Panasonic to Offer EMS in its Handsets

magic4 has announced a global partnership with Panasonic to incorporate its Enhanced Messaging Service (EMS) client into the range of GD67 and GD87 handsets launching later this year.

"The mobile handset market is rapidly moving towards the multimedia experience and our latest range of handsets incorporating magic4's EMS technology enables Panasonic to deliver complete consumer satisfaction. The new GD67 handset supports a full colour screen, polyphonic ring tones, as well as the latest technologies such as GPRS and EMS. magic4 is a well established and respected leader in the mobile messaging industry and its EMS client is a proven solution," said Ken Hatano, General Manager of Product Planning at Panasonic.

"magic4 is also working with many of its existing partners to deliver a multimedia messaging client and has recently announced becoming an associate partner with the MMS IOP forum working together to make MMS the next industry standard."'"

Posted to the site on 31st July 2002