Quickoffice to Become Part of Series 60 Platform Offering, Enabling Microsoft(R)
Office Capabilities for All Series 60-Based Smartphones
DALLAS, Oct. 10 -- Quickoffice, Inc., today announced a licensing
agreement with Nokia that will include Quickoffice -- the award- winning Series
60 office software suite -- on the Series 60 Platform offering, providing users
of Series 60 smartphones with easy and fast access to their native Microsoft(R)Word,
Excel, and PowerPoint files.
Nokia's Series 60 Platform is the world's leading smartphone platform, utilized
by many of the leading mobile phone manufacturers worldwide. The combination of
the Series 60 functionality with the Quickoffice software will offer business
professionals worldwide the ability to open, view, edit and even print Office
documents, such as contracts, business plans, or sales presentations, directly
from their Series 60 smartphone.
"We are committed to providing users of smartphones with the best available software
innovations as part of our platform offering," said Matti Vanska, Director, Mobile
Software Sales and Marketing, Nokia. "The Quickoffice software suite, with its
leadership and innovation, meets these criteria."
"As a long-term Nokia Forum PRO member, we have enjoyed a close business relationship
and we are pleased that now Nokia has chosen Quickoffice to be included on the
Series 60 platform," said Barry Cottle, CEO of Quickoffice, Inc. "As a leading
global software product for the mobile business professional, Quickoffice is a
great complement to Series 60 Platform in meeting the needs of the mobile professional."
The multiple award-winning Quickoffice Premier(TM) is the company's flagship
smartphone software product. It is the leading portable computing solution for
mobile device users supporting native Microsoft(R) Office formatted files. Quickoffice
Premier, with its unique native technology, enables the next generation of mobile
productivity allowing users to view, edit, print and even present documents directly
from their smartphone. The software design also includes the ability for End-users
to receive future value-added applications to meet the evolving needs in the market.
The Series 60 Platform, built on the Symbian OS, is the world's leading smartphone
platform, with millions of devices in the market ready for the deployment of quality
mobile applications. It is licensed by some of the foremost mobile phone manufacturers
including Lenovo, LG Electronics, Nokia, Panasonic, Samsung, and Siemens. The
flexibility of Series 60 Platform allows for various hardware designs and software
configurations. This is demonstrated through the multitude of Series 60-based
phones currently available. Through its award-winning user interface, extensive
support for new mobile services, and the innovation potential for solutions, Series
60 Platform provides an open and scalable business opportunity to mobile operators
and third-party developers. More information on http://www.series60.com/ .
About Quickoffice
Quickoffice is the world leader in providing mobile office document software
for smartphones, allowing users to open, view and edit Microsoft Office files
with complete document data integrity. The company's flagship product, Quickoffice
Premier, continues to receive awards and recognition from industry analysts, the
media and users alike. Quickoffice has been thoroughly tested by the rigorous
quality standards of leading mobile phone manufacturers and ships through major
carriers such as Vodafone(R), Orange(R), China Mobile(R), Cingular(R) and many
more. Fully localized in 36 languages, and shipping worldwide as a built-in solution
on a multitude of smartphones, Quickoffice has been a top-selling mobile office
application since its market introduction. Privately held, Quickoffice is based
in Dallas, Texas.
More information at: http://www.quickoffice.com/
Quickoffice is a trademark of Quickoffice, Inc. All other trademarks are property
of their respective holders.
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