NewspaperDirect Offers Digital News Content for Microsoft UMPCs

6:00 am on May 9, 2006 | Category: Mobile Devices, Web Services

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Vancouver-based digital newspaper delivery service, NewspaperDirect, has announced an important new agreement with Microsoft, allowing its publishing partners to reach the users of Ultra-Mobile PCs (UMPCs).

The company has designed a new PressReader application, allowing Windows-powered UMPC users to access content from a number of popular newspaper titles.

“Our publishing partners will be at the very forefront of a real-time content delivery revolution that is bound to accelerate rapidly with this mobile technology,” says NewspaperDirect CEO, Alex Kroogman, noting that the company currently has several hundred news media partners. “We expect the number of newspapers to quickly grow. At present most of the world’s largest publishers work with us — we now want to reach many more newspapers at the regional and local levels.”

“Ultra-Mobile PCs are an exciting new category of devices that will give people a full PC experience that fits in their hands,” said Otto Berkes, the general manager of Microsoft’s UMPC division. “We’re glad to have NewspaperDirect developing PressReader for UMPCs. It’s a natural fit for people with a mobile lifestyle who want their news on the go.”

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