22 February 2006
QuickOffice Premier To Be Included On New Sony Ericsson UIQ 3-Based Phones!
 Quickoffice, Inc., a leading provider of innovative portable computing solutions for the mobile professional, today announced that Quickoffice Premier v3.6 for UIQ 3 will be included on the upcoming Sony Ericsson P990 and M600 phones. With this powerful award-winning software, users will have fast and easy access to their native Microsoft(r) Word, Excel and PowerPoint files and have the ability to open, view, edit and create documents directly from their smartphone. Both the P990 and the recently announced M600 run on the publicly available software platform UIQ 3 and target the business professional with various productivity features including value-adding software such as Quickoffice Premier.
The new Quickoffice Premier v3.6 features added support for UIQ 3 plus additional enhancements for document handling and functionality in both landscape and portrait views. Taking advantage of the rich color screens of the Sony Ericsson phones, Quickoffice provides users an appealing visual experience when making edits and changes to their documents from their mobile phones.
"This new version of Quickoffice Premier was designed to efficiently and effectively integrate with the new Symbian OS v9 platform. Our award-winning application also takes advantage of UIQ 3's next generation usability advancements including landscape support and dual mode input," said Gregg Fiddes, VP of Sales and Strategic Partnerships, Quickoffice, Inc.
"Quickoffice software is based on years of experience in partnering with leading smartphone manufacturers such as Sony Ericsson and the feedback we have received from them, and our ever-growing number of loyal end-users."
Benefits for UIQ 3-based phone users include extensive personalization possibilities, a richer user experience and ease of use. The user can now perform several tasks in parallel, for example downloading emails while at the same time writing notes.
"It is of great value to UIQ Technology to have such a strong partner creating software that extends the reach of the office to the mobile professional, allowing anytime, anywhere access to Office files," said Elizabeth Melin, VP Marketing at UIQ Technology.
"The P990 smartphone and M600 messaging device allow us to target wider consumer segments and new price points, increasing our addressable market for Symbian OS/UIQ phones. Advanced applications like Quickoffice Premier will give our users a true mobile office experience with faster connection speeds," said Cragg Nilson, Head of Symbian OS Product Management at Sony Ericsson.
Additional features of Quickoffice Premier v3.6 include:
- Enhanced internationalization
- Native file support
- Full language localization in over 20 leading languages
- Improved editing, font, and paragraph layouts
- Support for landscape and portrait views and enhanced navigation capabilities
- Complete data integrity for Word, PowerPoint and Excel files
- Enhanced file management system for managing mobile files
- Quickpoint text editing for PowerPoint slides
- Presentations from a mobile phone with third-party accessories
Quickoffice is a world leader in providing mobile office document software for smartphones, allowing users to open, view and edit Microsoft Office files with complete document data integrity. The company's flagship product, Quickoffice Premier, continues to receive awards and recognition from industry analysts, the media and users alike. Quickoffice has been thoroughly tested by the rigorous quality standards of leading mobile phone manufacturers and ships through major carriers such as Vodafone(r), Orange(r), China Mobile(r), Cingular(r) and many more. Fully localized in 36 languages, and shipping worldwide as a built-in solution on a multitude of smartphones, Quickoffice has been a top-selling mobile office application since its market introduction Privately held, Quickoffice is based in Dallas, Texas.
About Quickoffice
Quickoffice is the world leader in providing mobile office document software for smartphones, allowing users to open, view and edit Microsoft Office files with complete document data integrity. The company’s flagship product, Quickoffice Premier, continues to receive awards and recognition from industry analysts, the media and users alike. Quickoffice has been thoroughly tested by the rigorous quality standards of leading mobile phone manufacturers and ships through major carriers such as Vodafone®, Orange®, China Mobile®, Cingular® and many more. Fully localized in 36 languages, and shipping worldwide as a built-in solution on a multitude of smartphones, Quickoffice has been a top-selling mobile office application since its market introduction. Privately held, Quickoffice is based in Dallas, Texas.
More information at: www.quickoffice.com
About UIQ Technology
UIQ Technology develops and licenses an open software platform to the world's leading mobile phone manufacturers and supports licensees in the drive towards developing a mass market for open mobile phones. UIQ based phones are powerful and give access to enterprise applications, email, multimedia clips and web pages. UIQ is, for example, used in mobile phones from Sony Ericsson, Motorola, BenQ and Arima. UIQ Technology, established 1999 in Sweden, is a fully owned subsidiary of Symbian Ltd.
About Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications
Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications serves the global communications market with innovative and feature-rich mobile phones, accessories, PC-cards and M2M solutions. Established as a joint venture by Ericsson and Sony in 2001, with head quarters in London, the company employs approximately 5,000 people worldwide, including R&D sites in Europe, Japan, China and America. For more information, visit www.sonyericsson.com
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