation's leading Wireless Internet Service Provider, has announced it will support Palm Computing Inc.'s new Palm VII, the next-generation handheld organizer based on the Palm Computing Platform. Wireless data service bundles, applications and solutions for the new Palm VII will be added to GoAmerica's Web@Hand(TM) portfolio of wireless data solutions upon product availability. The Palm VII organizer will provide an easy-to-use, total information access solution right out of the box. Users will be able to quickly, easily and securely obtain information from Web and intranet sites such as flight schedules and news headlines, and conduct online transactions such as movie ticket purchases or online stock trades.
The Palm VII, similar in form factor to the Palm III organizer, will feature over-the-air service activation, instant Internet service with customized access to leading Internet sites, fast wireless Internet messaging and built-in security, and is powered by two AAA batteries for weeks of performance. "The Palm VII is an exciting new product that is designed to maximize information on the Internet," says Aaron Dobrinsky, president of GoAmerica Communications Corp. "GoAmerica has been creating and selling wireless solutions for the Palm Computing platform for the past few years and we are pleased that 3Com has now added wireless functionality to the platform in order to address the connectivity needs of Palm users."
GoAmerica Communications Corp., headquartered in Hackensack, NJ, is the nation's leading wireless Internet and intranet service provider. GoAmerica's Web@Hand wireless solutions enable corporations and mobile professionals to cost-effectively and easily access mission critical data and email via corporate intranets and the Internet. GoAmerica runs a fully integrated suite of applications for BellSouth Wireless Data, CDPD, Ardis, GSM, and CDMA wireless data networks, and allows its customers to wirelessly-enable standard Web browsers such as Netscape or Microsoft Explorer version 4.0 using a wireless modem and Windows 95 laptops, Windows CE Handheld PC's, ruggedized laptops, the Palm-size PC and PalmPilot, mininotebooks, and other handheld devices and smartphones. The company's partners include AT&T (NYSE: ATT), 3Com (Nasdaq: COMS), BellSouth Wireless Data (NYSE: BLS), Microsoft Inc. (Nasdaq: "MSFT") and QUALCOMM Inc. (Nasdaq: "QCOM") joint venture wirelessknowledge LLC, as well as several other Fortune 1000 companies. For more information call 1-888-462-4600 or visit www.goamerica.net.
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Maxine Carter-Lome
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