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| Good Technology announces support for Cingular 2125 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 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 Secure Over-The-Air (Secure OTA) 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. write your comments about the article :: © 2006 Networking News :: home page |