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By Anjishnu Biswas
TMCnet Contributing Writer

In a significant development signaling a major advancement in mobile operations, Handmark (News - Alert), an international mobile media giant, revealed its latest version of the pioneering Pocket Express mobile service at the Symbian Smartphone Show in London. Pocket Express was evolved by Handmark in native Symbian C++ particularly for S60 Third Edition on Symbian OS, and will be incorporated on Nokia (News - Alert) E-series and N-series handsets.

Produced in the UK, this innovative new release of Pocket Express for Symbian OS makes available free mobile doorway to a potent handset client, consisting of major BBC news, international weather together with up to date scorelines for UK and European football supporters from STATS.

A plethora of high quality services is also made available in this latest release of Pocket Express for Symbian (News - Alert) OS, consisting of the latest results from global financial markets, flight position for nearly 75,000 global locations from more than 3,500 airports, times for cinema shows all over the UK, and rapid entry to the authentic New Oxford Dictionary of English as well as companion Oxford Thesaurus. Pocket Express combines these features with the world's leading mobile live personal assistant, MobileCierge. By means of a single tap, customers can converse with a live assistant who can assist in addressing nearly every individual, medical, travel, or emergency-linked pleas at any location in the world.

In a press release, Douglas Edwards, Handmark co-founder and chief marketing officer appropriately observed "Pocket Express is an essential and trusted source of information and services for mobile professionals, and we're pleased to bring the service to an even larger audience of Symbian smartphone users." He further added, "Pocket Express for Symbian OS represents the latest development in our strategy to bring Pocket Express to mobile professionals around the world."

In the press release, Jerry Panagrossi, vice president, U.S. operations, Symbian added, "Symbian smartphones provide users with the most powerful applications and services that help them stay connected and manage their busy lives -- all part of the emerging smartphone lifestyle." Elaborating on the advantages of the new release he explained, "This new release of Pocket Express for Symbian OS delivers a wealth of benefits to harried business professionals who rely on Symbian smartphones for a growing list of everyday needs."

The total Elite Edition of the service is obtainable for a single yearly price of GBP 70 or for GBP 7 each month. A free edition of the latest Symbian Pocket Express can be procured from www.pocketexpress.eu on desktop as well as mobile browsers.

Handmark is a key player in the advancement as well as marketing of mobile media, chiefly concerned with producing and offering consumer friendly entry to the most appropriate news, reference, as well as information content for mobile phones and additional wireless handhelds, consisting of BlackBerry (News - Alert), Palm Treo, Symbian and Windows Mobile devices. Handmark’s key products, comprising the highly accalimed Pocket Express, metamorphose uncomplicated handsets into potent business as well as entertainment devices. Offices of Handmark are located in London, UK and also in Kansas City, U.S., where the world headquarters are based. The company also operates from its offices in San Francisco; Atlanta; New York; as well Dallas. The company’s official website is www.handmark.com.

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Anjishnu Biswas is a contributing writer for TMCnet.