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Sony Ericsson, Ingram Micro and Intellisync to Provide Mobility Solution for Enterprises, SMBs and Mobile Professionals

Posted on: Wednesday, 2 March 2005, 09:00 CST

SAN JOSE, Calif., March 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Intellisync Corporation , a leading developer and marketer of wireless software for the worldwide mobile communications industry, announced today that it has teamed with Sony Ericsson and Ingram Micro to provide a complete mobility solution for retail and VAR customers of Ingram Micro. This combined offering will feature an out-of-the-box wireless push email solution -- "Powered by Intellisync(TM)" -- provisioned on Sony Ericsson P910a smartphones.

The joint solution will ship with a SIM card and the Intellisync client, written as an application for the P910a's Symbian OS. Intellisync's client will enable wireless email and systems management capabilities, such as theft/loss protection or backup and restore, via a service offering hosted by Intellisync. Ingram Micro -- the world's largest technology distributor and a leading technology sales, marketing and logistics company -- will offer the complete bundle to its expansive network of VARS and retail wireless resellers.

"For this joint wireless email solution, it was critical to select a mobility software provider who could seamlessly and securely connect our P910a smartphones to virtually any of today's popular Internet email or corporate groupware servers," said Gregor Bleimann, head of Enterprise Business Solutions at Sony Ericsson. "By working with Intellisync, we are leveraging robust wireless messaging technology that is renowned for supporting a broad range of applications, devices and data types. We look forward to teaming with Intellisync on similar go-to-market programs in the future."

Intellisync enables users of P910a smartphones to connect to leading groupware/email servers such as Microsoft Exchange and Lotus Domino, along with POP and IMAP mail servers, for delivery of push-based email, calendars, contacts and tasks. Intellisync received Network Computing magazine's 2004 Well-Connected Award as "Best Mobile Wireless Email System," and has been recognized by Gartner as one of only two "Challengers" to RIM in the wireless email category.

Sony Ericsson's P910a smartphone offers users a powerful combination of phone and PDA for access to email and Web browsing while on the move. The P910a has the widest variety of input methods, including keyboard, natural handwriting and T9, so that users can choose the most convenient way to access the phone's many functions. Triple band GSM/GPRS coverage gives a global level of freedom to use one of the smartest mobile communications tools around. With Intellisync's embedded client, the P910a can just as easily be part of a secure corporate IT network, or used by individuals to receive their personal email.

"Intellisync is delighted to have been selected as the mobility software of choice for this exciting joint solution," added Clyde Foster, Intellisync's chief operating officer. "We believe that this alliance with Sony Ericsson and Ingram Micro validates Intellisync's position as a leading provider of mobility solutions to both the enterprise and mobile operator markets. We look forward to potentially extending this solution to resellers outside the U.S. later this year."

This announcement coincides with Intellisync's selection as a charter member of the Sony Ericsson Business Partner Program, announced at the 3GSM World Congress in Cannes, France last month. Through the new Sony Ericsson Business Partner Program, Intellisync will have the opportunity to collaborate with Sony Ericsson on a variety of additional go-to-market programs aimed at both the enterprise and mobile operator markets.

ABOUT SONY ERICSSON MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS

Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications serves the global communications market with innovative and feature-rich mobile phones, accessories, PC-cards and M2M solutions. Established as a joint venture by Ericsson and Sony in 2001, with headquarters in London, the company employs approximately 5,000 people worldwide, including R&D sites in Europe, Japan, China and America. For more information, please visit http://www.sonyericsson.com/

ABOUT INTELLISYNC CORPORATION

Intellisync Corporation is a leading provider of mobile software and platforms to large enterprises, mobile operators, software providers and device manufacturers. Intellisync has won the mobility industry's top awards by providing seamless synchronization, secure wireless email, device control and mobility management software that connects nearly every device, data source and application available. The world's largest corporations have selected Intellisync as their mobility solution standard, including America Online, Credit Agricole, Domino's Pizza, Guidant, IBM, Microsoft, NTT DoCoMo, Oracle|PeopleSoft, Pfizer, Target, T-Mobile, Union Pacific, Verizon Wireless and Yahoo! For more information, please visit http://www.intellisync.com/.

ABOUT INTELLISYNC MOBILE SUITE

Intellisync Mobile Suite extends corporate data to mobile and remote employees, delivering access to enterprise applications, files, email and PIM data, intranet sites and Web content. It also provides valuable tools for remotely managing mobile devices. Mobile Suite is compatible with a wide range of mobile devices, including laptop and tablet PCs, Windows Mobile-based Smartphones, and handhelds based on the Symbian, Pocket PC and Palm OS operating systems. The product also supports groupware and backend databases such as Microsoft Exchange, Lotus Domino, Oracle, Sybase, DB2 and Microsoft SQL Server. Mobile Suite provides a comprehensive platform that is designed to meet virtually all corporate mobile infrastructure needs.

LEGAL DISCLOSURE

Forward-looking statements in this news release, including but not limited to Sony Ericsson's teaming with Intellisync on similar go-to-market programs in the future, and Intellisync's extending of the solution to resellers outside the U.S. later this year, are based on current expectations and beliefs and are subject to numerous risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially include risks associated with uncertainties related to the effect of continued weakness of general economic factors on the overall demand for Intellisync's products and services, the timing of market adoption and movement toward mobile wireless email, device management solutions and data synchronization solutions, margin erosion, market shrinkage, economic uncertainty related to terrorism and conflict in the Middle East and elsewhere in the world, timely introduction, availability and acceptance of new products, the impact of competitive products and pricing, as well as additional risk factors, as discussed in the "Risk Factors" section of Intellisync's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended July 31, 2004 and Intellisync's quarterly reports filed from time to time with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Intellisync disclaims any obligation to update any forward-looking statements as a result of developments occurring after the date of this press release.

NOTE: Intellisync, the Intellisync logo and Powered by Intellisync are trademarks of Intellisync Corporation that may be registered in certain jurisdictions. All other trademarks, service marks and product names are the property of their respective owners.

Intellisync Corporation

CONTACT: Bob Moriarty of Intellisync Corporation, +1-408-321-3855, orbmoriarty@intellisync.com; or Kristin Bleier for Intellisync Corporation,+1-650-480-4035, or kristin@eastwick.com

Web site: http://www.intellisync.com/

Source: PRNewswire-FirstCall

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