Sybase iAnywhere Announces General Availability of Avantgo Travel Guide22 March 2006
iAnywhere, a subsidiary of Sybase, Inc. (NYSE: SY), today announced the general availability of the AvantGo Travel Guide, a mobile companion for subscribers of its popular AvantGo(R) mobile Internet service. The Travel Guide is available as an additional "tab" within the AvantGo application, enabling users to quickly and easily access flight itineraries, weather, directions, maps and city guides. The Travel Guide, sponsored by Cadillac, brings together access to user account information from top travel partners including Expedia Corporate Travel, Northwest Airlines, Sabre Virtually There, Travelocity Business and United Airlines. Since the beta was announced last year, United Airlines has been added to the travel partner lineup, and added features include a currency conversion tool, 100 additional city guides, and 1000 additional metro areas for weather forecasts.
"We are committed to delivering innovative service to our customers," said Kenneth Feldman, vice president-Loyalty and e-Commerce, United Airlines. "Offering a United channel on the AvantGo mobile Internet service gives our customers a dynamic way to access not only flight information, but also real- time travel information, further enhancing their overall travel experience."
"The AvantGo Travel Guide further demonstrates our dedication to offering applications that will enable business professionals to have 'always available' access to important information," said Neil Versen, senior director of AvantGo at iAnywhere. "Thirty percent of AvantGo's users travel seven or more times a year. This makes the Travel Guide a doubly important feature for us to offer to our subscribers, enabling them access crucial information to them anywhere and anytime, free of charge."
Availability
The AvantGo Travel Guide is available immediately for users of AvantGo version 5.7 or above software, available for Palm OS 5, Symbian UIQ, Symbian Series 60 (v6.1) and Windows Mobile Pocket PC devices. An online-only version is available for RIM BlackBerry devices. The Travel Guide is available in English only. Version 5.7 and above users only need to synchronize their device to receive the Travel Guide. A free AvantGo account is required, available from http://www.avantgo.com. Visit http://www.avantgo.com/travel for additional information.
About AvantGo
AvantGo is a free service from iAnywhere that delivers rich, personalized mobile websites to smartphones and PDAs. Today, hundreds of major brands, including BMW, CNET, HP, Jeep, Microsoft, The New York Times and Rolling Stone leverage AvantGo to target a highly desirable demographic of millions of registered users. AvantGo offers the convenience of anywhere, anytime access, seamlessly supporting both wireless and "sync and go" connectivity. To learn more about AvantGo visit http://www.avantgo.com.
About iAnywhere
iAnywhere enables success at the front lines of business. The company holds worldwide market leadership positions in mobile and embedded databases, mobile management and security, mobile middleware and synchronization, and Bluetooth(R) and infrared protocol technologies. Tens of millions of mobile devices, millions of subscribers, and 20,000 customers and partners rely on the company's "Always Available" technologies, including SQL Anywhere, Afaria, OneBridge, and the AvantGo(R) mobile Internet service. iAnywhere is a subsidiary of Sybase, Inc. (NYSE: SY). Visit http://www.ianywhere.com for more information.
Sybase, iAnywhere, iAnywhere Solutions, SQL Anywhere, Afaria, OneBridge and AvantGo are trademarks, registered trademarks or service marks of Sybase, Inc. or its subsidiaries. (R) indicates registration in the United States of America. The Bluetooth trademark and logos are owned by Bluetooth SIG, Inc. and any use of such marks by iAnywhere is under license. All other company and product names mentioned may be trademarks of the respective companies with which they are associated.
Special Note: As used in this release, iAnywhere means iAnywhere Solutions, Inc., a subsidiary of Sybase, Inc. Statements concerning iAnywhere's new products are by nature forward-looking statements that involve a number of uncertainties and risks and cannot be guaranteed. Factors that could cause actual events or results to differ materially include shifts in customer demand, rapid technological changes, availability and quality of third party products, competitive factors and unanticipated delays in scheduled product availability. Some of the risks are detailed from time to time in the Sybase Inc. consolidated Securities and Exchange Commission filings, including but not limited to its annual report on Form 10-K and its quarterly reports on Form 10-Q (copies of which can be viewed on the Company's web site).
Crystal King
iAnywhere
(978) 287-1524
crystal.king@ianywhere.com
Scott Malinowski
Citigate Cunningham
(617) 374-4223
smalinowski@cunningham.com
Source: prnewswire
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