For release Friday, March 28 at 12:01 (GMT-08:00)
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DASHWIRE OPENS ACCESS TO BETA SERVICE,
ANNOUNCES ENHANCEMENTS THAT HELP BRIDGE MOBILE AND WEB WORLDS
Free service automatically mirrors the content on your mobile phone to the web, making it significantly easier to access and share mobile experiences – no cables required.
SEATTLE, Washington
— March 28, 2008 — Dashwire, Inc. today announced it is opening
the doors to its innovative service, providing supported smartphone
users around the world with powerful new ways to simplify day-to-day
phone usage and to seamlessly share mobile experiences with friends
and the social sites they use to stay connected with them.
“The most interesting stuff doesn’t
happen when you’re sitting in front of a computer,” said Ford Davidson,
founder and CEO of Dashwire, “but that still doesn’t mean that you
don’t want to easily access and share those experiences with your
social circle when you’re back in front your computer. Dashwire is
placing a premium on the information you want to access wherever you
are by helping to facilitate the intersection between your mobile, web,
and social worlds.”
Within minutes of signing up for Dashwire’s
free service, all phone content — contacts, text messages, calls,
photos, videos, and phone settings — automatically uploads and is
safely backed-up on your web-based Dashwire account. Your phone
is constantly connected to the web, where Dashwire makes it easy to
search, interact with, and to share the memories captured on your phone
with friends and your favorite sites.
In opening access to its free service,
Dashwire is also introducing:
Single Click Media Sharing to Social Networks
Users have already invested enough
time building out their online social networking presences – they
don’t want to spend any more figuring out how to connect their mobile
phones to all of them. Dashwire instantly uploads the photos from
your phone to the web, allowing you to share those memories in a single
click with friends on sites like Facebook, Flickr, Twitter, and Bebo.
Remote Status Updates
Updating your friends on the latest
in your life shouldn’t require a trip to the computer. Dashwire
lets you instantly update your Facebook and Twitter status from your
phone, helping you stay connected to your friends wherever you are.
Threaded SMS Conversations
Text messaging doesn’t stop when
you’re in front of your computer, but picking up your phone to send
and receive them might. Dashwire not only enables you to read,
reply, compose, and search text messages from the comfort of a computer
keyboard, but it also provides you with a threaded view of your conversations
by contact. “We’re bringing an instant messaging-like experience
to SMS via Dashwire,” said Davidson.
Automatic Phone-to-Phone Transfer
For some users, connecting their mobile
and social worlds is the least of their concerns. “People have
enough challenges with managing the complexity of what their phones
can already do,” said Davidson. “Many users are reluctant
to upgrade to a new phone for fear of losing their content or out of
a general desire to avoid the hassle.” Dashwire not only helps
these users back-up and configure their phones online, but when ready
to change phones, it also automatically transfers address book contacts
and device settings from one phone to the next.
To start using Dashwire’s free beta
service, simply visit www.dashwire.com on your computer web browser
to sign-up for immediate access. Dashwire is currently available for
Windows Mobile 5.0 and 6-powered phones like the HTC Touch, Samsung
BlackJack I & II, Sprint Mogul, Motorola Q series, AT&T Tilt,
T-Mobile Shadow, and Pantech Duo.
To see a video demonstration of Dashwire
and a preview of the upcoming Dashwire Mobile experience, visit www.dashwire.com/tour.
About Dashwire, Inc.
Dashwire, Inc. was founded in 2006
to help unlock the possibilities in mobile phones for people by seamlessly
integrating the mobile phone and world it captures with the web. Dashwire
is a privately held company headquartered in Seattle, Washington, USA.
The company is backed by investors and strategic advisors who helped
build the wireless and technology industries at McCaw Cellular, Nextel,
China Unicom, Western Wireless, and Microsoft. Additional information
can be found online at http://www.dashwire.com.
Dashwire is a registered trademark
of Dashwire, Inc. in the United States and/or other countries. Windows
Mobile is a registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corp. in
the United States and/or other countries. The names of actual companies
and products mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective
owners.
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