Overstock.com auctions go mobile

Salt Lake City, Feb. 3, 2005 -- (MobileVillage) -- Abidia has announced its O-Anywhere application that lets Palm OS device users bid, search, browse, and monitor live auction listings from the Overstock.com Auctions site. (Users must have an Internet connection.)

Abidia says that its version for Windows Mobile Pocket PC edition is also complete, and has just passed the Windows Mobile logo certification test.

O-Anywhere supports both buyers and sellers. Users can view real-time information about items that have been won, lost, bought, and sold, and can view and add items to the watch list, view any items' current bid price, an image, or compare prices of other auctions.

Sellers can view the status of auctions, and compare prices and see pictures of competing items. Sellers can also check the amount of bids on an item that is up for sale, and determine who the winning bidder is.

Both sellers and buyers can sync with any Overstock.com Auctions account, and minimize cost by selecting what and when to sync. Users can also browse cached listings and images, and

O-Anywhere supports both color and monochrome Palm OS devices and any networking technology including Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Ethernet, CDMA and GSM, says Abidia. It can be installed directly Over-The-Air, or with a Windows PC installer. Macintosh computers are supported with the OTA install.

O-Anywhere is available from the Abidia website and the Overstock.com Auctions portal. After a free two week trial, the service costs US $2.49 per month when paid annually ($30), or $3.99 per month paid each month.

Abidia says it will also be releasing versions for Smartphone, BlackBerry, Symbian, and Java enabled cell phones in the near future.

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