Good Technology Announces Support for Cingular 2125 Smartphone19 January 2006
Delivering on its vision to provide enterprise-class wireless messaging and corporate application access across an extensive choice of mobile devices, Good Technology, the leading provider of industry standards-based enterprise handheld computing software and service, today announced that its GoodLink solution will support the Cingular 2125 smartphone running Microsoft Windows Mobile 5.0. The combination of Microsoft's robust operating system, the 2125's portable, phone-centric form-factor, Cingular's nationwide* EDGE network, and Good's secure, reliable PIM and corporate application platform provides enterprises with a comprehensive solution for real-time, push-access to email, intranet browsing and other business critical applications.
"Together, GoodLink and the Cingular 2125 smartphone fill an important market gap; they provide an economical, converged handheld solution that meets the needs of the millions of employees who require secure access to email and other business applications without sacrificing the small and portable mobile phone form factor," said Rick Osterloh, vice president, products, Good Technology.
Adding to its breadth of handheld choices on Windows Mobile-based Pocket PC, Palm and, in the future, Symbian-powered Nokia handhelds, Good will now support a greater range of line of business needs with a highly portable, cost-effective handheld platform. The portability and economical price point of the Windows Mobile 5.0-based Cingular 2125 make it an ideal choice for sales and other professionals who depend on integrated, mobile access to PIM, voice, and other critical enterprise applications while on the go. IDC forecasts 8.6 million Windows Mobile Smartphone users by year-end 2006.
The Cingular 2125 gives customers the best in connectivity, productivity, and mobility with Windows Mobile 5.0, Bluetooth(R) support, quad-band international roaming and EDGE, the largest high-speed national wireless data network in the U.S. Cingular's EDGE network is the largest high-speed national wireless data network in the U.S. with availability in 13,000 cities and towns and along nearly 40,000 miles of major highways. Customers will have "world phone" capabilities through Cingular's roaming agreements with carriers in more than 165 countries for voice and 95 countries for data.
"The Cingular 2125 running GoodLink on Cingular's high speed EDGE network brings an outstanding end user experience and the robust IT management capabilities required by the most demanding mobile enterprises to yet another great industry standard device," said Michael Woodward, executive director, mobile professional solutions for Cingular Wireless. "GoodLink gives Cingular the ability to give customers access to corporate e-mail on a wide choice of enterprise-class handhelds, and we're pleased to be able to add the Cingular 2125 smartphone to our portfolio of GoodLink-enabled devices."
GoodLink is tightly integrated with the Cingular 2125 smartphone, providing mobile employees with the same usability that Good users at more than 8,000 corporate accounts on the Pocket PC and Palm platforms have come to love. This provides enterprises with a common interface across industry standard handhelds which reduces training time, troubleshooting difficulties, and total cost of ownership, and maximizes end user device choice with a secure, managed solution. Enterprises can now empower their mobile workforce with a two-way, wirelessly synchronized connection to email, calendar, contacts, and additional enterprise systems on an extremely portable, phone-centric handheld optimized for one-handed operation.
In addition, Good Technology enables business customers to better manage their mobility costs with Zero-IT Touch(TM) Secure Over-The-Air (Secure OTA(TM)) upgrades, over-the-air application distribution and management, and protects enterprise assets with FIPS-certified security all the way from the enterprise perimeter through the transport network down to the device.
GoodLink for the Cingular 2125 is available immediately for mobile enterprises with Microsoft Exchange and, in the first half of 2006, for IBM Domino/Lotus Notes corporate email systems.
* Not available in all areas.
About Good Technology
Good Technology is the leader in wireless handheld computing software and service, using industry standards to provide the corporate applications enterprises need on the handhelds they choose over the networks they prefer. The company's GoodAccess and GoodLink products extend mission-critical enterprise applications -- including Microsoft Exchange, Oracle, salesforce.com and Siebel -- to mobile employees when an where they need them, using end-to-end AES encrypted, FIPS 140-2 certified security, and cradle-free, real-time synchronization. GoodLink and GoodAccess are combined enterprise software and service that run on a variety of devices and networks, freeing customers from vendor lock-in, and allowing maximum flexibility. Good Technology is located in Santa Clara, California. For more information call 1-866-7-BEGOOD and select the option for sales, e-mail sales@good.com or visit http://www.good.com.
Members of the media, for further information, please contact:
Reena Mukamal
Good Technology
rmukamal@good.com
+1-408-352-1802
Erin Flanigan
Horn Group for Good Technology
eflanigan@horngroup.com
+1-415-905-4005
Source: prnewswire
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