GUILDFORD, England--(BUSINESS WIRE [1])--Volantis, the world's leading supplier of Intelligent Content Adaptation™ solutions for the mobile internet, today announced the open beta launch
of Ubik.com, a web tool that enables consumers and small businesses to
build mobile websites without any technical knowledge or training. The
service is available immediately, for free use, by visiting Ubik.com [2].

Volantis now provides two free solutions that address the challenges
posed by the complexity of the non-PC device world: for large
enterprises, Volantis offers its freely downloadable Mobility Server,
and Ubik.com now provides a service for small businesses and consumers.

With a simple, step-by-step approach, Ubik.com leads even the novice
through the process necessary to build a mobile-optimized site. Users
can access dozens of templates developed by the Volantis design team to
get their own mobile website up and running in a very short amount of
time. Employing the industry-leading Volantis Framework and device
library of more than 5,100 different mobile devices, Ubik.com
mobile-optimized sites provide the best user experience on any mobile
device available today.

“The Ubik.com service enables end users and
small businesses to quickly and easily join the mobile community,
allowing them to rapidly publish content and be sure that it will look
good on every device ‘out there’ today,” said Mark Watson, co-founder and chief
executive officer of Volantis Systems. “With
the proliferation of smart phones, more people are turning to their
mobile devices for convenient web access. Volantis’ technology has empowered leading companies to properly present their
brands on mobile devices, but until now small companies and end users
were left behind. Now, Ubik.com provides a solution for everyone.”

“Web access on mobile devices is increasingly
important to consumers although it is far from accessible to everyone.
Nor is the long tail of web content being made available to mobile
users," said Tony Cripps, Senior Analyst at Ovum. "Applications and
services that make it simpler for users to access a wide range of
content on mobile devices have a considerable role to play in overcoming
these obstacles to convergence, especially so when they are free to use.”

Ubik.com provides all the tools necessary to deliver content to any
wireless handset around the globe. Users can simply create, edit and
then publish with the following features:

• Templates – The templates provide complete and pre-built sites for a wide variety
  of needs and use case scenarios from personal to small business sites.
  Users can complete personal details and hit publish. Others can be
  more creative, using the templates as a starting point and adding
  color, photos and design elements etc to create more complex mobile
  sites. There are numerous templates in many categories including taxi
  service, restaurant, cleaner, car dealer, travel agency and more. With
  the Ubik.com template-based approach, compelling mobile websites can
  be built from scratch in minutes.
• Ubik.com Editor – The Editor makes it easy to manage a site. Users can see a list of all
  pages, add, amend or remove them, and adjust content or images;
  allowing each page to be fully customized. The Preview pane shows
  changes in real-time, enabling rapid editing and the ability to see
  the whole emulated site prior to publishing.
• Ubik.com Dashboard – The Dashboard is used to manage mobile sites that the user has
  created. Users can view ratings from other users, go to Site Profile
  to review comments, add more details or take the site to the Editor
  for further development or updates.
• Ubik.com Gallery/remote upload – Users can send images to the site from anywhere via email or MMS and
  access them in the gallery instantaneously. Each gallery section has a
  unique address code, so users can send images directly to specific
  pages on their site.
• Publishing – Sites created using the Ubik.com service are hosted and published for
  free at sitemap.ubik.net. Users can notify their friends and family
  about the new site or site update via email.

Pricing, Availability and Support

Ubik.com is available immediately under beta and as a free web-based
service. It can be accessed by visiting www.ubik.com [3].
To support users, Ubik.com has launched a community forum to provide
information, facilitate communication and help new users get started.
The forum is located at forum.ubik.com [4].

About Volantis

Volantis Systems (www.volantis.com [5])
is the world's leading supplier of Intelligent Content Adaptation
solutions for the Mobile Internet, providing applications, tools and
platforms that solve the complexity of delivering optimized services to
any mobile device.

Volantis software is protected by the following granted and pending
patent applications: United Kingdom: 2371896, European Patent EP 1320972
(Ireland, France, Italy, Germany, Sweden, Spain, Switzerland), pending
European Patent Application EP 1641211 (designating Austria, Belgium,
Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy,
Luxembourg, Monaco, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland,
Turkey, United Kingdom), Hong Kong: HK1049046, Japan: 2002-531257,
Singapore: 95431, 200301776-9, India: 325/DEL/03, South Korea:
7004318/03, People's Republic of China: ZL01819526, US: 10/381802.