fusionOne and Symbian unveil industry's first SyncML implementation for the Symbian platform at PCIA Global XChange

Underscores companies' commitment to providing seamless interoperability between mobile devices

Chicago, IL (Booth #3142) - Sept. 27, 2000 - fusionOne, the leading developer of next-generation Internet synchronization technology, and leading wireless platform provider, Symbian, today announced the Industry's first public demonstration of SyncML support for the Symbian platform. The demonstration will take place this week in the Symbian booth at the PCIA GlobaI XChange 2000 Conference in Chicago. Based on fusionOne synchronization technology and the SyncML standard for data synchronization, the fusionOne SyncML client for Symbian allows data entered into any Symbian-powered device to automatically be synchronized through the fusionOne service to a user's collection of devices and applications, including PCs, handheld devices, mobile phones, and web-based applications.

Ericsson, Motorola, Nokia, Panasonic, Psion, Sanyo and Sony are all developing Smartphones and Communicators based on Symbian's software platform. Symbian and fusionOne will be demonstrating the SyncML client for use on release 5 of the Symbian platform. The two companies are working closely to provide SyncML support for future Symbian software releases and will be making it available to all Symbian's licensees later this year.

"SyncML enables our vision of wireless devices seamlessly sharing information and synchronizing data using open industry standards," said Colly Myers, CEO, Symbian. "fusionOne not only shares this vision but also possesses the technical expertise to make it a reality. We are pleased to partner with them as the first provider of sync client technology for the Symbian platform and expect the two companies to continue to provide the industry with industry-leading technologies and services in the coming months."

"fusionOne's revolutionary sync architecture affords us the opportunity to seamlessly mediate between protocols, platforms and standards to provide instant and automatic synchronization from any device, any application, anywhere." said Rick Onyon, president and CEO of fusionOne. "We are excited to be partnering closely with a company of Symbian's caliber to bring this capability to the millions of future Symbian-powered devices, and we look forward to ongoing technology collaborations."

About the fusionOne sync service

fusionOne's Internet Sync is a seamless and automatic way for users to keep their personal digital content up-to-date and "in sync" across their computing and communications devices. Leveraging its unique store-and-forward architecture and the power of the Internet, fusionOne synchronizes and distributes information easily and efficiently, without the need for any contact between devices. With fusionOne, users enter information once on any device with assurance that it will automatically be updated in all their other devices.

About fusionOne, Inc.

Privately held and founded in 1998, fusionOne is the pioneer developer and marketer of cutting-edge Internet Sync services that make information access simple and seamless across multiple communications and computing devices. fusionOne is backed by funding from Chase Capital, Flatiron Partners, Nokia Ventures (NYSE: NOK), 3Com Ventures (NASDAQ: COMS), El Dorado Ventures, its founders and recognized leaders in the high technology industry. fusionOne's most recent partnerships include Franklin Covey (NYSE: FC), Hewlett Packard (NYSE: NWP), InfoSpace (NASDACI: INSP), Sabre (NYSE: TSG), seeUthere.com and Snap, the Internet portal services from NBC Internet, Inc. (NASDAQ: NBCI). fusionOne, Inc. is located in San Jose, California. 
fusionOne

About Symbian

Symbian owns, develops and licenses a software platform for next generation mobile phones. Owned by Ericsson, Matsushita, Motorola, Nokia and Psion, Symbian's mission is to license the Symbian platform to all mobile phone manufacturers and to create a mass market for next generation mobile phones by working closely with wireless networks, content services, and messaging and enterprise wide solutions.

Symbian is holding a Developer Expo in central London, November 6th-7th. Sponsored by BrainDock, Nokia and Sun Microsystems, attendees can hear keynotes from Colly Myers; CEO Symbian, Hans Snook, CEO Orange and Charles Dunstone, CEO Carphone Warehouse. There will also be workshops, demos and presentations from other partners focusing on the technology and devices based on the Symbian platform. 
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fusionOne and Internet Sync are trademarks of fusionOne, Inc. All other product, service and company names are trademarks, registered trademarks or service marks of their respective owners.

Media Enquiries

Please direct enquiries to: Symbian Ltd +44 207 154 1383 press@symbian.com	Raphel Finelli fusionOne 408-282-1253 650-455-1606 rfinelli@fusionone.com
Greg Fraser FitzGerald Communications for fusionOne 415-677-0223 gfraser@fitzgerald.com