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ABIDIA. Auction, Anywhere.
Salt Lake City, UT – April 30, 2004 – Abidia announced the release of Abidia Wireless version 2.5 for RIM BlackBerry today, the latest version of the world’s first cellular phone application bringing eBay (Nasdaq: EBAY) to wireless devices. Abidia Wireless offers an auction experience that includes easy, on-the-go access to real-time information and visual images available from BlackBerry Wireless Handhelds, developed by Research In Motion (RIM) (Nasdaq: RIMM; TSX: RIM). Abidia Wireless is compatible with any Java based BlackBerry Wireless handheld, as well as mobile phones and PDA’s based upon Java, Windows Mobile, Symbian OS, and Palm OS.
Abidia Wireless 2.5 incorporates new features to support both buyers and sellers. View real-time information about items won, lost, bought, and sold. See or add items in their watch list, the item’s current bid price, an image, or compare prices in other auctions. Sellers can now view the status of auctions away from their PCs and get a list of the similar items to compare prices and see pictures of competing items. Abidia Wireless is a truly global solution, providing direct support for International eBay users, including support for eBay UK, eBay Germany, eBay France, eBay Italy, eBay Spain, eBay Canada, eBay Australia and many more.
“Abidia Wireless has been developed specifically for devices with small displays and slower processors,”, said Mike Burch, CTO at Abidia. “We are excited to bring it to the BlackBerry, a platform where it can really shine. It is a very comfortable fit with the larger screen, thumb pad, and advanced networking capabilities.”
Abidia Wireless is available directly from the Abidia Website at http://www.abidia.com, or from any of our partners in the United States and Internationally. It is currently available at Handango for as low as $2.49 a month, customers can access their eBay account anywhere, anytime.
“BlackBerry devices are highly regarded in the industry, we are very optimistic of our integration of the eBay experience with the BlackBerry,” said Keith Horn, CEO at Abidia. “We look forward to increasing BlackBerry integration with our products in the future. BlackBerry users can now stay competitive and informed while on the move.”
Appealing Features:
· Support for the leading online auction site, eBay.
· Support for BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES), WAP, GPRS, and CDMA networks.
· Support for color and monochrome devices.
· User Friendly interface designed for small wireless devices.
· Search eBay for favorite items and auctions.
· Organize, track, view, and bid on active eBay auctions.
· Browse cached items on your wireless device.
· Sync with your my eBay account information.
· Vast support for Cellular Carriers, devices, and platforms.
· Integrated support for International auction sites.
About Abidia Wireless
Abidia Wireless is the first eBay application for cell phones. Ebayers do not need any additional equipment beyond a subscription to Abidia Wireless, their carrier’s data package, and a supported mobile device. Abidia Wireless is currently available for wireless phones based upon Windows Mobile for Pocket PC and Smartphone, Palm OS V2.0-V5.0, RIM Blackberry, Symbian OS, and Java (J2ME) enabled mobile phones, from leading manufactures including Nokia, Motorola, Samsung, Sony-Ericsson, Sanyo, Sharp, Dell, Hewlett Packard, Mitac, Toshiba, PalmOne, Sony, Kyocera, Sendo, among many others.
Vast Wireless Provider Support - Abidia Wireless service is currently available to subscribers of PCS Vision from Sprint, T-Zones from T-Mobile, m-Mode from AT&T Wireless, Cingular Wireless, Nextel iMode, Verizon Wireless, Virgin Mobile, Vodafone, Orange, O2, Fido, Rogers AT&T, and many more. Abidia Wireless is developed and operated by Abidia. For further information or a subscription to Abidia Wireless, visit www.abidia.com.
About Abidia
Abidia is a privately held company headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah. Founded in February 2002. Abidia is the leading developer of wireless applications and services for online auctions. As an innovator in the mobile and wireless device software development arena, Abidia has released applications for Windows Mobile, Palm OS, RIM Blackberry, Symbian OS, and J2ME. For more information visit, www.abidia.com Abidia Wireless, and Abidia are trademarks or registered trademark of Abidia. All other trademarks, registered trademarks, trade names, service marks and images mentioned and/or used herein belong to their respective owners.
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