Synchronica, a provider of mobile e-mail and synchronization solutions to mobile operators and device manufacturers, announced the launch of Synchronica Mobile Gateway 4.0, a multi-protocol gateway that provides a true "Crackberry" service for the mass market.
The Mobile Gateway 4.0 extends mobile e-mail and data synchronization to virtually any mobile phone on the market. It enables e-mail on even the most basic of handsets and does not require any additional software to be installed.
Additionally, the Mobile Gateway 4.0 introduces multi-protocol gateways such as e-mail-to-SMS and e-mail-to-MMS gateways and Push-to-WAP/xHTML browser access. This service is ideal for emerging markets, where PC-based access is limited and entry-level devices dominate, Synchronica said.
Users of entry-level handsets send and receive e-mails as a standard SMS or MMS, and their replies are then converted back to e-mail. Mobile Gateway 4.0 consists of a document transcoding gateway. It allows MS Office attachments to be displayed on mass-market phones. This gateway also optimizes images for display on a mobile phone, thereby reducing bandwidth requirements.
A single gateway account can allow up to 5 email accounts. Google (
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“New mobile e-mail solutions seem to be announced almost every week, but Mobile Gateway 4.0 represents a real breakthrough,” said Carsten Brinkschulte, CEO of Synchronica, in a statement. “Our vision is to enable mobile email and synchronization on virtually any handset and for any user, business or consumer, high-end N95 or entry-level Nokia 1100. This product truly delivers on the promise of a ‘Crackberry’ for the mass-market.”
The Mobile Gateway 4.0 uses open industry standards such as Push IMAP and SyncML to integrate with the native e-mail and synchronization clients built into more than 2 billion devices from all major handset manufacturers including Nokia, SonyEricsson, Samsung (
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Synchronica Mobile Gateway 4.0 will be displayed at this week’s Mobile World Congress (
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Edited by Michelle Robart
