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SEVEN Delivers Enterprise-Class Mobile Email on palmOne's Treo 650 Smartphone

Best-in-Class Email Experience on the Treo 650 is Affordable, Feature-Rich and Easy-to-Use

San Francisco, CA - CTIA Wireless IT 2004 (October 25, 2004) - SEVEN has collaborated with palmOne, Inc. to deliver enterprise email on the Treo 650™ smartphone for distribution to the leading mobile operators worldwide. SEVEN's client software tightly integrates with the Treo 650 to provide seamless mobile access to business and consumer email and information. Sprint plans to be the first wireless carrier to offer the Treo 650 in North America, with commercial availability slated for next month. Sprint will offer the Sprint PCS Vision Smart Device Treo 650 by palmOne with Sprint PCS Business Connection built-in, enabling businesses and prosumers easy and affordable mobile access to their email.

"The Treo 650 is a breakthrough device," said Kent Thexton, SEVEN President and Co-CEO. "By working with Sprint and palmOne to deliver SEVEN built-in on the Treo 650 from Sprint, we're making mobile email access a great experience."

Sprint PCS Business Connection, powered by SEVEN, will be the default enterprise mobile email client on all Treo 650 devices sold by Sprint and will be accessible by touching the email hot-key or selecting "Get BC" from the Treo 650's launch screen. Sprint PCS Business Connection provides real-time, secure, access to Lotus Domino, Microsoft Exchange, IMAP and POP3 email, calendar, personal contacts, corporate directories, network drives and desktop documents. Sprint PCS Business Connection is available in two deployment models including Personal Edition developed for individual and small business users, and Enterprise Edition to meet the security and integration needs of small, medium and large businesses, as well as having control rest with the corporate IT department.

"Mobile email has been a key driver in the adoption of the Treo family," said Page Murray, vice president, marketing for palmOne. "We are happy to work with SEVEN to continue the momentum behind mobile email on the Treo platform by integrating their easy-to-deploy services on the Treo 650 from Sprint."

The benefits of using SEVEN-powered services on the Treo 650 include:

  • One Elegant Device for Voice and Data - Use one feature-rich device for all of your voice, email and organizational needs. SEVEN's software, developed for the Treo 650, offers features such as five-way navigation, calendar integration, phone and email integration.
  • Works Out of the Box - Individual users are up and running in less than five minutes, right out of the box. Enterprises are provisioned in less than an hour.
  • Easy to Manage - SEVEN-powered mobile email is easy to provision, manage, personalize and use. Over-the-air synchronization delivers information in real-time, and simplifies ongoing maintenance and upgrades. For enterprise deployments, SEVEN-powered services integrate with pre-existing email management tools, making batch user provisioning and routine administrative tasks uncomplicated.
  • Broad Email Support - Support for Microsoft Exchange, Lotus Domino, IMAP and POP email. Additionally, with one touch, users may toggle back and forth between multiple corporate and personal accounts using the same client software and account.
  • Enterprise-Class Security - Security features include end-to-end 128-bit AES encryption, remote removal of data from mobile devices, and the extension of enterprise security policy to mobile devices.
  • Low Total Cost of Ownership - Delivered as an easy to deploy, complexity-free service from within the operator network, SEVEN-powered solutions are 50% less expensive than competing proprietary services.

About the Treo 650 Smartphone from palmOne, Inc.
Building on the award-winning Treo 600 design, the new Treo 650 smartphone from palmOne makes it easier than ever for mobile professionals to stay connected. By combining a compact, full-featured mobile phone with email, an organizer, messaging and web access, the Treo 650 lets users organize and simplify their business and personal lives all in one place. The Treo 650 offers integrated Bluetooth(r) technology, a higher-resolution screen, multimedia capabilities, a removable battery, non-volatile memory and an improved QWERTY backlit keyboard. More information can be found at www.palmOne.com/Treo650.

About SEVEN
SEVEN® is a leading global provider of software that enables mobile operators to offer their subscribers secure, low-cost, real-time access to critical information including business and personal email and applications. SEVEN is available as Personal Edition for consumers, and Server Edition and Enterprise Edition for businesses. Our software supports a wide variety of device platforms, including BREW, J2ME, Microsoft Pocket PC, Microsoft Smartphone 2003, Palm OS and Symbian-based phones, and is currently compatible with handheld devices manufactured by Hitachi, HTC, Motorola, palmOne, Sanyo, Samsung, Sony Ericsson and Toshiba. SEVEN is available today across major international network standards, and is sold by Cingular Wireless, Globe Telecom, KDDI Corp., NTT DoCoMo, O2, Orange, Optus, SingTel and Sprint. SEVEN is a global company headquartered in Redwood City, CA.

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