SEVEN and Dopod Provide Push Email Across Asia Pacific
SEVEN, the global market leader in push email software, today
announced a global partnership with Dopod International Corporation, a
leader in the PDA Phone and Smartphone industry. At the same time
SEVEN announced the availability of its push email software on the
Dopod C720W smartphone. SEVEN Always-On Mail complies with the device
as white-labeled with its partners, always conveniently located within
a click or two from the home screen. On the device, users can find
push email powered by SEVEN as one of the push email brands marketed
by the world's leading mobile operators.
With SEVEN's approach for ease-of-use and unmatched device support
for push email, enterprises and consumers can get their emails in
real-time, on the device of their choice. Using architecture built
from start for mobile communication, SEVEN's solutions are secure,
optimized for extending the battery life, and effective bandwidth
usage, making it the most affordable alternative for mobile access to
personal and business email as well as for other applications.
"We are happy to work with SEVEN to provide the ease of use of the
Push Mail function in different countries and for different operators.
With the Best Device Quality of Dopod International Corp., customers
can really enjoy mobile mail and be alerted with updated important
information. Enjoy mobility can be easy and fun at all times," said
Jack Tong, CEO of Dopod International Corp.
Preloading of SEVEN's push email software, specifically designed
for simplified set-up for mass market adoption, has brought
significant ARPU (Average Revenue Per User) increases to SEVEN's
mobile operator partners. Take-up rates for the solution have reached
as high as 35% of new sold devices, a rate previously unseen for any
mobile data application except SMS text messaging.
Siddharth Mahajan, Vice President and General Manager, SEVEN -
Asia Pacific, states: "Mobile email is a significant growth market and
users are demanding more from their devices. We enjoy a close working
relationship with handset vendors like Dopod International Corp., this
guarantees that we offer the best possible mobile email functionality
for business and consumer users. We are proud to be the outstanding
number one in number of devices supported for push email. Today we can
ship SEVEN push email on more then 200 different mobile handsets,
giving mobile users the widest choice."
The first Dopod handset available for the SEVEN's push email
solution is the C270W, a GSM Quadband handset that also supports GPRS,
EDGE, WiFi and Bluetooth connectivity. It runs on Microsoft Windows
Mobile 5.0 Smartphone edition and is equipped with a QWERTY keypad.
Combined with SEVEN's Always-On Mail, users can send and receive
email, read, edit and re-send email attachments as well as having
always-on access to their calendar and contacts when on the move.
About Dopod International Corporation
Dopod International Corporation is a leading mobile communications
company that integrates mobile communication with information system
technologies. Dopod International's products are catered to the
modern, 'connected-everywhere' lifestyle user. The company combines
outstanding product design and excellent functional qualities that
promote convenient access to up-to-the-minute information. Founded in
2002, Dopod International has established a presence as a premier
communications company throughout Asia.
About SEVEN
SEVEN is a global provider of software that enables mobile
operators, Internet email providers and service providers to offer
their subscribers secure, low-cost, real-time access to business and
personal email applications. SEVEN's software is specialized to meet
the unique needs and requirements of the Fortune 500 enterprise, the
small-to-medium organization, workgroups, individual professionals and
consumers. The SEVEN software supports all major device platforms,
including BREW, J2ME, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Palm OS and
Symbian-based phones, and currently ships on over 200 mobile phone
models manufactured by Hitachi, HTC, HP, Motorola, Nokia, Palm, Sanyo,
Samsung, Sony Ericsson and Toshiba. SEVEN is available today across
major international network standards, and has been chosen by 100
leading mobile operators and service providers worldwide including:
including Alltel, Cingular Wireless, DTAC, Etisalat, FET, Globe
Telecom, Hutchison, KDDI Corp., NTT DoCoMo, O2, Optus, Orange, Sprint
Nextel, Starhub, Telefonica Moviles, Telenor Group, Telkom Indonesia,
Vimpelcom and Yahoo!. SEVEN is headquartered in Redwood City, CA, USA,
with local offices around the globe.
SEVEN is a registered trademark of Seven Networks, Inc. Always-On
Mail, Out of the Office, System SEVEN, SEVEN Personal Edition, SEVEN
Enterprise Edition, and SEVEN Server Edition are also trademarks or
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