To: marginmike who wrote (43499 ) 10/6/1999 11:10:00 AM From: Ruffian Respond to of 152472
Bell Mobility Re QCP 2700 (part I) by: horselist_horseman 41270 of 41284 FULL TEXT-Bell Mobility offers PCS e-mail access Breakthrough Lets E-mail Users Break-Free Bell Mobility Offers Mobile Access to Sympatico(TM) TORONTO, Oct. 6 /CNW/ - Staying in the loop' no longer means staying chained to your desktop. Effective this month, Bell Mobility customers get anytime, anywhere' access to their e-mail when they use the Mobile Browser service on their Digital PCS phone. "This is a breakthrough in terms of true portability," said Charlotte Burke, Bell Mobility, Vice President - Services, Marketing and E-Commerce. "Together with Sympatico(TM), we have given Canadians mobile access to their e-mail from their PCS phones for the first time." "Now industry-standard POP3 e-mail users will be able to access their e-mail in-box from a digital phone to read, reply, forward, delete and send messages," added Burke. "They can be at the park or on the golf course; they no longer have to stay inside to stay in touch." The new service provides access to all the standard functions of desktop e-mail. It is also synchronized so that a message deleted from a digital phone is automatically deleted from the assigned in-box. In addition to fully functional e-mail, customers can also access personalized content from sympatico.ca -- including news, weather, sports, horoscopes, stock and lottery information -- from their PCS phones. "The addition of personalized web content is a natural complement to wireless e-mail," said Peter Rowley, Director of ISP Technology at MediaLinx Interactive/Sympatico(TM). "The web has evolved from an information resource into a personal tool that is enhancing everyone's lifestyle. Consumers can now take the best of sympatico.ca with them anywhere, anytime." Bell Mobility customers can access sympatico.ca through a Mobile Browser-enabled Qualcomm QCP 2700 or QCP 2700F phone. They simply launch the browser on the phone and make their selection from the menu. New PCS phones, including the Nokia 6185 and the Neopoint will, in future, be Mobile Browser-enabled. All phones will be capable of accessing sympatico.ca among many other existing Internet sites already designed for wireless access. Bell Mobility customers will be able to access Sympatico(TM) services in English using Mobile Browser-enabled phones beginning October 12. Sympatico(TM) service in French will be available on Mobile Browser-enabled phones by mid-November. There is no monthly service fee for Bell Mobility's Mobile Browser. Customers are charged at $0.15 per minute, billed by the second. To access e-mail, customers must have an industry-standard POP3 e-mail account. Bell Mobility was the first company in Canada to launch a service that puts an Internet browser into the PCS handset. The service, which is called Mobile Browser, was launched in May 1999. Mobile Browser users can access a number of Internet sites specifically adapted for small display screens. In addition to the Sympatico(TM) services announced today, Bell Mobility customers can also access a telephone directory for looking-up Ontario and Quebec phone numbers, a Charles Schwab Canada site that allows customers to access and trade stocks, real-time sports updates with ESPN and much more.