Abidia Wireless 3.0; Mobile eBay Auction Software now available for Palm OS Platform
Synopsis: Abidia Wireless™ enhances the eBay auction platform with effortless anytime anywhere access from wireless mobile devices and mobile phones; featuring customizable real-time synchronization with eBay accounts, wireless searching, cached browsing, wireless bidding, and the ability to effortlessly manage auction listings on-the-go directly from a Palm Powered™ device.
San Jose, CA (PRWEB) May 24, 2005 -- PalmSource Mobile Summit & DevCon,
May 24, 2005 - Abidia, the leading provider of mobile phone and wireless
handheld device solutions for online auctions, today announced the availability
of Abidia's third generation wireless application for eBay on the Palm OS®
platform, enabling effortless real-time access to eBay accounts and listings for
mobile devices worldwide. The next generation technology features a convenient
auction experience comparable to a personal computer on the eBay site, in
performance, presentation, productivity, and convenience. Additionally, Abidia
Wireless™ 3.0 offers a streamlined and improved interface allowing instant
access to eBay auction information.
Abidia Wireless 3.0 for Palm Powered™
devices, with an Internet connection, builds upon the popular application from
Abidia, providing mobile devices effortless real-time access to a users’ account
and listings from the eBay site, as well as many international eBay sites.
Abidia Wireless version 3.0 makes a convenient auction experience possible;
users are allowed to view real-time information about items that have been won,
lost, bought, and sold. View and add items to the watch list. View any items’
current bid price, an image, or compare prices of other auctions. Abidia
Wireless 3.0 makes it easy to carry item listings and visual images as well as
buyer and seller lists in your pocket. Easy, on-the-go supervision of real-time
auction status is a simple install away.
“Abidia Wireless is a convenient
way to keep connected to eBay, wherever you are. The easy setup, simple
interface, and powerful features combined with a Palm Powered device provide a
top notch enhancement to eBay,” said Mike Burch, chief technical officer of
Abidia. “Expanding the functionality of Palm Powered mobile devices and
smartphones, Abidia Wireless 3.0 offers users instant, real-time access to
constantly changing eBay auction data,” said Larry Berkin, director of developer
marketing, PalmSource. “Auction buyers and sellers can now benefit from tracking
their auctions while on-the-go.”
Abidia Wireless 3.0 Compelling New
Features
• Completed Auction Searching – Search completed
items with Abidia Wireless.
• On Device Registration –
Register for an eBay account directly from your device.
•
Auction Item Listings – You can read the item listings directly from your
device.
• Simplified Folder Interface – New interface that
provides ease of use and efficient access.
• Directional
Pad Navigation – Easier to use, simple navigation from hardware
buttons.
• Improved Status Reporting – Improved status of
synchronizations and engine activities.
• New Plug-in
Architecture – Abidia Wireless has support for use of the eBay
API.
• Additional eBay Sites – Abidia Wireless now supports
eBay India.
Immediate Availability
Abidia Wireless 3.0 is available
now for as low as $4.99 per month or a one-time $39.99. Registered users of
previous versions can upgrade for $19.99, subscribers are entitled to a free
upgrade. A fully functional 15 day trial version is also available for download.
Abidia Wireless 3.0 is available directly from the Abidia Website at http://www.abidia.com or the
Abidia Wapsite at http://wap.abidia.com.
About Abidia Wireless
Abidia
Wireless enhances many eBay auction sites worldwide with effortless, anytime,
anywhere, access via wireless handheld and mobile phone devices; featuring
customizable real-time synchronization with an eBay account, wireless searching,
cached browsing, wireless bidding, and the ability to effortlessly supervise
auction listings on-the-go. Abidia Wireless is currently available for Palm
Powered devices, including the Treo Smartphone, Windows Mobile-based Pocket
PC’s, Windows Mobile-based Smartphone’s, and Windows Mobile 5.0 with support for
BlackBerry Wireless Handheld devices, Symbian Series 60 Platform, Symbian UIQ
Platform, and Java enabled (J2ME) mobile phone and device editions coming soon.
Abidia Wireless can use network connections provided by WiFi (802.11x),
Bluetooth, dialup Modems, or data networks provided by carriers such as
Cingular/AT&T, Verizon Wireless, Sprint/Nextel, T-Mobile, Vodafone, O2, and
many more. For more information please visit, http://www.abidia.com/products/wireless/.
About
Abidia
Abidia is a privately held company founded in February 2002. Abidia is
the worldwide market leader of online auction tools and service for mobile
phones and wireless handheld devices for auction sites provided by eBay (NASDAQ:
EBAY) and Overstock.com (NASDAQ: OSTK), with software released for Windows
Mobile, Palm OS, RIM Blackberry, Symbian OS, and J2ME. For more information
please visit, http://www.abidia.com. O-Anywhere, Abidia Wireless, ‘Auction.
Anywhere. With Abidia’, and Abidia are trademarks or registered trademarks 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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