Handango
Encyclopedia
Handango is an online store that sells mobile software. Handango offers worldwide distribution, support, and e-commerce services to its partners. Company's customers include consumers, software developers, mobile operators, and original equipment manufacturers. Supported mobile devices include Android devices, Palm handhelds
, Windows Mobile
devices, Symbian OS devices, and BlackBerry
devices.
Handango InHand, available since 2003 for Symbian UIQ, since 2004 for Windows Mobile and Palm OS, since 2005 for Blackberry and since 2006 for Symbian S60, is a on-device application store for finding, installing and buying software for your mobile device. Application download and purchasing are completed directly on the device so sync with a computer is not necessary. Description, rating and screenshot are available for any application. Software for using Handango InHand is available for free for Palm OS, Windows Mobile, Symbian UIQ & S60, Blackberry, Android. Handango pionereed this on-air business model for smartphones which achieved great success some years later with similar Apple Inc.'s App Store and Google
's Android Market
.
On February 23, 2010, Jud Bowman of PocketGear, a Durham, North Carolina
supplier of software and games for mobile phones, announced his company had acquired Handango, making PocketGear third behind Apple Inc. and Google
in the app market. While PocketGear will remain in Durham, the company will keep Handango offices in the Dallas, Texas
area. Bowman started PocketGear in 1999 when he was still a teenager, selling it to the company that is now Motricity
, but then buying back the smart phones business in 2008 when Motricity moved from Durham to the Seattle area. Bowman remains a Motricity investor.
Palm, Inc.
Palm, Inc., was a smartphone manufacturer headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, that was responsible for products such as the Pre and Pixi as well as the Treo and Centro smartphones. Previous product lines include the PalmPilot, Palm III, Palm V, Palm VII, Zire and Tungsten. While their older...
, Windows Mobile
Windows Mobile
Windows Mobile is a mobile operating system developed by Microsoft that was used in smartphones and Pocket PCs, but by 2011 was rarely supplied on new phones. The last version is "Windows Mobile 6.5.5"; it is superseded by Windows Phone, which does not run Windows Mobile software.Windows Mobile is...
devices, Symbian OS devices, and BlackBerry
BlackBerry
BlackBerry is a line of mobile email and smartphone devices developed and designed by Canadian company Research In Motion since 1999.BlackBerry devices are smartphones, designed to function as personal digital assistants, portable media players, internet browsers, gaming devices, and much more...
devices.
Handango InHand, available since 2003 for Symbian UIQ, since 2004 for Windows Mobile and Palm OS, since 2005 for Blackberry and since 2006 for Symbian S60, is a on-device application store for finding, installing and buying software for your mobile device. Application download and purchasing are completed directly on the device so sync with a computer is not necessary. Description, rating and screenshot are available for any application. Software for using Handango InHand is available for free for Palm OS, Windows Mobile, Symbian UIQ & S60, Blackberry, Android. Handango pionereed this on-air business model for smartphones which achieved great success some years later with similar Apple Inc.'s App Store and Google
Google
Google Inc. is an American multinational public corporation invested in Internet search, cloud computing, and advertising technologies. Google hosts and develops a number of Internet-based services and products, and generates profit primarily from advertising through its AdWords program...
's Android Market
Android Market
Android Market is an online software store developed by Google for Android OS devices. Its gateway is an application program called "Market", preinstalled on most Android devices, allows users to browse and download mobile apps published by third-party developers...
.
On February 23, 2010, Jud Bowman of PocketGear, a Durham, North Carolina
Durham, North Carolina
Durham is a city in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is the county seat of Durham County and also extends into Wake County. It is the fifth-largest city in the state, and the 85th-largest in the United States by population, with 228,330 residents as of the 2010 United States census...
supplier of software and games for mobile phones, announced his company had acquired Handango, making PocketGear third behind Apple Inc. and Google
Google
Google Inc. is an American multinational public corporation invested in Internet search, cloud computing, and advertising technologies. Google hosts and develops a number of Internet-based services and products, and generates profit primarily from advertising through its AdWords program...
in the app market. While PocketGear will remain in Durham, the company will keep Handango offices in the Dallas, Texas
Dallas, Texas
Dallas is the third-largest city in Texas and the ninth-largest in the United States. The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex is the largest metropolitan area in the South and fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States...
area. Bowman started PocketGear in 1999 when he was still a teenager, selling it to the company that is now Motricity
Motricity
Motricity was formed in 2001 by Ryan Wuerch to provide integrated mobile content solutions for handheld and mobile devices. Originally formed as PowerByHand, the company changed its name to Motricity in October 2004 after its merger with Pinpoint Networks...
, but then buying back the smart phones business in 2008 when Motricity moved from Durham to the Seattle area. Bowman remains a Motricity investor.
Awards
- 2006- PC Magazine Top Classic Website
- 2006- Named to OnHollywood 100.
- 2006- Best Company to Work For in Texas
- 2004, 2005- Deloitte Technology Fast 500
- 2004, 2005- Deloitte Technology Fast 50 for Texas
- 2004, 2005- Tech Titans/Titan Fast 50
- 2006- 50 Best Small and Medium Places to Work
- 2004- Named to the Inc. 500 List
- 2004- Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year
- 2003- Texas Crescent Technology Fast 50 Rising Star Award
- 2003- Dallas 100 Award
- 2002- HEB Chamber of Commerce Award
- 2002- Yahoo "100 Best Sites for 2002"
- 2001- PocketPC Magazines "Best Site"
- 2001- Golden Web Award
- 2001- Guide of the Best Web Sites 2001
- 2000- Forbes "Best of the Web-The B2B Sites"
- 2000- Entrepreneur Magazine's 100 Best Sites for Small Business
- 2000- Medaille d'Or for Web Site Excellence
- 2000- Links2Go "Key Resource" in the Pilot topic
- 2000- Newsweek "103 Best Web Sites"