Press Release
March 20, 2002
Arizan Announces AirDoc Reader™ for BlackBerry 5810™
AirDoc Reader Enables Rich, Flexible Wireless Access to Business Content in Real-time
Atlanta, GA - Arizan Corporation, developer of wireless document technology, today announced AirDoc Reader support for the newest addition to the extremely popular BlackBerry™ product line from Research In Motion (RIM) (Nasdaq: RIMM; TSE: RIM), the BlackBerry 5810™, which combines "always-on" wireless email and voice for GSM/GPRS networks in North America. The AirDoc Reader, delivered with a comprehensive software development kit (SDK), provides wireless carriers, ISVs, ISPs and developers the ability to quickly enable and rapidly deploy rich business content access on the BlackBerry 5810 as part of their complete wireless application.
Arizan's AirDoc Reader™ is part of the complete AirDoc Platform, providing rich, real-time wireless access and interaction with critical business content, including documents, spreadsheets, presentations and graphics. The AirDoc Reader is a full-featured Java application, optimized for the J2ME-based BlackBerry 5810. The AirDoc Reader enables secure, direct access to documents and email attachments, providing interaction, navigation and content requests in real time. Using Arizan's patent pending, server based Anatomization™ and Transcerption™ technology for smart, rich access, users can click on any document and request just the table of contents (TOC), a content summary, search an entire document or jump to a specific section. The resulting content is delivered to the AirDoc Reader in a highly optimized format, typically less than 10% of the original document size for maximum wireless network efficiency.
"The wireless user needs a fast, usable way to access corporate documents and email attachments on their BlackBerry 5810 handhelds that provides a rich, intuitive experience," said Darrell Knight, Arizan's CEO. "Mobile users care about time-sensitive information and instant readability. Arizan delivers the only product on the market that formats and presents documents correctly, displays spreadsheets with a proper grid layout and allows users to access just the information they need in a timely fashion."
The AirDoc Reader for BlackBerry 5810 is already being integrated into solutions provided by Arizan's existing channel partners:
- itrezzo, Inc (Campbell, CA), a leading provider of business productivity solutions for BlackBerry, plans to release a new version of their itrezzoAgent software that will incorporate the AirDoc Reader as part of a complete email attachment and messaging solution for the BlackBerry 5810.
- Air2Web, Inc (Atlanta, GA), the leading wireless platform provider, will also be offering the AirDoc Reader for BlackBerry 5810 as part of their Mobile Email Platform. Air2Web's Mobile Internet Platform supports over 750 digital, wireless devices including the BREW-enabled handsets and J2ME devices.
Carriers, service providers and wireless application developers who wish to accelerate their time to market should contact Arizan directly at info@arizan.com for an evaluation license of the AirDoc Reader for BlackBerry 5810.
AirDoc Reader for BlackBerry 5810 SDK Delivers Rich, Intuitive Document Reading
The AirDoc Reader for BlackBerry 5810 SDK gives wireless carriers, ISVs, ISPs and developers the ability to extend rich content access applications for the BlackBerry 5810 with real-time connectivity to server-based documents and other business content.
- Corporate Document Formats - Support for all popular corporate formats including Microsoft® Word, Excel and PowerPoint®, Corel® WordPerfect®, Adobe® PDF, HTML, ZIP archives and ASCII text.
- Flexible Interaction - Ability to read and navigate documents and spreadsheets with simple, intuitive commands that provide the ability to view just the document's Table of Contents or the actual Content, Jump to Hyperlinks and Bookmarks, and Go To Page for a specific page in a document or a specific cell in a spreadsheet. Single key navigation moves users to the top, bottom, next page or previous page of the document and case-sensitive Find displays specific sections of a document based on the user's criteria.
- Integrated HTTP Support - Ability to access documents directly from behind the firewall using direct HTTP access.
- Rich Custom View - Lets users choose font size, gridlines, spreadsheet column width, document page size and more for a custom document view.
- Web Page View - Retrieve the content from any web site and view it.
About Arizan Corporation
Arizan Corporation provides wireless value chain partners with easy, extensive and smart access to digital content. Arizan develops and delivers technology that enables the ability to read, navigate and interact in real-time with rich digital content from wireless devices such as the RIM Wireless Handheld, BlackBerry 5810, Palm and Pocket PC handhelds. Designed for the demanding wireless development environment, Arizan has optimized mobile document content delivery for multiple devices and provides technology to the breadth of the wireless value chain, including wireless device manufacturers, carriers, ISV's, ASP's and wireless middleware providers, including leading wireless platform provider Air2Web. Arizan Corporation, headquartered in Atlanta Georgia, was established in 2000 and is backed by both founders and independent investment. For more information, contact Arizan toll free at 866-578-6037, info@arizan.com or visit them at www.arizan.com.
Arizan, AirDoc Platform, AirDoc Engine, AirDoc Server, AirDoc Reader, Anatomization, Transcerption, Universal Content Stream and UCS are trademarks of Arizan Corporation. Copyright © 2000-2002. All rights reserved. Java and all Java-based marks are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States and other countries. The BlackBerry and RIM families of related marks, images and symbols are the exclusive properties of Research In Motion Limited. Microsoft and PowerPoint are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. Adobe is a registered trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated. Corel and WordPerfect are registered trademarks of Corel Corporation. All other brands, products and company names mentioned herein may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.
For more information:
Contact: Kathy Howell
Telephone: 770.321.8899
Email: kathy.howell@arizan.com
