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LogMeIn Adds Remote PC Access Capability to Palm Foleo Mobile Companion |
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Palm, Inc. (Nasdaq: PALM) and LogMeIn, Inc., the world’s leading provider of remote connectivity, are bringing remote PC access capability to the Palm® Foleo™ mobile companion. LogMeIn provides secure connections between remote PCs over the web – enabling easy desktop remote control, data backup and file sharing. Adding this application to the Foleo gives users the ability to quickly and securely access files and network resources on their home or work computers when away.(1)
Demonstrations of LogMeIn’s application on the Foleo will take place in Palm’s booth, No. 925, at LinuxWorld Expo Aug. 7-9, at the Moscone Convention Center North in San Francisco.
[NOTE: Palm announced the Foleo mobile companion on May 30. Video and images are available from Palm’s Multimedia Library (www.palm.com/MultimediaLibrary) and from Business Wire (http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/mmg.cgi?eid=5410999).]
The Palm Foleo mobile companion is for people who understand that sometimes less is more. With the press of one button, the mobile companion’s large screen displays wireless email from a paired smartphone. A smartphone is great for finding quick bits of information or sending a brief response to an email, but there are times when a full-size keyboard and a big screen is preferred to view attachments, type longer emails, or to get a bigger-screen look at web pages and photos. Plus, Internet access is available anywhere there is cell phone coverage, or when the Foleo is within range of a Wi-Fi hotspot.(1) With Foleo’s instant on/off capability, light weight and small size, and 5-hour battery life, Palm expects the mobile companion to establish a new category of personal-computing products.
LogMeIn Free is a free service that provides fast, secure and easy access to a remote computer from virtually any web-enabled PC or Pocket PC with a high-speed Internet connection. Users can obtain on-demand remote access to their work and home computers – viewing desktops, files and network resources.(1) With more than 20 million users, LogMeIn handles hundreds of thousands of remote connections between computers every day.
LogMeIn Pro provides mobile professionals with the same fast, secure and easy remote access to their business or home computers as LogMeIn Free, but with the added productivity benefits of file transfer, remote printing, large-file sharing and guest-invite features. LogMeIn employs state-of-the-art security, with 128-to 256-bit SSL encryption to prevent unauthorized access.
“This alliance with Palm is a perfect fit for us. The Foleo is designed for people on the go and – by using LogMeIn – they will be able to access their files, documents, photos and music as if they were at their office or home PC,” said Richard Redding, vice president, business development, LogMeIn. “We are excited to work with Palm and extend LogMeIn’s offerings to improve the experience of Foleo users.”
By building the Foleo on an open Linux-based platform and publishing the tools developers need, Palm hopes to establish a vibrant developer community to create new applications that extend the mobile companion’s built-in capabilities. LogMeIn demonstrates the ease with which exciting technology and applications can be ported to the Palm Foleo mobile companion.
“The Foleo is the perfect device for mobile professionals who want to travel lighter and carry only what they absolutely need,” said Mark Bercow, senior vice president of business development for Palm, Inc. “By adding LogMeIn to the Foleo, users can travel with the essentials, but still have access to files and documents left behind.”
For more information on LogMeIn services, please visit www.LogMeIn.com.
For more information on the Foleo mobile companion, please visit www.palm.com/seefoleo. To sign up for notification about Foleo availability, please visit www.palm.com/foleonotify.
Price and Availability
Applications for the Palm Foleo mobile companion will be sold separately. U.S. pricing and application availability will be announced in conjunction with Foleo availability later this summer.
About LogMeIn, Inc.
LogMeIn, Inc. offers the world’s largest remote connectivity service with more than 20 million networked computers. The LogMeIn family includes LogMeIn® Free®, LogMeIn® Pro®, LogMeIn® Ignition™, LogMeIn® Rescue®, LogMeIn® IT Reach®, LogMeIn® Backup™ and LogMeIn® Scout™. These, along with RemotelyAnywhere® and LogMeIn® Hamachi™, provide secure remote access, support and administration to mobile professionals, helpdesk and system administrators worldwide. LogMeIn is based in Woburn, MA with European headquarters in Budapest, Hungary.
About Palm, Inc.
Palm, Inc., a leader in mobile computing, strives to put the power of computing in people’s hands so they can access and share their most important information from anywhere. The company’s products for consumers, mobile professionals and businesses include Palm® Treo™ smartphones, Palm Foleo™ mobile companions and Palm handheld computers, as well as software, services and accessories.
Palm products are sold through select Internet, retail, reseller and wireless operator channels throughout the world, and at Palm Retail Stores and Palm online stores (http://www.palm.com/store).
More information about Palm, Inc. is available at http://www.palm.com.
(1) Requires compatible phone with Bluetooth wireless technology. Email requires data services from a mobile service provider at an additional cost. ISP and/or VPN may also be required. Within wireless service coverage area only. A dial-up networking plan from a service provider may be required at an incremental cost above and beyond the service provider’s regular smartphone data plans.
A social media news release version of today’s announcement is available at http://socialnews.palm.com/. The social media news release contains “Web 2.0” features, including subscription via RSS, multimedia downloads, commenting, track-backing, links to social bookmark sites and other resources.
Palm, Foleo and Treo are among the trademarks or registered trademarks owned by or licensed to Palm, Inc. LogMeIn and the other LogMeIn trademarks mentioned herein are among the trademarks or registered trademarks owned by or licensed to LogMeIn, Inc. All other brand and product names are or may be trademarks of, and are used to identify products or services of, their respective owners.
Submitted Date: Aug 08, 2007
Source: Business Wire
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