iDini and Sina.com Bring Desktop Applications to Chinese Wireless Market - Brief Article

Information Superhighways Newsletter, Nov, 2000

iDini Corp. and Sina.com announced their agreement to add iDini's Mobile Desktop Service to Sina.com's full array of Internet media services.

The agreement allows iDini access to the emerging Chinese wireless market and offers Sina's mobile professional users a quick and simple solution for managing e-mail and using desktop applications wirelessly.

As part of the Sina Everywhere strategy, Sina already provides wireless Internet content to China Telecom and China Unicom, China's number one and number two telecommunications carriers, respectively, and to China Mobile Communications Corp., China's largest mobile carrier. In addition, Sina has recently begun to deliver data synchronization transmission services for PDA devices of Hi-Tech Wealth, the largest PDA manufacturing company in China.

iDini's Mobile Desktop Service, launched in May 2000, is the first in the series of wireless application services demonstrated by iDini. The Mobile Desktop Service gives users the ability to store files in a private on-line folder, and then view, edit, e-mail, or fax these files via their PDA or Web-enabled mobile phone. The service includes support for the most popular desktop file types including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, HTML, Text, Postscript, and PDF. Service providers including wireless operators and ASPs interested in the Mobile Desktop Service can offer it as a bundled or premium service alongside existing voice, data, or other applications.