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Inventop to release ProximityMail for Smartphone Cellphones January 21, 2004 [MS Smartphone] | By anonymous 1. While at this moment only one Microsoft Smarpthone model with built-in Bluetooth is available - the HTC Voyager (branded as Orange SPV e200, Qtek8080, O2 Xphone, etc) - in this year several new models will come out. One of them will be the new major upcoming hit: Motorola MPx220. 
By now number of software application utilizing Bluetooth and working in Microsoft Smartphone was equal to zero, but we will see soon more and more Bluetooth applications for Microsoft Smartphones. ProximityMail will be one of the first ones... Full info follows. * * * * * Inventop, a specialist in the proximity messaging space, announced ProximityMail for Windows Mobile Smartphone device release scheduled for Q1 2004. "We are pleased to announced this upcoming release in Q1," said Virginie Glaenzer, Chief Executive Officer " We believe that the Cellphone market is now getting more mature on integrating Bluetooth as a standard component. Future ProximityMail releases will include Symbian OS compatibility." Last fall, devices carrying Bluetooth technology began shipping at a rate of 1million a week, which is impressive and seven out of 10 of those devices are cell phones. In 2003, the Zelos Group predicts that about 2.2 million Bluetooth-equipped mobile handsets will be shipped, about 2.8 percent of all handsets sold. The Zelos Group found that the total installed base of Bluetooth handsets will represent 1.4 percent of all mobile subscribers. In 2004, an estimated 7.8 million Bluetooth-enabled handsets will ship, or 9.4 percent of the total, and the installed base will represent 5.1 percent of all mobile subscribers. According to Zelos, by 2008, about 60 percent of all handsets in the market will include Bluetooth. ProximityMail smartphone introduces a new feature to cellular phones called ProximityMail proximity contact. It’s like a mobile chat room or newsgroup that allows anonymous, public or private proximity communications. It enables users to create groups, subscribe (or not) to those of interest without knowing a specific user’s phone number or email address. When two users want to connect directly, they can use a simple Texto-Me(SMS) and Call-Me one-click button. Inventop focuses on serving the needs of Carriers, as this pre-contact application increases network usage and billable airtime as well as customer satisfaction and loyalty. Inventop is already talking to several major US and European carriers to add ProximityMail service to their product offering. ProximityMail™ transforms Bluetooth enabled devices into a localized community-messaging network. It incorporates Inventop’s Patent-pending BluePing Network™ technology, which enables hassle-free peer-to-peer networking, expanded Bluetooth effective range well beyond 10 meters, instantaneous “random area networks”, and powerful communications capabilities for cellphones and other devices. More information and a trial version of the software are available at www.proximitymail.com.  Post your comment (free registration is required to post, but if you register you can edit your posts later)
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