VISTO, the mobile push synchronization platform and service provider, today announced that Visto Mobile, including the recently launched VISTO Mobile 6, now supports Google's Android mobile operating system.
VISTO supports a broad array of mobile devices and mobile operating systems including Windows Mobile, Symbian, Palm OS, Java, iPhone, and now Android. Available on over 400 mobile devices worldwide, VISTO Mobile provides the industry's most user friendly mobile email and messaging services on the broadest range of mobile handsets worldwide.
"Our support of Android from Google demonstrates VISTO's ongoing commitment to providing push and synchronization services including email on all leading mobile phones as they come to market," said Doug Brackbill, VISTO's executive vice-president and chief marketing officer. "Android is rapidly emerging as a popular operating system for new and innovative mobile phones and we're delighted to be supporting it. Together with ease-of-use and flexibility, device choice is one of the keys to driving the mass adoption of mobile email and messaging."
As part of it ongoing commitment to providing support for the widest variety of mobile phones, VISTO also works closely with leading handset manufacturers to simplify the mobile experience. VISTO Easy Setup is a simple, automated process that installs and sets up mobile email almost instantaneously. With VISTO Easy Setup, mobile users need only to launch an on-screen VISTO SmartIcon directly from the home screen of the device to enjoy fast and immediate mobile access to all of their email, calendar, contacts and tasks.
With its low total cost of ownership and fast time-to-market delivery, VISTO Mobile provides operators significant opportunities for customer and revenue (ARPU) growth. In addition, the VISTO Mobile platform enables mobile operators to harness the power of mobile communications, including social networking and email, to provide their customers with exciting new services tailored for consumers, prosumers, Small & Medium Businesses (SMBs) and enterprises.
For end users, VISTO Mobile provides a seamless, easy-to-use solution that enables them to stay connected with the people they care about in the way they choose. This includes support for multiple services including sending and receiving messages from work and personal email and social networking accounts, each with its own inbox, with full attachment handling. VISTO Mobile supports access to multiple email accounts, including the most popular Internet email such as Gmail, Yahoo! Mail and MSN/Hotmail, and MS Exchange-each with a separate mailbox. Users also have full PIM integration with leading systems including MSN/Hotmail, Yahoo!, and MS Exchange, which enables users to sync contacts and calendar entries to their phone.