Sybase iAnywhere Announces General Availability of Avantgo Travel Guide


DUBLIN, Calif., March 21 -- iAnywhere, a subsidiary of Sybase, Inc. (NYSE: SY), today announced the general availability of the AvantGo Travel Guide, a mobile companion for subscribers of its popular AvantGo(R) mobile Internet service. The Travel Guide is available as an additional "tab" within the AvantGo application, enabling users to quickly and easily access flight itineraries, weather, directions, maps and city guides.

The Travel Guide, sponsored by Cadillac, brings together access to user account information from top travel partners including Expedia Corporate Travel, Northwest Airlines, Sabre Virtually There, Travelocity Business and United Airlines. Since the beta was announced last year, United Airlines has been added to the travel partner lineup, and added features include a currency conversion tool, 100 additional city guides, and 1000 additional metro areas for weather forecasts.

"We are committed to delivering innovative service to our customers," said Kenneth Feldman, vice president-Loyalty and e-Commerce, United Airlines. "Offering a United channel on the AvantGo mobile Internet service gives our customers a dynamic way to access not only flight information, but also real- time travel information, further enhancing their overall travel experience." "The AvantGo Travel Guide further demonstrates our dedication to offering applications that will enable business professionals to have 'always available' access to important information," said Neil Versen, senior director of AvantGo at iAnywhere. "Thirty percent of AvantGo's users travel seven or more times a year. This makes the Travel Guide a doubly important feature for us to offer to our subscribers, enabling them access crucial information to them anywhere and anytime, free of charge."

Availability
The AvantGo Travel Guide is available immediately for users of AvantGo version 5.7 or above software, available for Palm OS 5, Symbian UIQ, Symbian Series 60 (v6.1) and Windows Mobile Pocket PC devices. An online-only version is available for RIM BlackBerry devices. The Travel Guide is available in English only. Version 5.7 and above users only need to synchronize their device to receive the Travel Guide. A free AvantGo account is required, available from http://www.avantgo.com. Visit http://www.avantgo.com/travel for additional information.

About AvantGo
AvantGo is a free service from iAnywhere that delivers rich, personalized mobile websites to smartphones and PDAs. Today, hundreds of major brands, including BMW, CNET, HP, Jeep, Microsoft, The New York Times and Rolling Stone leverage AvantGo to target a highly desirable demographic of millions of registered users. AvantGo offers the convenience of anywhere, anytime access, seamlessly supporting both wireless and "sync and go" connectivity. To learn more about AvantGo visit http://www.avantgo.com.

About iAnywhere
iAnywhere enables success at the front lines of business. The company holds worldwide market leadership positions in mobile and embedded databases, mobile management and security, mobile middleware and synchronization, and Bluetooth(R) and infrared protocol technologies. Tens of millions of mobile devices, millions of subscribers, and 20,000 customers and partners rely on the company's "Always Available" technologies, including SQL Anywhere, Afaria, OneBridge, and the AvantGo(R) mobile Internet service. iAnywhere is a subsidiary of Sybase, Inc. (NYSE: SY). Visit http://www.ianywhere.com for more information.



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