Mobile Computing: DataViz Launches Documents To Go For UIQ 3.0 On Symbian OS Featuring InTact Technology And PowerPoint Editing
Award-Winning Mobile Office Suite Now Available for Sony Ericsson M600, P990 & W950 Smartphones
DataViz, Inc., a leading provider of Office compatibility solutions for over 22 years, today announced the availability of Documents To Go for Symbian smartphones with UIQ 3.0, featuring InTact Technology and PowerPoint editing. This new edition of Documents To Go provides the ability to view and edit native Word, Excel and PowerPoint files on the latest Symbian smartphones from Sony Ericsson, including the just released M600 and the soon to be released P990 and W950. Documents To Go is also available on a variety of mobile platforms including Symbian OS based Series 80 and UIQ 2; as well as Palm OS, where it continues to be a leading mobile Office solution.
"Documents To Go is a great productivity tool which takes advantage of usability improvements and features included with the newest generation of UIQ 3.0-based smartphones like the M600, P990 and W950," said Danny Tu, product manager, DataViz, Inc. "As smartphones continue to get 'smarter' and offer more advanced functionality, applications like Documents To Go will become more of an integral part of business professionals' arsenal of mobile tools and solutions."
'DataViz' unique InTact Technology is built-in to provide complete original document integrity when Microsoft Office files, including PowerPoint files, are edited by users on the smartphone. This is especially vital when desktop documents containing complex formatting and layouts are edited in a mobile environment. With InTact Technology, users can confidently update documents on their smartphone without fear of negatively altering rich formatting in a file. Any edits made in Documents To Go will be intelligently merged with a file's original formatting to create an updated document that can then be e-mailed or exchanged with others directly from the smartphone.
In addition to the launch of Documents To Go for UIQ 3.0, DataViz also recently announced its RoadSync solution is powering the Exchange ActiveSync client for Sony Ericsson's M600, P990 and W950 smartphones. Together these solutions offer an enterprise-grade mobile office suite which enables access to critical business data such as: Outlook e-mail and attachments, along with Word, Excel and PowerPoint files.
"We are delighted to see the capability of the DataViz solutions become available for the latest phones incorporating UIQ 3.0 on Symbian OS," said Simon Garth, vice president, marketing, Symbian Ltd. "The Documents To Go office suite with its unique InTact Technology further extends users' flexibility and productivity options in the mobile enterprise and provides the confidence to edit important files directly on the smartphone.
Documents To Go for UIQ 3.0 supports the landscape view featured on both the M600, P990 and W950 smartphones, capitalizing on the maximum screen real estate available when working with Office files. Features including word count for word processing files and the ability to view spreadsheet comments have also been added to further enhance the mobile experience on the M600, P990 and W950.
Pricing and Availability
Documents To Go for UIQ 3.0 is available in English, French, German and Spanish and can be purchased from DataViz (www.dataviz.com) and from many distributors and retail partners including Handango, Sony Ericsson Application Shop and Smartsam.de. For a complete list of resellers please visit www.dataviz.com/resellers. The suggested retail price is $49.99 USD for a new license. Upgrades from competitive Office solutions are available for $29.99 USD. Current owners of Documents To Go for UIQ 2 who purchase a new M600, P990 or W950 smartphone can cross grade to Documents To Go for UIQ 3.0 free of charge.
About DataViz, Inc.
DataViz is an industry leader in developing and marketing Office compatibility and productivity solutions across a variety of platforms including Palm OS, Pocket PC, Symbian OS, Java, Windows and Macintosh. Founded in 1984, DataViz began its business developing file conversion software and has since expanded its expertise to providing solutions that meet the increasing demands of the handheld and mobile markets. With solutions that include its award-winning mobile Office suite, Documents To Go, and Exchange ActiveSync client, RoadSync, DataViz is committed to providing enterprise grade solutions that mobilize 'Microsoft Office' for today's knowledge workers and provide instant access to critical files and business data. DataViz is a member of Forum Nokia Pro, Palm Plugged-In Developer program, Sony Ericsson Core+ developer program and is a Microsoft Certified Partner, Symbian Platinum Partner and Orange Partner Premium member. In addition, the company has developed strategic partnerships with Microsoft, Palm, Sony, Apple, Sony Ericsson, Nokia, Symbian Ltd. and other industry leaders both domestically and abroad.
About Symbian
Symbian is a software licensing company that develops and licenses Symbian OS, the market leading open operating system for advanced, data-enabled mobile phones, also known as smartphones.
Symbian licenses Symbian OS to the world's leading handset manufacturers and has built close co-operative business relationships with leading companies across the mobile industry. At the end of Q1 2006 70.5 million Symbian OS phones had been shipped by licensees worldwide to over 250 major network operators.
Symbian has its headquarters in London, United Kingdom with offices in the United States, Europe (England and Sweden (UIQ Technology AB)), Israel and Asia (India, P.R. China, Korea, and Japan).