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Onset Adds Voice Message Playback, AskMeNow Features to METAmessage ASP Subscription Service for BlackBerry

METAmessage(R) Service for Individuals and Small Workgroups Now Plays Back Nextel NextMail(SM), Cisco Unity(TM), and Other Voice Messages; Lets Users Receive Detailed Answers to Queries; New Subscribers Offered One Month Free Service

Onset Technology, a leading developer of enterprise access software for wireless handheld devices, announced today that its METAmessage.com ASP subscription service users can use their BlackBerry® handhelds to have voicemail attachments, such as those from Nextel NextMail and Cisco's Unity systems, played back for listening on any phone. In addition, Onset announced the addition of AskMeNow(TM) access to its METAmessage.com ASP subscription service. AskMeNow lets users submit queries about virtually anything and receive specific answers via the BlackBerry® wireless platform from Research In Motion (RIM) . For a limited time, users signing up for the METAmessage.com subscription service will receive one month of METAmessage and AskMeNow service free.

With new METAmessage voice capabilities, users who receive voicemail files (.mp3, .wav, and Lucent Voice Player .lvp) as attachments to their email can use BlackBerry to have METAmessage play back the file on any convenient phone, whether it is a cell phone, hotel phone, pay phone, or the handheld itself. This feature supports systems such as Nextel NextMail, Cisco Unity, Nortel CallPilot(TM), and TeleVantage®.

According to Eyran Blumberg, Vice President, Products of Onset Technology, "The METAmessage ASP subscription service continues to grow, offering a broad and valuable feature set to BlackBerry users worldwide. Our product roadmap is exciting, and with every new capability we add, BlackBerry handhelds continue to become more and more essential to the mobile workforce."

The 24/7 AskMeNow service offers a precise and mobile option to searching for information on the Web. Where current queries of search engines produce hundreds of results, AskMeNow pinpoints the requested information quickly and accurately and returns each query with a single, specific answer. A user simply enters a question on a METAmessage form and clicks Submit. AskMeNow completes the search and sends the results back by e-mail.

"METAmessage is synonymous with 'beyond email' on handhelds and that's why the AskMeNow service is such a great fit with the METAmessage.com subscription service," said Darryl Cohen, CEO of InfoByPhone, the AskMeNow parent company. "With AskMeNow, users can quickly get practical answers to virtually any question they might have -- without having to navigate search results on a browser with multiple links on a small, mobile screen."

METAmessage -- ASP Subscription Service

The METAmessage ASP subscription service is designed for individuals and small workgroups, and works in conjunction with the BlackBerry platform to let users:

--  Spell-check outgoing email messages;
--  Print messages, attachments, and Web pages using any fax machine;
--  Listen to voicemail attachments
--  Quickly access the AskMeNow information service
--  Compose faxes
--  Get quick info such as driving directions, flight information, stocks,
    weather, and more; and,
--  Read attachments with original formatting intact
    

Month-by-month billing lets users start and stop using the service whenever they like.

Availability

The METAmessage service is free for the first month and then costs $6.95 per month. The voicemail attachment playback feature costs fifteen cents per minute. Users signing up for the METAmessage ASP subscription service will receive one month of AskMeNow service for free. After one month, the optional service will cost $5.95 per month or $1.75 per query. All features are now available at www.METAmessage.com.

Onset Technology

Founded in 1997, Onset Technology is the developer of METAmessage® for Wireless -- a unique software solution that gives business users access to virtually any data on their enterprise network using wireless devices such as BlackBerry® handhelds from Research In Motion (RIM). The software is broadly compatible with virtually all wireless devices and servers including those from strategic partners AT&T, Ericsson, Microsoft, and RIM. Since its introduction, METAmessage has been widely adopted by Fortune 1000 companies, government agencies, and a range of large service organizations. For more information, visit www.onsettechnology.com.

METAmessage is a registered trademark of Onset Technology. The BlackBerry and RIM families of related marks, images and symbols are the exclusive properties and trademarks of Research In Motion Limited. AskMeNow is a trademark of InfoByPhone, Ltd. All other trademarks are the properties of their owners.