Elmo--- this vol does not indicate institutions are LOADING up yet. Here is a bit more supporting the puppy..
(COMTEX) B: SALON.COM TO PROVIDE CONTENT FOR PALM PILOTS AND OTHER HA
B: SALON.COM TO PROVIDE CONTENT FOR PALM PILOTS AND OTHER HANDHELD DEVICES
THROUGH AVANTGO.COM NEWS, TECHNOLOGY AND OTHER CONTENT FROM SALON.COM Now
Available to over 300,000 AvantGo.com Subscribers
SAN FRANCISCO, Jul 26, 1999 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Salon.com
(Nasdaq: SALN) (www.salon.com), one of the Internet's leading media
sites, announced today that its content is now available to users of
Palm Pilots and other handheld devices through AvantGo.com. Using
AvantGo.com from AvantGo Inc. (www.avantgo.com), mobile consumers can
now access Salon's award-winning content on their handhelds in
real-time using a wireless device or via synchronization with a desktop
PC.
Under the arrangement, users will be able to download Salon News
andSalon Technology onto their handheld devices by going to the
AvantGo.com Website. Content from other sites on the Salon network will
be available in thefuture.
"This helps us move towards one of our key goals -- making Salon
content available to users anywhere, any time and any way they choose
to read it," said Michael O'Donnell, CEO and president of Salon.com.
Salon.com, a network of 10 original content sites and two communities,
has won numerous awards and its daily coverage of news and technology
has garnered critical praise.
"Our goal with AvantGo.com is to make it easier for individuals on
thego to access the information they want and need -- any time,
anywhere," said Felix Lin, AvantGo's CEO. "We are pleased to be working
with Salon.com to deliver its captivating news and technology content
to AvantGo.com users, and we look forward to adding additional Salon
content soon."
AvantGo.com is the first free interactive service to give mobile
consumers connectivity to thousands of popular Web sites via their
handheld devices. Today, the service has more than 300,000 subscribers.
About Salon.com: Salon.com (Nasdaq: SALN; www.salon.com; AOL Keyword:
Salon) is an Internet media company that produces a network of 10
original content sites and two communities -- Table Talk and The Well.
Salon.com was founded by David Talbot, former arts editor of the San
Francisco Examiner. Some of Salon.com's premier advertisers and
sponsors include Mercedes-Benz, Lexus, Visa, eToys, Virgin Records,
DrKoop.com, Barnesandnoble.com, Microsoft, IBM, Apple and Intel.
Salon.com also has distribution agreements with major online companies,
including America Online, Go.com, Alta Vista, CNN.com and C/Net. Salon
also recently announced an e-commerce ticketing arrangement with
CultureFinder.com and a distribution arrangement for its books content
via Rocket eBooks. Salon.com's content is also syndicated to U.S.
newspapers through United Features. The site averages 1.5 million
unique visitors permonth.
About AvantGo: The authority in managing mobile information, AvantGo,
Inc. offers solutions for extending Web-enabled, enterprise and
consumer applications to handheld computers such as those based on the
Palm Computing (Nasdaq: COMS) and Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) Windows CE
platforms. The company recently launched AvantGo.com, a free service
for accessing personalized Web content from leading partners. AvantGo
also spearheaded the Mobile Application Link initiative, an open,
industry standard for connecting mobile devices to server-based
applications. For more information, please visit the company's Web site
at www.avantgo.com or call 650-638-3399.
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