Palringo Brings Rich Messaging Service to BlackBerry Smartphones

Now Text, Voice, and Image Can All Be Sent as Instant Messages
from the BlackBerry(R) to Users of Many IM Services
LONDON--(Business Wire)--
Palringo, a messaging service that extends all the powerful
functionality of PC-based IM services, including voice and picture
messages, to mobile devices, has released its software client for
BlackBerry(R) smartphones from Research In Motion (RIM). Palringo's
Rich Messaging Service is available for the BlackBerry(R) Pearl(TM),
BlackBerry(R) Curve(TM) and BlackBerry(R) 8800 series smartphones.

BlackBerry smartphone users can now easily chat using voice and
picture messages as well as traditional text. Further, they can do so
with other users of many of the popular PC-based IM services--such as
AOL's AIM, Windows Live Messenger and Google Talk--through one,
easy-to-use Palringo interface. Equally important, they can do so
whether sitting at a computer, tapping with a smartphone or Pocket PC
stylus, or using a BlackBerry.

Palringo presents a user's contacts from all services into one
combined, presence-aware list, eliminating the need to continually
switch between multiple IM tools. In addition, Palringo's dynamic
"vocal instant messaging" combines walkie-talkie style voice chat, the
real-time text functionality of IM and the ability to share pictures,
all within the context of one "threaded" discussion.

Palringo lets the user set up an unlimited number of groups and
send a voice, text, or picture message to all group members at once, a
feature with obvious value for corporate as well as social use. (Think
fellow employees, alumni, team players and their parents.) Neither
does it limit recipients to simply those on the same wireless network.
Palringo does not charge at all, unlike other
wireless-carrier-supplied text messaging services that charge for each
recipient and in some cases per message. While a mobile data plan or
Wi-Fi access is required to use Palringo, the service's instant
messages take up very small amounts of data, minimizing costs.

Palringo service is also available worldwide, which means
discussions can incorporate users from across the globe, on any mobile
network or connected PC. This makes it very attractive for
multi-national corporate users or extended family use.

"As users increasingly expect to take their applications with them
wherever they go, they also expect to pack them into fewer devices,"
said Kerry Ritz, CEO. "By putting our rich messaging service on the
BlackBerry platform, we at Palringo increase messaging reach and depth
for the greatest number of users. We also reduce the number of
installed applications they need to have on their mobile device or
PC."

Palringo's Rich Messaging Service for BlackBerry smartphones is
available now for free download at www.palringo.com. The service is
also compatible with Windows Mobile, Symbian and Java-based clients,
including devices from Nokia, Motorola, LG, Samsung, HTC and Sony
Ericsson.

The BlackBerry and RIM families of related marks, images and
symbols are the exclusive properties and trademarks of Research In
Motion Limited.

About Palringo

Palringo makes Instant Messaging work on mobile. The service
combines walkie-talkie style voice (Vocal Instant Messaging) with the
real-time text chat functionality of Instant Messaging and enriches
communications further by offering the ability to share pictures
within the context of a discussion. The service supports both
one-on-one and group discussions, and enables real-time dialogue that
can incorporate users from across the globe, on any mobile network or
connected PC. The application supports efficient connections to other
popular Instant Messaging services and enables mobile users to send
vocal IM and picture messages along with the more common text chat.

for Palringo
Sue Huss, +1 619-379-4396
sue.huss@comunicano.com

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