Back at WES 2009 at the beginning of this month, one of the solutions to get a lot of attention was Gwabbit for BlackBerry (see our first post on it here). Whether you like the name or not, Gwabbit is a pretty handy tool for those in business who get a ton of emails on a regular basis and are lazy when it comes to converting those contacts to address book entries. Gwabbit scans your emails for signatures and contact info and automatically does the job for you! It's now officially available, so you can read on for all the press release details below.
Press Release
GWABBIT NOW AVAILABLE FOR BLACKBERRY SMARTPHONES
Manage Signatures And Contacts Automatically On Any BlackBerry Smartphone For Only $9.99
San Francisco, CA - May 26, 2009 - Technicopia, LLC, the only provider of automated solutions for the contact cloud today announced the availability of gwabbit for
BlackBerry smartphones on BlackBerry App World, and online at www.gwabbit.com. gwabbit automatically searches and identifies contacts embedded in emails on your BlackBerry smartphone, and adds or updates that information to your BlackBerry Contacts, in a single click. For those users syncing their contacts to Outlook, gwabbit's automated capture keeps contacts updated globally.
gwabbit for BlackBerry smartphones joins gwabbit for Outlook, as an automatic email contact management solution for both desktops and mobile phones. gwabbit for Outlook automatically identifies signatures in incoming emails and creates them as new or updated contacts on your desktop. gwabbit for Outlook is available for a single, one-time fee of $19.95. The two products together deliver complete email contact management for any professional on the road or at their desk.
"We are very excited about the buzz we received at Wireless Enterprise Symposium 2009 earlier this month. It was clear that contact management is a critical productivity issue for mobile users, particularly in the enterprise space," said Todd Miller, founder and president of Technicopia. "To further support BlackBerry smartphone users, we plan to introduce secure gwabbit products for BlackBerry enterprise users that can be managed by the IT department, later this year."
"The new gwabbit application is designed to provide an elegant, simple and fast way for business users to keep their address book up to date and we are pleased to see it launched on BlackBerry App World," said Jeff McDowell, Vice President, Global Alliances at Research In Motion.
Pricing and Availability
gwabbit downloads in less than a minute on BlackBerry smartphones and is available now for only $9.99 annually on BlackBerry App World, and online at www.gwabbit.com. gwabbit is now available for all BlackBerry smartphones including the BlackBerry Bold, BlackBerry Storm, BlackBerry Curve series and BlackBerry Pearl series of smartphones.
