w-Trade Technologies, a global provider of mobile business applications, today announced support for the Handspring(TM) (NASDAQ: HAND) Visor(TM) line of handhelds via the internal infrared modem, providing an additional platform from which users can access w-Trade Technologies' 19 mobile commerce, content, finance and communication applications. Companies who implement a w-Trade Technologies' wireless solution can further meet the needs of its mobile customers by enabling access to mission-critical applications at any time on the Visor family of handhelds.
"The wireless world is continuously evolving and it is essential for businesses to have access to information on any device while on the go," said Donna Oliva, CEO of w-Trade Technologies. "The Visor line of handhelds are popular and affordable tools for the mobile professional, and making w-Trade Technologies' wide array of wireless applications available on these devices furthers our commitment to providing companies with another connectivity option for their customers."
According to Dataquest, global sales for handheld computers will grow in the next three years to 22 million units worth $7.2 billion. The Handspring Visor line of handhelds are expandable, easy-to-use pocket-sized computers that allow users to instantly turn an organizer into a music player, a wireless modem, or even a pager through the unique Springboard(TM) expansion slot. PC Data, a retail market research firm, reported that in its first weeks in retail stores, the Handspring Visor was the top-selling palmtop device. Based on the Palm OS, the Visor handheld contains tools to organize personal and business information, and it is ready to run thousands of existing applications.
By supporting the Visor line of handhelds, w-Trade Technologies provides companies who use its wireless system the ability to offer their customers a variety of wireless transaction capabilities, including - securities trading, banking, shopping, content delivery, e-mail and instant messaging. With the addition of the Visor handheld, w-Trade Technologies broadens the global reach of its wireless solutions, which now are supported by more than 200 wireless handheld device types, including: mobile phones, such as those made by Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERICY), Motorola (NYSE:MOT), and Nokia (NYSE:NOK); PDAs, including the entire family of Palm, Inc.'s (Nasdaq: PALM) personal organizers and Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) Windows CE-based handheld computers; RIM (NASDAQ: RIMM) Wireless Handhelds; and all Symbian-based wireless devices.
w-Trade Technologies pioneered the wireless application industry two and a half years ago by bringing the first wireless commerce application product to market. Together with companies including Phone.com (Nasdaq: PHCM), 724 Solutions (Nasdaq: SVNX) and Aether Systems (Nasdaq: AETH), w-Trade Technologies today is part of a burgeoning industry known as mobile commerce, or "m-Commerce."
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