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TransMedia Announces Launch of Glide Suite for Ultra Mobile PCs and Mobile Internet Devices

2007-04-16 18:54 1000

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BEIJING, China, April 17 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- TransMedia officially launches today the complete Glide Suite of Desktop and Mobile Applications for Ultra Mobile PCs and Mobile Internet Devices.

Consumers will now be able to access, edit and share virtually all of their files stored on their Linux PCs from a wide selection of cell phones.

"Glide provides a user-friendly desktop interface for Linux, a powerful suite of applications and seamless interoperability with Windows, Macs and a wide selection of cell phones," said TransMedia Chairman and CEO, Donald Leka. "In addition, we are also making available an optimized Linux version of Glide for Intel powered ultra mobile PCs."

"Glide is taking an innovative approach in offering web based consumer services for anytime, anywhere access," said Pankaj Kedia, Director of Ultra Mobility Group Ecosystem Marketing at Intel(Nasdaq: INTC). "This service on Intel based UMPCs and MIDs delivers on-the-go usage models around communication, entertainment and information."

About Glide

Glide automatically syncs your photos, music, videos, documents, iCal calendars, Address Book contacts, and Safari, Camino and Firefox bookmarks from your computer via the Internet so you can access virtually all of your digital stuff from your cell phone. Glide achieves the ideal of anytime, anywhere access by making it possible to synchronize all of your files on your local desktop(s) to and from Glide's hosted web services. Glide's compatibility engine then serves up your files in the proper format and bit rate for access on various devices and for easy sharing.

Glide serves as your digital companion that travels with you even when you change phones, service providers or upgrade your systems. Effectively, Glide provides one unified file and information management system and productivity suite for all of your devices. Glide's mobile applications enable Linux users to create while on the go. Glide stands alone in this approach.

-- Compose a document on your mobile device, save it and then

access and edit it later on your Linux PC without the need

to email it from your phone.

-- Edit photos with 75 photo manipulation tools and order

prints all on your mobile device or Linux PC.

-- Send large files in 5k emails using your favorite email

address with no attachment limits and without filling up

the recipient's inbox.

-- Create elegant multimedia websites from your cell phone or

Linux PC and edit later from either device.

Glide's mobile services enable Linux users to leap frog current and soon to be released mobile offerings that require uploading files locally from your computer via a USB 2.0 cable, Bluetooth etc. to your cell phone.

Linux users can sign up for a free Glide account today at http://www.glidedigital.com on their Linux PCs or on their cell phones at http://www.glidemobile.com .

Sign up for a free Glide account today at http://www.glidedigital.com from your PC or on your cell phone at http://www.glidemobile.com .

This press release was prepared using Glide Write.

Source: TransMedia
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