Mike Temporale
03-23-2004, 09:30 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,115301,00.asp' target='_blank'>http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,115301,00.asp</a><br /><br /></div>"If you've ever tried to find a movie theater schedule or search the Yellow Pages on a Web-enabled cell phone or connected handheld, you know how difficult it can be. Handmark's new Express service is designed to tackle this problem.<br /><br />Launched this week at the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association's annual trade show here, Handmark Express packages and delivers Web-based information to Palm- and Windows Mobile-based, Internet-connected devices. The service provides news, weather, movie listings, stocks, sports, phone book lookup, and map information in as few as two clicks."<br /><br /><img src="http://www.smartphonethoughts.com/images/115301-n_032204_expressa.gif" alt="User submitted image" title="User submitted image"/> <br /><br />The service is available for $6.99 a month, or you can wait a couple weeks and pick up the software from your local retailer for $69 and it will include a years worth of service. Personally, I use Pocket Streets on my iPAQ for map information, MSN alerts for stocks and sports scores, and <a href="http://wap.tribute.ca">Tributes Mobile Site</a> for movie times. It would be nice to have everything pulled into one application, and be able to access information in a "couple clicks". However my usage is too light, and can't justify the monthly charge.