Infoseek-owned GO Network and AvantGo, Inc. joined forces Friday to
provide personalized content and interactive applications to wireless device users.
The content will be available through AvantGo.com’s site, which is a free
interactive Internet service.
Wireless users can now access specified GO Network “My Page” content such
as: stock quotes, sports scores, horoscope, news, and weather via the
AvantGo.com “My Page on Air” channel.
AvantGo.com is a powerful solution that allows GO Network to deliver
existing content and information to a
broad selection of wireless devices. The result is a comprehensive,
real-time and personalized experience for users of Palm OS and Windows
CE-based handheld devices as well as Internet-enabled cellular telephones.
“Together, GO Network and AvantGo provide users with a totally flexible,
intuitive experience, that is optimized for the mobile environment,” said
Art Clark, director of Wireless Communications for Infoseek.
“Now users do not have to have a desktop computer to access personalized
information,
interactive applications and services from GO Network. AvantGo provides us
with the easiest and most flexible solution for bringing the broad range of
GO Network content and applications to today’s wireless user.”
Infoseek Corp. (SEEK)
is the home of GO Network, a global media network that offers consumers
solutions by
combining integrated Internet services with leading consumer brands.
AvantGo, Inc. wirelessly extends Internet, intranet and extranet
applications to hand-held computers
based on the Palm Computing and Windows CE platforms as well as Internet enabled phones.