Access Desktop Content Wirelessly with ZFrame

ZFrame is going to demonstrate a beta of its new application at TECHXNY this week. This client-server app will allow users to wirelessly access e-mail with attachments, Web pages, Word documents, or Excel spreadsheets, all from inside the same application.

ZFrame's pop-up and zoom-in features allow the user to access and interact with full desktop content on handheld devices. The user taps the stylus across the page and the contents are revealed as dynamic pop-ups. They can zoom in or click on hyperlinks, enter searches, fill out forms, and more.

The ZFrame client browser and content server retrieves full desktop content while preserving the original content and graphics, and provides an interface that is as familiar as the user's own personal desktop. Because ZFrame uses visual navigation instead of scrolling, the user has a better sense of where they are on a page. The ZFrame format also streamlines the protocols and client software, reduces the waiting time for viewing a page and helps manage network client and server loads.

With itsZ-mode feature, developers can build handheld content and applications using standard HTML tools. Z-mode directly maps the page layout to the small screen with pixel-accurate precision, and allows users to intermix and cross-link between customized Z-mode and standard Web pages.

ZFrame is a network service accessed through the user's existing wireless connection and wireless service provider. A beta version of ZFrame for Palm OS will be available in July, priced at $25 for two months of beta service. After the beta period, the service will cost $22.50 a month. The ZFrame Enterprise Edition's cost depends on the number of licenses.