OPENSHARK SOFTWARE PLATFORM
NOW DELIVERS RICH EMAIL ATTACHMENT VIEWING TO MOBILE
PHONE HANDSETS
Consumers in US and Japan Can
View Rich Email and Attachments From Virtually Any
Data-Enabled Mobile Phone Handset
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Openshark
Inc., a provider of infrastructure software products for
the communication industry, today announced the
availability of Openshark® MAI Messaging Agent™ 1.1, a
software application platform that allows viewing of
rich email attachments on a variety of wireless and
wireline devices. Openshark also released the Japanese
Localization Kit, which adds support for over 160
different mobile handsets, Kanji and Katakana
characters, Japanese codepage transcoding and localized
prompts.
"Mobile email has traditionally been problematic for
consumers," said Robert "Bobby" Toda, CEO of Openshark.
"In the past, compelling mobile email required dedicated
email devices closely coupled to an Enterprise messaging
platform like Microsoft Exchange or Lotus Notes. And
even then, the experience was often lacking because
email attachments and rich text was usually not viewable
on those devices. But with MAI Messaging Agent 1.1,
wireless carriers and service providers can now offer
rich email, complete with attachment viewing to their
customers on their existing mobile phones."
Japanese Localization Kit
Taking advantage of Sanyo Electric Corporation's
position as a leading supplier of mobile technology, the
collaboration of Openshark and Sanyo Electric Corp. has
developed the Japanese Localization Kit, the most
comprehensive companion released for MAI Messaging
Agent.
"We are extremely pleased with our close relationship
with Sanyo who handled the local logistics and support
that enabled us to develop and verify our output on over
160 different mobile handsets in Japan." said Tony Tong,
chairman and CTO of Openshark. "With their dedicated
assistance, users can now view pictures, email and
attachments on virtually any mobile handset from any of
the three major service providers in Japan."
The Japanese Localization Kit is available
immediately as a companion to Openshark MAI Messaging
Agent 1.1, and includes a tested device configuration
database for over 160 mobile phones supported on the
networks of NTT DoCoMo, KDDI and Vodaphone KK. Regular
updates for new devices are provided with an ongoing
software maintenance agreement.
MAI Messaging Agent 1.1
MAI Messaging Agent 1.1 is a highly reliable,
scalable and secure solution for email attachment
transcoding and viewing that resides solely in the data
center. MAI translates each incoming message for optimum
viewing based on the specific characteristics of each
client device including screen resolution, display color
depth, markup language support, and network size limits.
MAI supports a variety of devices including mobile
phones, PDAs, PCs and Internet Appliances, but requires
no software or applets to be installed on the client
device. MAI is designed to integrate with all
third-party email and messaging servers to provide a
transparent user email experience.
About Openshark, Inc.
Openshark is a privately held company focused on the
development and sales of software designed to translate
and transform various data types for access by a wide
range of mobile and connected devices. The company is
located in San Jose, California and was incorporated in
January 2000. For more information please visit
http://www.openshark.com.
Openshark and the Openshark logo are registered
trademarks of Openshark, Inc. All other trademarks are
the properties of their respective owners.
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