MobiMate's WorldMate for the Pocket PC Now Features — The Weather Channel; The Service That has Been Released for Palm Devices in July, is Now Available for Pocket PC Devices Too

Business Wire, Sept 25, 2002

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

REHOVOT, Israel & ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 25, 2002

MobiMate, one of the most prominent software developers for PDAs, has teamed up with The Weather Channel(R) and its Web site, weather.com, to supply weather forecasts to PDA users via its best-selling WorldMate software suite. The service that has been released for Palm devices in July, is now available for Pocket PC devices too. In addition to world clocks, converters and on-line currency rates, the application now displays 5-day weather forecasts for over 250 cities worldwide, obtained from The Weather Channel.

"We decided that our best-of-breed travel application requires best-of-breed weather content," says Nadav Gur, MobiMate's CEO. "We are happy to offer this service to our Pocket PC customers as well."

Jody Fennell, vice-president of wireless and broadband for weather.com, stated that "WorldMate is ideal for mobile users who need reliable, location-specific information to make decisions about their lives, and is a natural fit for our weather content."

About WorldMate

WorldMate is the leading handheld travel application for PDAs with hundreds of thousands of downloads to date. Its key features include world clocks with alarm, a world map, 5-day worldwide weather forecasts updated via wireless modems or desktop synchronization, a currency converter with daily exchange rate updates, and an international weights and measurements converter. The new weather features are supported by WorldMate 8.2 or above for Palm OS devices, and WorldMate 2.0 for Pocket PC devices.

About MobiMate

MobiMate is a mobile application software developer, based in Rehovot, Israel. It was an early mover into the handheld applications market and has published best selling titles such as WorldMate and DateMate. Developing software for handheld computers and cellular phones, MobiMate has won partnership and licensing agreements with several industry leading hardware vendors.

For a FREE trial download & more information, please visit http://www.mobimate.com/ppc/worldmate

About weather.com

weather.com, the Web site of The Weather Channel(R) (TWC), is the world's leading source of weather on the Web. As part of the global offering of TWC, weather.com delivers comprehensive weather information for 80,000 locations worldwide and provides relevant content to help users plan for everyday life. Averaging 350 million page views and 14 million unique users per month, weather.com reaches an extended network of users through multiple geographies, platforms and strategic partnerships. Consistently, weather.com ranks among the top 20 of all Web sites, the top five news and information sites and the number 3 cable television-related Web sites (Nielsen//NetRatings). weather.com is also the leading provider of broadband and wireless weather products via high-speed Internet services, phones, pagers, Palm Pilots, and other personal digital assistants. Partnerships include America Online, Yahoo!, Excite Networks, MSNBC.com, USAToday.com, AT&T WorldNet, ABCNews.com, Digital City, Road Runner, Verizon Wireless, Cingular, AT&T Wireless, Sprint, Nextel, AvantGo and Palm Computing. The Weather Channel continues to expand its international reach online with the launch of language-specific sites for the United Kingdom (weather.co.uk), Germany (wetter123.com), France (meteo123.com), Latin America (weather.com/espanol) and Brazil (canaldotempo.com).

Note to Editors: MobiMate and WorldMate are trademarks or registered trademarks of MobiMate, LTD.

The Weather Channel, and weather.com are trademarks or registered trademarks of The Weather Channel Enterprises, Inc.

All other trade names and trademarks are the property of their holders.