Tuesday, December 16 2003
PalmGear has announced their expansion into China with a new Chinese language software store and offices in Shanghai and Beijing. PalmGear’s expansion will bring software, eBooks and content to consumers and enterprise customers throughout mainland China.
The new online store, www.palmgear.cn was fully developed in Beijing by PalmGear China and is the first online distribution site for Palm Powered hardware, software and content to be fully localized in mainland China.
PalmGear’s presence in China gives handheld device owners access to new software titles from games to office applications. PalmGear China’s site includes a full product description translation of the Top 100 software applications into Simplified Chinese with hundreds of additional titles to be added throughout Q1 2004. In addition to fully translated product descriptions in Simplified Chinese, PalmGear China is working with its development team to launch a program which would assist Palm OS developers worldwide with full translation of their software applications for expansion into the China market. The company also plans to give mobile device users access to wireless content delivery through its partnership with PalmSource’s Palm Powered Mobile World program.
“China is the world’s second largest market for handheld and smartphone sales and an integral part of our global content strategy,” said Ryan Wuerch, chief executive officer and president of PalmGear. “By opening offices in mainland China and fully localizing our content offering, we are committing to the continued expansion of the Palm OS platform and third-party software sales growth inside China. We are very excited to provide the China handheld market with a rich content and shopping experience through online sales and enterprise distribution.”
