Voice portal company iNetNow Inc. reported a co-branding agreement with Arelco Inc., an independent licensee of National Car Rental, allowing customers at select Arelco-owned National Car Rental stores to receive a complimentary iNetNow Platinum Card entitling them to 30 free days of iNetNow service. Services include point-to-point driving directions, real-time traffic updates, local event listings, reviews of restaurants in the area or anything else available on the Internet, according to iNetNow. Posters and brochures touting iNetNow services will occupy counter-top displays at National Car Rental stores throughout the Midwestern United States.
Savos Inc. and a spinoff of Motorola Inc. called RadioWave.com have teamed to offer music and entertainment content to mobile devices. Savos is a wireless technology company focused on streaming audio technology, while RadioWave is a producer and distributor of interactive music and entertainment Internet content. The deal calls for Savos to add RadioWave’s collection of music Web sites to its mobile audio phone portal, which is scheduled for launch in October. The solution will allow wireless users to access the music files. The two also said they plan to collaborate on WAP and other mobile commerce efforts.
Apparel manufacturer VF Corp. selected Symbol Technologies to implement wireless mobile manufacturing and warehousing solutions in its six major apparel business units at nearly 200 locations in six countries. VF plans to incorporate Symbol’s Spectrum24 wireless local area network and bar code scanning infrastructure as part of its initiative to place all its divisions on a common systems platform. Wireless mobile computing appliances, wearable computing systems with ring scanners, vehicle mounted computers and industrial bar code printers will all operate on Symbol’s Spectrum24 network. The initial rollout phase targets inventory management at VF’s raw materials and cutting facilities. In addition, Symbol will support VF’s transition from a legacy computer system to the enterprise-wide SAP environment.
