WorldMate, Inc., the leading provider of mobile travel services
for frequent fliers, today announced WorldMate Live for Windows
Mobile, the first push travel service for Windows Mobile smartphones.
WorldMate Live caters to road warriors, managing their complete
itineraries including travel arrangements and business meetings by
pushing notifications of events that impact their schedules to their
smartphones, in real-time.
The Windows Mobile version supports all of the popular WorldMate
Live services including pushed itinerary updates real-time, flight
alerts, flight schedules, weather forecasts, and other important
travel information. The WorldMate Live Windows Mobile client is built
for Windows Mobile Standard Edition smartphones, such as BlackJack(TM
)II by Samsung, the HTC S620 and Motorola´s MOTO Q class phones.
Windows Mobile is a leading smartphone platform with 14.3 million
devices shipped in the past six months.
"The WorldMate product line has led Windows Mobile application
sales charts for years," said Nadav Gur, CEO of WorldMate. "We´re
excited to bring the WorldMate Live service to this popular smartphone
platform, as we continue our dominance in the mobile travel services
market."
"There´s a need to be able to easily access such things as flight
changes and weather forecasts whether you´re traveling for business or
pleasure," said Steve Hegenderfer, group product manager at Microsoft
Corp. "With the support of WorldMate Live, Windows Mobile users now
have a comprehensive set of current travel information sent directly
to them on their phone from anywhere in the world."
WorldMate Live is the first mobile travel service to feature
fully-interactive ´push´ alerts for flight cancellations, delays and
other important travel events. Within the first four months of its
release, The WorldMate Live service attracted more than 130,000
members from 153 countries who rely on it to improve their travel
experience. WorldMate Live is offered as a ´Freemium´ service, with
most components and services provided to end users for free. Premium
services, including flight alerts, flight status and schedules, travel
directory and customer support are, available via subscription at
$9.95 per month or $99.95 per year.
WorldMate Inc. will demonstrate the Beta version at CTIA and then
kick-off the commercial launch a few weeks later.
WorldMate Live for Windows Mobile will be showcased at the CTIA
Wireless conference at Microsoft´s booth #1515 - Central Hall C3. To
schedule an appointment to meet with WorldMate during the show, please
contact Amy Robinson at 619-677-2700 or worldmate@lewispr.com For more
information, please visit www.worldmatelive.com.
About WorldMate
Based in Los Angeles, CA, privately held WorldMate has been
developing award-winning mobile travel software since 2000. The
WorldMate(R) product line provides frequent fliers and road warriors
all the travel services they need at home, work or on the go. Like a
traveler´s guardian angel, WorldMate´s mobile travel tools provide
real-time trip information, tracking every trip and pushing vital
details such as flight alerts and notifications and meeting updates
directly to users. Removing stress and paperwork from the travel
experience while saving time and money, WorldMate turns a mobile
device into a personal travel assistant. WorldMate´s resources also
feature flight schedules, weather forecast, travel directories, maps,
world clocks, a currency converter and much more. For more
information, please visit www.mobimate.com.
WorldMate(R) is a registered trademark of MobiMate Ltd. Microsoft,
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