Dec. 4, 2006 (Tokyo, Japan)— Acrodea’s
user interface customization solution developed
in collaboration with InnoPath Software,
Inc., has been selected to perform a number
of functions in the “EZ keitai-arrange” service
provided by KDDI Corporation and Okinawa
Cellular Telephone Company.
The user interface customization solution
for mobile telephones developed by Acrodea
and Innopath is based on Acrodea’s
expertise in UI solutions, and InnoPath’s
experience and track-record with mobile
device management solutions. The solution
provided by the two companies delivers
more freedom to the user in interface customization,
a process that has been quite restrictive
and highly time-consuming up until now.
The downloadable update function delivers
a full UI package that enhances the convenience
of customization. With the introduction
of this solution mobile phones are now
more user-friendly and expected to
be a more appealing product to users.
Besides providing the underlying technology,
Acrodea’s role includes the provision
of authoring tools to content developers
to ease the creation of user interface
packages.
About Acrodea
Acrodea, Inc., headquartered in Tokyo,
Japan, is a software company focused on
middleware technology for mobile terminals.
The company is particularly concentrated
on interface technologies connecting the
user and terminal, and currently provides
user interface technologies and messaging
enhancement technologies to the market.
Acrodea’s efforts are a continual
commitment to superior products and improving
technology, for which the company has received
recognition worldwide. In addition to Japan
and Korea, Acrodea is engaged in business
on a global scale, including China, Europe,
and North America. The company listed publicly
on Mothers Exchange of TSE on Oct. 19,
2006, just two years and three months after
its establishment in July 2004. The company
has offices in Seoul, Korea; Beijing, China;
and Espoo, Finland. For more information,
please visit http://www.acrodea.co.jp.
About InnoPath
InnoPath Software, the leader in Mobile Device
Management (MDM) solutions, enables wireless
carriers and mobile device manufacturers
to transparently deliver and support current
and future revenue generating services. InnoPath
was the first company to commercially deploy
firmware over-the-air mobile device management,
and its standards-based iMDM Solutions Suite
uniquely permits carriers to combine configuration,
diagnostics, security, and application management
for lifecycle delivery of services into a
single integrated workflow. Hundreds of millions
of active subscribers are experiencing the
value of InnoPath patented solutions through
leading carriers including AT&T, China
Unicom, KDDI, and Verizon, and device manufacturers
that include Foxconn, Kyocera, LG, NEC,
Panasonic, Pantech, Samsung, Sanyo, Sharp,
Sony Ericsson, and Toshiba. Headquartered
in Sunnyvale, California, InnoPath is privately
held with offices in China, Japan, Korea,
Europe, and Brazil. In August of 2007, Inc.
Magazine named InnoPath one of the fastest
growing companies in America. For more information,
visit
www.innopath.com.
About EZ keitai-arrange
The EZ keitai-arrange service for au mobile telephones provides a way to package
an entire customized user interface on a handset, consisting of a standby screen,
menu screens, ringing tones, and the like. Users can designate a variety of
custom features through an EZweb download, and quickly enjoy a personalized
handset environment. For details, please visit http://www.au.kddi.com/.