12th Nov 2007 07:01
Synchronica PLC12 November 2007 12 November 2007 Synchronica plc ("Synchronica" or "the Company") Do the business on your Apple iPhone with free e-mail from Synchronica Synchronica extends its free Mobile Gateway trial to UK iPhone users seamlessly connecting the iPhone to Microsoft Exchange Tunbridge Wells - Synchronica plc, (AIM: SYNC.LN), the mobile synchronisationand device management company, is pleased to announce that UK iPhone owners cannow turn their new handset into a business phone by adding a secure corporatee-mail service free of charge with just a few clicks. Synchronica is the only vendor offering a live solution allowing iPhones ownersto receive push Email from Microsoft Exchange accounts, without requiringadditional software to be installed on the iPhone, or behind the corporatefirewall. The free trial for UK iPhone users follows a successful trial runningin the US since August. More than 10.000 US iPhone users have already signed upfor the Mobile Gateway trial and have seamlessly incorporated their new handsetsinto their business life, using mobile e-mail. By signing up for a free 60-day UK trial with Synchronica's Mobile Gatewaytoday, owners of the ground-breaking Smartphone from Apple can receive theircorporate e-mail on their iPhones without having to install any additionalsoftware on the handset or behind the corporate firewall. Mobile Gateway, which provides a link between the iPhone's built-in e-mailclient and Microsoft Exchange, is the perfect complement to iTunes for ensuringfast, secure synchronisation of all business data. While iTunes synchronisescalendar and contacts with Microsoft Outlook, Mobile Gateway keeps iPhoneconnected to corporate email when the user has left the office. It providestight integration between the iPhone and Microsoft Exchange and automaticallydelivers emails to the built-in email client of the iPhone, including supportfor folders and attachments. Emails sent from the iPhone via Mobile Gatewayautomatically appear in the "Sent Items" folder of the user's Exchange accountas if they had been sent from the user's PC. Taking advantage of this offer is simple: Users just need to log on atwww.synchronica.com and register their iPhone with Synchronica's Mobile Gatewayand start to send and receive e-mail immediately. Following the expiry of the60-day trial, users will be migrated to a commercially-supported service. Carsten Brinkschulte, CEO of Synchronica said: "I know that those who havefinally got their hands on the iPhone in the UK are going to love their newhandset just as much I love mine. The iPhone is an iconic device with anexceptional user experience, and probably the first to deliver the complete webexperience on a mobile device. Mobile Gateway closes the main gap in itsfunctionality by connecting the iPhone to corporate Exchange mailboxes." Enquiries: Synchronica plcCarsten Brinkschulte, CEO +44 (0) 1892 552 799 +44 (0) 7977 256 406Nicole Meissner, CMO +44 (0) 1892 552 780 +44 (0) 7977 256 412 Corfin CommunicationsBen Hunt, Harry Chathli +44 (0) 20 7977 0020 About Synchronica Synchronica plc develops and markets industry standard synchronisation anddevice management solutions for mobile operators, device manufacturers, andenterprises. Its product portfolio ranges from data synchronization (DS) todevice management (DM) and firmware update over the air (FOTA). Products includethe mobile device management suite Mobile Manager and the Push Email andsynchronization solution Mobile Gateway. Headquartered in the UK with adevelopment centre in Germany, and offices in Hong Kong, US and Dubai.Synchronica plc is a public company traded on the AIM list of the London StockExchange (SYNC.LN). More information is available at www.synchronica.com. About Synchronica Mobile Gateway Synchronica's Mobile Gateway is a carrier-grade middleware solution providingpush e-mail and synchronisation services. Based on the open industry standardsSyncML and IMAP, Mobile Gateway is compatible with a wide range of mobiledevices from leading device manufacturers, such as Nokia, Sony Ericsson,Motorola, and Apple, without requiring additional client software to beinstalled on the device or behind the firewall. Already more than 400 devicemodels representing approximately 1.5 billion devices support the industrystandard. Synchronica offers Mobile Gateway to operators, device manufacturers, and ISPs,enabling their subscribers to send and receive email from consumer mailboxes(AOL, Gmail, and others), as well as to synchronise their calendar and contactdata with business systems like Microsoft Exchange, Lotus Domino, and Sun JavaCommunications Suite. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange ENRelated Shares:
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