Handmark donates Pocket Express proceeds to Red Cross Tsunami relief effort

By Kelly Fargo

During the month of January Handmark will donate all proceeds from new Pocket Express subscriptions to the International Red Cross for Asian Tsunami relief.

Pocket Express is a packaged service for smartphones and WiFi-enabled PDAs. The bundle, available on a subscription basis for $6.99 per month or $69.90 with a prepaid one-year subscription, offers wireless users a powerful mix of news, stocks, sports, weather, movies, maps and 411 information, at speeds up to 20 times faster than services accessed via conventional web browser. By specifying Pocket Express, the company's award-winning wireless service bundle, Handmark is dedicating its leading product to helping the recovery in Southeast Asia. Only new subscriptions are eligible for the effort; all subscriptions must be registered with Handmark by midnight on January 31, 2005 to qualify for the donation fund.

"Handmark wants to help the global tsunami relief effort, and the best way for us to contribute is by sharing the income from our hottest new product, Pocket Express," said Augie Grasis, CEO of Handmark. "Some of us first learned of this disaster through the Pocket Express News channel. Now anyone who purchases Express from Handmark will be helping with the much needed cash to fund the international relief efforts."