October 21, 2003 -AccuWeather today launched AccuWeather.com eXpress,
the first, colorful animated weather application for the wireless market.
The new wireless product, announced today at the Cellular Telecommunications
and Internet Association (CTIA) Trade Show in Las Vegas, NV (booth# 1221),
provides wireless carriers with an innovative weather graphics application
designed to attract new and existing users.
AccuWeather.com eXpress, based on BREW and SharpMotionART technology,
delivers colorful, animated weather forecasts that move across a user’s
handset providing smart-looking graphic displays, which provide informative
and accurate weather at a glance. AccuWeather.com’s use of Sharp’s
BREW-based SharpMotionART technology allows for the development of
full-scale animations while keeping file sizes small.
AccuWeather.com eXpress enhances the wireless experience by offering a
refreshing, visually exciting weather presentation that provides users
access to up-to-date current conditions, pinpoint 12-hour and detailed
three-day forecasts, local radar and severe weather warnings, all animated
on a user’s screen. Designed with a unique, one-touch ease of use,
AccuWeather.com eXpress forecasts will play in continuous loops, with no
complex menus to navigate. For those subscribers interested in more
detailed weather, radar images and severe weather notices, these are also
available.
“With AccuWeather.com eXpress, we have brought the most advanced
multi-media weather application to the wireless market,” says Jim Candor,
senior vice president of New Media, AccuWeather, Inc. “It’s an informative
and entertaining product that’s powerful, but also easy to operate. Users
don’t have to do anything more than simply launch the application. The
handset will automatically download the latest forecast.”
He adds, “At AccuWeather, we are always looking for new ways to use
cutting-edge technologies that will advance the wireless market. Our new
AccuWeather.com
eXpress delivers innovative and exciting applications for wireless
customers.”
To learn more about AccuWeather wireless products, visit
http://wireless.accuweather.com
SOURCE AccuWeather
