MantraGroup Inc., a leading provider of mobile software solutions, has announced Causerie Messenger, an instant messaging solution targeted to Palm OS Devices.

Instant Messaging (IM) is one of the fastest growing segments of the Internet and is becoming a popular communication choice embraced by millions of people around the world to communicate with their family, friends and business associates in an easy and powerful manner.

Causerie provides a single point contact which allows you to view all your contacts (buddies) in one place and even chat with your buddies irrespective of the network they belong to. Causerie provides a rich and powerful UI which allows you to access most of the handy features in a single tap or two. Some of the features include IM services to popular networks (SameTime, MSN, AOL, Yahoo, Jabber, ICQ and IRC), Presence & Status settings, Emoticon support, Easy Buddy lists (Add/Delete buddies) maintenance, Block/Unblock buddies, Customizable chat area, Font and Color support, Quick Text, E-mail and call tagging, Multiple login accounts.

Causerie for Consumers (CC):
CC is available in 2 editions - Standard and Deluxe. The Deluxe edition allows access to powerful buddy agents (bots) which retrieve real time information like stock, weather, news, currency, California traffic, gmail unread emails, Amazon searches, AI Chat Bot, eBay, dictionary, Fedex tracking etc. Additionally, it also facilitates multiple account logins to all popular IM networks. Real Time Alerts will also be supported in this edition.

The Standard and Deluxe editions are available for purchase from MantraGroup for US$24.95 and US$34.95 on a subscription basis for 1 year.

Causerie for Enterprise (CE):
CE is the ideal business productivity tool for corporations because it is cost effective, secure, scalable, cross-platform (communicates with SameTime, Jabber, AOL, ICQ, MSN, Yahoo and any configurable corporate IM services) and requires little IT support. Causerie offers huge benefits including improved employee communication and productivity with a variety of additional functions and personalization features, all the while reinforcing the network security standards. Causerie is a secure, reliable instant messaging system that fits the needs of businesses of all sizes. The core technology has the versatility to serve all businesses, from small companies to large corporations with workers dispersed throughout the globe. CE includes all the CC features along with Data encryption (AES / Blowfish), Message Archive support with precise timestamps and is Firewall friendly.

Causerie has been optimized for Treo600 users and supports five-way navigation/sound/vibrate/ LED options. DIA is supported on Tungsten3 and Sony devices.

About the company:

MantraGroup (http://www.mantragroup.com) is a solutions and services company focusing on development of software for the wireless PDAs and cutting edge smartphones.

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