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Handheld Contact for the new ACT! by Sage 2009 (11.0)
August 12, 2008

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
Wes Worsfold
J2X Technologies Inc.
(519) 895-6174
wes@j2x.ca

J2X Technologies Announces Handheld Contact For The New ACT! by Sage 2009 (11.0) Contact And Customer Management Product Family

Handheld Contact For ACT! Add-On Solution Provides Wireless Synchronization For BlackBerry® Smartphones, Pocket PC Devices, and TreoTM Smartphones with Windows MobileTM

August 12, 2008 -- Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario -- J2X Technologies Inc, a leading developer of mobile business productivity solutions, today announced that Handheld Contact supports the new ACT! 2009 contact and customer management product family from Sage Software. The solution allows users to access and manage their complete ACT! databases remotely using wireless synchronization and one-click drop-down menus that simplify data entry, editing, and sales management tasks for on-the-go professionals.

Handheld Contact enables two-way, wireless syncing of contact and customer data between a user's ACT! 2009 desktop software and a BlackBerry, Pocket PC, or Treo smartphone. Handheld Contact helps ACT! and BlackBerry, Pocket PC, and Treo Smartphone users to:

  • Track and manage complete prospect and customer information;
  • Collaborate and share data with team members via two-way wireless synchronization inside and outside of wireless coverage areas;
  • Organize calendars with day/week/month views, schedule activities and tasks, and log notes and histories for emails with automatic time-stamping;
  • Call or email ACT! contacts from the handheld devices; and
  • Synchronize up to 74 ACT! fields to the handheld devices.
"Mobile access to customer and prospect information is essential for today's business professionals, sales teams and larger workgroups" said Paul Little, ACT! Add-on Solutions program manager. "This solution provides mobile professionals who use ACT! with the full-featured contact and sales management tools they need to stay connected and on top of their business."

To obtain more information about Handheld Contact for ACT! or a trial account, please visit www.handheldcontact.com or www.actsolutions.com. Handheld Contact for ACT! is available for $239.00 for an annual license or for a monthly subscription rate of $24.95.

About ACT!

ACT!, from Sage Software, established the Contact Management software category in 1987 and, today, is the number-one selling contact and customer management solution and preferred choice of over 2.8 million registered users and over 43,000 additional corporate customers to organize, access and manage their customer information. ACT! delivers powerful capabilities that support a full range of desktop, laptop, Web browser and handheld device access methods that can work seamlessly with a centralized database to help individuals, selling teams and corporate workgroups improve productivity and increase sales. For more ACT! information, please visit www.act.com or call 866-903-0006.

About J2X Technologies Inc

J2X Technologies is dedicated to building mobile applications and technology platforms that creatively use wireless networks. J2X's Handheld Contact brand is powered by J2X's patent pending wireless data synchronization technology. Founded in 2001, J2X headquarters is in Kitchener-Waterloo Canada - the heart of Canada's Technology Triangle.

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