MapQuest to Deliver Driving Directions to New Palm VII Organizer Users
PRNewswire - 01:46 p.m Dec 02, 1998 Eastern
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Dec. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- GeoSystems
Global Corp., the publishers of MapQuest(R)
(www.mapquest.com), the Web's #1 travel site, will provide
driving directions to users of the Palm VII(TM) connected
organizer, a new and wireless handheld computing product from
Palm Computing, Inc., a 3Com company.
The new Palm VII connected organizer, announced today at the
Palm Computing Platform Worldwide Developer Conference,
will provide fast, secure and easy out-of-the-box access to
personal, business and Internet information. The product will
enable users to quickly and easily obtain important information
from various Web sites remotely via wireless connection to the
Internet. With mobile connectivity to MapQuest, Palm VII users
can access the Web's most accurate driving directions without
desktop synchronization or even connecting to a telephone line.
"MapQuest and Palm Computing are a perfect match," said
Michael Mulligan, CEO of GeoSystems. "MapQuest provides
driving directions for people on the move, and who could be
more mobile than Palm's users?"
"MapQuest offers one of the most invaluable mapping services
for anyone who drives a car, and yet that information is most
useful in locations where a desktop PC is not available and a
laptop is impractical," said Andrea Butter, acting vice president
of marketing, Palm Computing. "Palm VII users will be able to
access MapQuest from a car, a parking lot, or wherever they
happen to be when they need information most."
The relationship with 3Com follows a series of advances in
MapQuest products and services, including the total re-design of
the MapQuest Web site and the launch of the MapQuest
MapStore, the largest source of maps and map products
available online. GeoSystems is dedicated to leading mapping
industry into the latest technological arenas.
The Palm VII connected organizer is the first handheld solution
for out-of-the-box wireless communications and Internet access.
In addition to providing fast and simple access to personal and
business information, the Palm VII organizer enables users to
quickly, easily and securely obtain information from Web sites
via a wireless connection to the Internet and provides a means of
instant two-way personal communications. The Palm VII
organizer enters a national field trial in January 1999, and is
expected to be widely available in the U.S. next year.
With the Palm VII organizer, 3Com also introduces a
revolutionary new model for accessing Internet information,
called web clipping. Web clipping is a means of extracting a
specific set of needed information from a given Web site, by
requesting certain types of information via query forms that
reside on the Palm VII device. Information received from the
Internet by a Palm VII user is automatically optimized for
viewing on the Palm VII screen.
GeoSystems Global Corp. is a leading supplier of geographic
information products and services to a broad range of
companies, encompassing the print, electronic publishing,
telecom, and travel industries. GeoSystems is the publisher of
MapQuest (www.mapquest.com), the most popular consumer
and business interactive mapping service on the Internet.
GeoSystems has more than 350 business customers that have
incorporated MapQuest interactive maps and driving directions
into their Web sites. Major MapQuest partners include
CitySearch, CyberHomes, Excite, Infoseek, Lycos, Travelocity
(Sabre), and Yahoo! For more information on GeoSystems,
visit their World Wide Web site at www.geosys.com. SOURCE
GeoSystems Global Corp.
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