Electric Pocket Launches BugMe! for Nokia Series 60 Platform; Users Can Now Create Multi-Media Reminder Notes On their Cell Phones

Business Wire, Jan 14, 2003

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WYE VALLEY, United Kingdom--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 14, 2003

Electric Pocket Limited today announces it has released a new version of its popular BugMe! application for the Nokia Series 60 platform.

BugMe!, one of the most popular applications for Palm OS and Pocket PC handheld computers, will now enable users of cell phones including the Nokia 7650 and Nokia 3650 to quickly enter notes using text, voice and photographs. Users can set a reminder alarm on each note, which will pop-up on the screens of their handsets at the appropriate time.

BugMe! has long been heralded for being one of the most essential and easy-to-use mobile computing applications on the market. In the new version of BugMe! for Nokia Series 60, stationery templates provide an easy-to-use starting point for creating notes. BugMe! templates cover a range of practical uses, including alarms, appointments, check lists and reminders. Users choose a template which fits their needs and can personalize them with text and voice notes, or by adding address book contacts. BugMe! also takes advantage of the multi-media capabilities of the Nokia Series 60 platform, giving users the ability to incorporate their own color photographs into their BugMe! notes. Each note can have an alarm added it to it, which shows the note on the handset screen at the appropriate time. This approach makes it very easy to create a reminder to place a phone call, for example. The user selects a `Call' template, adds the contact information and then selects the reminder time. When the reminder alarm sounds, the user simply presses one button to initiate the call.

Electric Pocket offers a number of applications for the smartphone and wireless communications segment. Recent developments include enhancements to Pixer (MMS picture messaging), Mailer (wireless email), and Ringo (a ringtone manager for the Handspring Treo Communicator series), plus the launch of its new TapDial quick-dial program for Palm OS smartphones. BugMe! for Series 60 is the company's first application for the Nokia Series 60 platform, and was developed by Degel Software Ltd., who are also engaged by ICQ to port its messaging client. The stationery templates and graphics for BugMe! Series 60 were developed by Handtap Communications.

"We are excited by the Nokia Series 60 platform, and look forward to the new opportunities it presents for us to bring our unique blend of innovative, practical and fun-to-use applications to a new type of user," said Iain Barclay, Electric Pocket's Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer.

BugMe! regularly retails for $19.95, but is available for a limited time only to Nokia Series 60 users for $14.95. A free trial is available from http://electricpocket.com/series60 or by sending the word "bugme" in a text message from a Nokia 7650 to +447766244891.

About Electric Pocket Limited

Electric Pocket is a privately held company offering leading-edge mobile and wireless computing applications and solutions from its base in Wye Valley, UK. The Company's product portfolio includes wireless messaging solutions (MMS and email) and a rich set of OEM and consumer-focussed applications for wireless PDAs and smartphones. Electric Pocket provides wireless solutions to global companies including Vodafone, Ericsson, Palm and Handspring. For more information, visit www.electricpocket.com.