CBS MarketWatch.com Users Can Now Access Their Portfolio On the Go
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 14 /PRNewswire/ --
MarketWatch.com, Inc. (Nasdaq: MKTW), a leading interactive financial media
company, and operator of the most visited financial news site on the internet,
today announced its content will be available on the new Palm(TM) Mobile
Internet Kit for Palm handheld computers. Palm users will now be able to
wirelessly access CBS MarketWatch.com's fast-breaking news, quotes, charts,
real-time headlines and portfolios on their Palm handhelds, through the use of
the Mobile Internet Kit and a data-enabled mobile phone.
"The new application furthers MarketWatch.com's entry into the wireless
device market," said MarketWatch.com Executive Vice President of Business and
Product Development, Bill Bishop. "This is a prime opportunity to make our
content available to an important segment of the growing mobile market."
Earlier this year, MarketWatch.com announced that its content is available
on the Palm VII and Palm VIIx handhelds via a new web clipping application.
The new application enables users of wirelessly enabled Palm handhelds to
download content from the CBS MarketWatch.com site. Content can be downloaded
to a Palm handheld from the CBS MarketWatch.com or Palm.Net(R) web sites at
http://cbs.marketwatch.com and http://www.palm.net, or by going directly to
http://mobile.marketwatch.com/mobile/ . Cadillac is the premier advertising
sponsor of MarketWatch.com's applications for the Palm OS(R) platform.
"Our users want instant access to the information that matters most to
them," said Byron Connell, vice president, Consumer Markets Group, Palm, Inc.
"The content available from the CBS MarketWatch.com Web Site, in our Palm
Mobile Internet Kit, offers our customers simple and effective access to
important information, such as their investments."
The Palm Mobile Internet Kit enables Palm handheld computer users to
connect wirelessly to the Internet using a data-enabled mobile phone.
Delivered on CD-ROM, the Palm Mobile Internet Kit is an easy-to-install,
affordable software solution for any Palm handheld supporting the Palm OS
3.5 platform. For more information on the Palm Mobile Internet Kit, please
see Palm's announcement today titled, "Palm Mobile Internet Kit Ships, Links
Palm Handhelds with Mobile Phones to Connect Wirelessly to the Web."
About MarketWatch.com, Inc.
MarketWatch.com, Inc. a leading interactive financial media company
provides fast, relevant information via the Internet, television, radio, and
print to help people make and save money. The Company operates comprehensive,
financial Internet Web sites at http://cbs.marketwatch.com and
http://www.bigcharts.com and, in a joint venture with the Financial Times of
London, launched its first international site at http://www.ftmarketwatch.com.
MarketWatch.com's financial news and tools are licensed in custom-designed
formats by major brokerages and Internet sites. The Company also produces CBS
MarketWatch Weekend, covering over 80% of the U.S. on 127 CBS television
stations, and provides daily business and economic reports on CBS Television
and Radio Network news programming. The MarketWatch.com Radio Network reports,
distributed by Westwood One, are heard in ten of the top ten U.S. markets on
128 stations. In addition, MarketWatch.com made its print debut with the Daily
News Express, a commuter newspaper edition of the New York Daily News.
Founded in 1997 and headquartered in San Francisco, MarketWatch.com has
facilities and bureaus in New York City, Minneapolis, Washington D.C.,
Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston, Seattle, Detroit, Atlanta, Dallas, Tokyo, Hong
Kong and London. The MarketWatch.com Web sites are the most popular Internet
destinations for business and financial news and information, according to the
latest data from Media Metrix.
NOTE: Palm OS and Palm.Net are registered trademarks and Palm is a
trademark of Palm, Inc. or its subsidiaries.
SOURCE MarketWatch.com, Inc.
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