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'''OmniSky''' was a [[dotcom boom|dotcom-era]] [[Silicon Valley]] startup, focused on web-enabled, wireless, mobile touchscreen products and services. Built around the [[Palm V]],<ref>[http://www.pencomputing.com/palm/Reviews/omnisky.html Pen Computing]</ref> OmniSky produced the first [[touchscreen]] [[handset]] to integrate [[Google]]'s search engine.<ref>[https://googlepress.blogspot.com/2000/05/omnisky-selects-googles-award-winning.html Google Press Release: May 3, 2000]</ref><ref>[http://www.gregbryant.com/omnisky/index.html Google's first mobile product]</ref> OmniSky was founded on May 7, 1999 and held an IPO less than 18 months later through [[NASDAQ]] on September 21, 2000.<ref>[https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/omnisky Crunchbase OmniSky]</ref> It generated no revenue in 1999 and prior to its IPO it reported a lifetime total of $2.1 million revenue compared to a loss of more than $40 million.<ref>[https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1104771/000089161800004662/f63134a7s-1a.txt SEC Filing]</ref> By November 2001 OmniSky reported that it was no longer able to complete its financial statements due to a possible pending bankruptcy.<ref>[https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1104771/000095012301508548/y55107nt10-q.txt SEC Filing]</ref> OmniSky sold to [[EarthLink]] in December 2001.<ref>[http://www.palminfocenter.com/news/2727/omnisky-declares-bankruptcy-sells-out-to-earthlink/ Palm InforCenter, December 07, 2001: OmniSky / EarthLink]</ref>
'''OmniSky''' was a [[dotcom boom|dotcom-era]] [[Silicon Valley]] startup, focused on web-enabled, wireless, mobile touchscreen products and services. Built around the [[Palm V]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Pen Computing Magazine: OmniSky Minstrel V|url=http://www.pencomputing.com/palm/Reviews/omnisky.html|access-date=2021-02-19|website=www.pencomputing.com}}</ref> OmniSky produced the first [[touchscreen]] [[handset]] to integrate [[Google]]'s search engine.<ref>{{Cite web|title=OmniSky Selects Google’s Award-Winning Search Engine as Premier Search Technology for its Wireless Customers – News announcements – News from Google – Google|url=https://googlepress.blogspot.com/2000/05/omnisky-selects-googles-award-winning.html|access-date=2021-02-19|website=googlepress.blogspot.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=OmniSky: Google's first Mobile Product|url=https://www.gregbryant.com/omnisky/index.html|access-date=2021-02-19|website=www.gregbryant.com}}</ref> OmniSky was founded on May 7, 1999 and held an IPO less than 18 months later through [[NASDAQ]] on September 21, 2000.<ref>{{Cite web|title=OmniSky - Crunchbase Company Profile & Funding|url=https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/omnisky|access-date=2021-02-19|website=Crunchbase|language=en}}</ref> It generated no revenue in 1999 and prior to its IPO it reported a lifetime total of $2.1 million revenue compared to a loss of more than $40 million.<ref>{{Cite web|title=SEC Filing|url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1104771/000089161800004662/f63134a7s-1a.txt|url-status=live}}</ref> By November 2001 OmniSky reported that it was no longer able to complete its financial statements due to a possible pending bankruptcy.<ref>{{Cite web|title=SEC Filing|url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1104771/000095012301508548/y55107nt10-q.txt|url-status=live}}</ref> OmniSky sold to [[EarthLink]] in December 2001.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Omnisky Declares Bankruptcy, Sells Out to EarthLink|url=http://www.palminfocenter.com/news/2727/omnisky-declares-bankruptcy-sells-out-to-earthlink/|access-date=2021-02-19|website=www.palminfocenter.com}}</ref>


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Revision as of 11:27, 19 February 2021

OmniSky was a dotcom-era Silicon Valley startup, focused on web-enabled, wireless, mobile touchscreen products and services. Built around the Palm V,[1] OmniSky produced the first touchscreen handset to integrate Google's search engine.[2][3] OmniSky was founded on May 7, 1999 and held an IPO less than 18 months later through NASDAQ on September 21, 2000.[4] It generated no revenue in 1999 and prior to its IPO it reported a lifetime total of $2.1 million revenue compared to a loss of more than $40 million.[5] By November 2001 OmniSky reported that it was no longer able to complete its financial statements due to a possible pending bankruptcy.[6] OmniSky sold to EarthLink in December 2001.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Pen Computing Magazine: OmniSky Minstrel V". www.pencomputing.com. Retrieved 2021-02-19.
  2. ^ "OmniSky Selects Google's Award-Winning Search Engine as Premier Search Technology for its Wireless Customers – News announcements – News from Google – Google". googlepress.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2021-02-19.
  3. ^ "OmniSky: Google's first Mobile Product". www.gregbryant.com. Retrieved 2021-02-19.
  4. ^ "OmniSky - Crunchbase Company Profile & Funding". Crunchbase. Retrieved 2021-02-19.
  5. ^ "SEC Filing".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ^ "SEC Filing".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ^ "Omnisky Declares Bankruptcy, Sells Out to EarthLink". www.palminfocenter.com. Retrieved 2021-02-19.



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