Auction, Anywhere. Abidia brings global wireless services to eBay Buyers and Sellers

Abidia Wireless, the worlds first cellular phone application bringing eBay to wireless devices, now includes an updated Palm OS version for wireless handhelds and mobile phones with data plans. Abidia Wireless 2.5 offers an auction experience that includes easy, on-the-go access to real-time information and visual images available from any Palm OS Powered handheld or mobile phone.

Salt Lake City, UT (PRWEB) April 6, 2004 ---Abidia Wireless, the worlds first cellular phone application bringing eBay to wireless devices, now includes an updated Palm OS version for wireless handhelds and mobile phones with data plans. Abidia Wireless 2.5 offers an auction experience that includes easy, on-the-go access to real-time information and visual images available from any Palm OS Powered handheld or mobile phone.

Abidia Wireless 2.5 incorporates new features to support both buyers and sellers. View real-time information about items won, lost, bought, and sold. See or add items in their watch list, the items current bid price, an image, or compare prices in other auctions. Sellers can now view the status of auctions away from their PCs and get a list of the similar items to compare prices and see pictures of competing items. Abidia Wireless is a truly global solution, providing direct support for International eBay users, including support for eBay UK, eBay Germany, eBay France, eBay Italy, eBay Spain, eBay Canada, eBay Australia and many more.

The efficient use of the display is just one of the reasons Abidia is the best choice for anyone to use their wireless phone for portable auctions" said Mike Burch, CTO, in charge of development at Abidia. Our products excel with limited resource devices when used for buying and selling in the new world market place, now people truly can auction anywhere."

Abidia Wireless is available directly from the Abidia Website at http://www.abidia.com, or from any of our partners in the United States and Internationally. It is currently available at PalmGear, PDA Green, Handango, Palm Boulevard, PDASSI, and Mobile2Day.de. For as low as $2.49 a month, customers can access their eBay account anywhere, anytime.

Abidia Wireless provides real time access to your eBay account wherever your life takes you," said Keith Horn, CEO at Abidia. We recognize the need to access eBay anywhere you are, and mobile devices provide that freedom... We are fueling a global appetite for 1.2 Billion mobile subscribers, its time to get your eBay to go."

Appealing Features:
•   Support for color and monochrome devices
•   Item images and descriptions
•   User friendly interface designed specifically for wireless devices.
•   Support for the leading auction site, eBay.
•   Sync with your my eBay account information
•   Follow the status of active and completed auctions.*
•   View Images of the items you find.*
•   Effortless configuration, Easy searching.
•   Search for your favorite items and auctions.
•   Watch your favorite items and auctions by ID# or keyword.
•   Browse cached items on your wireless device.*
•   Organize, track, and bid on active auctions.*
•   Monitor the items you are selling or buying.*
•   Vast support of Cellular Carries and their devices.*
•   Support for a large amount of devices and platforms.*
•   Support for many international auction sites.*
•   Install directly to your wireless device.
•   Optional installation for your personal computer.*

About Abidia Wireless

Abidia Wireless is the first eBay application for cell phones. Ebayers do not need any additional equipment beyond a subscription to Abidia Wireless, their carriers data package, and a supported mobile device. Abidia Wireless is currently available for wireless phones based upon Windows Mobile for Pocket PC and Smartphone, Palm OS V2.0-V5.0, RIM Blackberry, Java (J2ME) enabled mobile phones. More technologies are in development including Qualcom BREW.

Vast Wireless Provider Support - Abidia Wireless service is currently available to subscribers of PCS Vision from Sprint, T-Zones from T-Mobile, m-Mode from AT&T Wireless, Cingular Wireless, Nextel iMode, Verizon Wireless, Vodafone, Orange, Fido, Rogers AT&T, and more. Abidia Wireless is developed and operated by Abidia. For further information or a subscription to Abidia Wireless, visit www.abidia.com.

About Abidia

Abidia is a privately held company headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah. Founded in February 2002. Abidia is the leading developer of wireless applications and services for online auctions. As an innovator in the mobile and wireless device software development arena, Abidia has released applications for Windows Mobile, Palm OS, RIM Blackberry, Symbian OS, and J2ME. For more information visit, www.abidia.com Abidia Wireless, and Abidia are trademarks or registered trademark of Abidia. All other trademarks, registered trademarks, trade names, service marks and images mentioned and/or used herein belong to their respective owners.