ThinAirMail Launched to Provide Palm VII Connected Organizer E-mail Access Via Web Clipping
NEW YORK — September 7, 1999 — ThinAirApps.com, a newly formed company, today announced the launch of ThinAirMail(TM), the first e-mail application for the Palm VII(TM) connected organizer that allows users to connect to personal e-mail accounts other than the Palm VII(TM) iMessenger(TM) e-mail via a Web Clipping application for Palm Computing's Palm.Net(TM) network.
"Accessing your email from any source at any time and place is the killer app for the Palm VII organizer," said Jon Oakes, co-founder of ThinAirApps.com, which developed and launched the new application. "ThinAirMail delivers your mail from virtually any ISP and HotMail quickly, completely and directly to your already indispensable Palm VII device," he said. said.
"Palm Query Applications can be optimized for every Web site's needs, be it financial, news, weather, or traffic information, " said Scott Lincke, director of wireless products for Palm Computing, Inc. "ThinAirMail takes advantage of this flexibility by offering an e-mail Web Clipping application, giving Palm VII users access to their personal e-mail accounts directly from their device. This is in addition to their Palm.net messaging account which is accessible via Palm VII's iMessenger application."
ThinAirMail uses POP3 and IMAP transports to give users access to e-mail from most major Internet Service Providers such as IBM, MindSpring and AT&T. ThinAirApps.com also proudly announced support for HotMail's browser-based mail service.
The ThinAirMail(TM) application will be available free of charge and can be downloaded from www.ThinAirApps.com and www.palm.net beginning September 7. In addition, ThinAirApps.com expects to release in October its ThinAirMail Secure Server(TM), which will allow Palm VII(TM) users to access corporate e-mail securely.
ThinAirApps.com was founded as a spin-off of CTNY, LLC, a New York based e-business technology leader. ThinAirApps.com builds applications that facilitate the movement and management of information between backend systems and handheld devices for the consumer and corporate markets. For more information on ThinAirApps.com and ThinAirMail, visit www.thinairapps.com. For more information on CTNY, LLC, visit www.ctny.com. Palm Computing is a registered trademark and Palm, Palm VII, and Palm.net are trademarks of Palm Computing, Inc. or 3Com Corporation.
SOURCE: ThinAirApps.com
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Thomas Walek of Walek & Associates, 212-832-1811, for ThinAirApps.com com