eBay Goes Wireless With Palm VII Connected Organizer
SAN JOSE, Calif. — October 4, 1999 — eBay(R) (Nasdaq: EBAY) (www.ebay.com), the world's leading person-to-person online trading community(TM), today announced that its service will be available to users of the new Palm VII(TM) connected organizer, the first handheld computing product for out-of-the-box wireless Internet access. Using 3Com's (Nasdaq: COMS) Palm VII organizer, eBay's community can conveniently track their online trades without being in front of a desktop computer. A new web clipping application for the Palm VII, developed for eBay by WorkSpot Inc., delivers wireless access to www.ebay.com — allowing users to browse, search and bid on the over 2.8 million items available today on eBay.
The Palm VII eBay web clipping application has a simple, easy to use interface and category structure familiar to eBay's community and will be available for free download via links from www.workspot.com and www.ebay.com.
"Nearly six million people rely on eBay to do business and pursue their collecting passions and bringing eBay to the popular Palm Computing platform gives them the opportunity to trade on eBay wherever the Palm.Net service is available," said Steve Westly, eBay's vice president of marketing and business development. "We are always looking for ways to provide our community with easier access to eBay wherever they are, 24 hours a day."
"The Palm VII organizer continues to gain momentum as top Internet commerce providers like eBay offering new web clipping applications that provide users greater flexibility in their everyday lives," said Alan Kessler, president, Palm Computing, a 3Com company. "Now eBay users can make bids, check their trades and search for new items wherever they go, wirelessly and from the palm of their hands."
The Palm VII organizer was introduced nationwide today. Straight out of the box, Palm VII organizer users can activate the Palm.Net service and within a matter of minutes be up and running, checking the latest listings on eBay. The wireless network for the Palm.Net service provides nationwide coverage to more than 260 of the most populated areas in the U.S. with no additional roaming charges. To provide security for electronic commerce and payment transactions over the wireless network, Palm Computing has integrated security features at the device, network and Internet server levels.
About eBay
eBay (www.ebay.com), the world's personal trading community(TM), pioneered person-to-person online trading. Founded in 1995, eBay has developed an efficient and entertaining trading site on the Web that is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. eBay has more than 5.6 million registered users. Currently, there are more than 2.8 million items listed for sale. More than 300,000 items are added daily in more than 1,600 categories, including: antiques; books, movies and music; coins and stamps; collectibles; computers; dolls and figures; jewelry and gemstones; photo and electronics; pottery and glass; sports memorabilia; and toys.
NOTE: 3Com, the 3Com logo and Palm Computing are registered trademarks, Palm VII is a trademark and Palm.Net is a service mark of 3Com Corporation or its subsidiaries. WorkSpot is a trademark of WorkSpot, Inc.
SOURCE: eBay, Inc.
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