[June 01, 2006] Motricity Deutschland Introduces German Versions of PalmGear.com, PocketGear.com and SymbianGear.com Tweet MUNICH, Germany --(Business Wire)-- June 1, 2006 -- New sites to feature applications with German descriptions, binaries Motricity Deutschland, a division of Motricity, Inc., a global leader in mobile marketplace management, announced today that it has launched German versions of Motricity's direct to consumer Web sites PalmGear.com, PocketGear.com and SymbianGear.com. The new sites further extend Motricity's consumer brands into the European mobile markets. PalmGear.de, PocketGear.net and SymbianGear.de will each be hosted in primarily German language and will feature software applications with German descriptions. Most of the applications will also feature German binaries. Each site will allow the user to select his or her device prior to purchasing the software in order to ensure the application will operate on the particular device the customer uses. PalmGear.de, PocketGear.net and SymbianGear.de will also feature powerful advanced search engines to facilitate ease of use and faster search times for requested software. "PalmGear.de, PocketGear.net and SymbianGear.de each offer features and functionality that expand upon the original English-version sites to provide customers with an even greater user experience when purchasing software for their handheld devices," said Ralf Ockenfelds, general manager of Motricity Deutschland. Motricity Deutschland owns Mobile2Day.de, a leading European site hosting software applications, news, product tests, workshops and other content for Palm OS, Pocket PC, Symbian OS and Java platforms. Mobile2Day also manages PDA and Smartphone channels for other sites, achieving more than 150 million visitors per month with PDA and/or Smartphone content on T-Online, Tiscali, Toshiba, Siemens and download shops on other well-known sites. Globally, Motricity currently delivers more than 600,000 digital media titles through its mobile content storefronts. PalmGear.com provides more than 24,000 software solutions, as well as ringtones, eBooks and accessories, for Palm OS devices, including the Treo Smartphone. PocketGear.com offers a variety of similar software and mobile content for Pocket PC handheld mobile devices, while SymbianGear.com provides content and applications for Symbian handhelds. Motricity also owns Smartphone.net and eReader.com, one of the world's largest providers of ebooks. About Motricity, Inc. As a global leader in Mobile Marketplace Management, Motricity provides technology and solutions that enable consumers to receive the right mobile content at the right time, every time. Motricity's Fuel platform received the 2006 GSM Association Award for "Best Service Delivery Platform" and was also named "2005 Premium Mobile Content Platform of the Year" by Frost & Sullivan. Motricity is a leader in powering mobile communities and by offering such technologies and services that unify the mobile content ecosystem, Motricity creates compelling user experiences and delivers profitable mobile content offerings for partners such as BET, Cingular, Verizon Wireless, China Unicom, O2, Amazon.com, Palm and a network of consumer Web sites, including eReader.com, PalmGear.com and PocketGear.com. Motricity is headquartered in Research Triangle Park, N.C., and has offices in Beijing, London, Munich and San Diego. For more information, visit www.motricity.com. [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]