Company:OmniSky
| Industry | Technology |
|---|---|
| Fate | Sold to EarthLink |
| Founded | May 7, 1999 |
| Defunct | December 2001 |
| Headquarters | San Francisco Bay, California |
OmniSky was a dotcom-era Silicon Valley startup, focused on web-enabled, wireless, mobile touchscreen products and services. Their wireless connectivity was built on CDPD technology. The modems supported Palm V[1] and Handspring, Inc. Visor handhelds.[2] OmniSky produced the first touchscreen handset to integrate Google's search engine.[3][4] OmniSky was founded on May 7, 1999 and held an IPO through NASDAQ on September 21, 2000.[5] 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.[6] By November 2001 OmniSky reported that it was no longer able to complete its financial statements due to a possible pending bankruptcy.[7] OmniSky sold to EarthLink in December 2001.[8]
References
- ↑ "Pen Computing Magazine: OmniSky Minstrel V". http://www.pencomputing.com/palm/Reviews/omnisky.html.
- ↑ "OmniSky: Handspring Visor". http://omnisky.com/discover/devices/visor.jhtml.
- ↑ "OmniSky Selects Google's Award-Winning Search Engine as Premier Search Technology for its Wireless Customers – News announcements – News from Google – Google". https://googlepress.blogspot.com/2000/05/omnisky-selects-googles-award-winning.html.
- ↑ "OmniSky: Google's first Mobile Product". https://www.gregbryant.com/omnisky/index.html.
- ↑ "OmniSky soars 47% in dubut". https://money.cnn.com/2000/09/21/deals/ipo/.
- ↑ "SEC Filing". https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1104771/000089161800004662/f63134a7s-1a.txt.
- ↑ "SEC Filing". https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1104771/000095012301508548/y55107nt10-q.txt.
- ↑ "Omnisky Declares Bankruptcy, Sells Out to EarthLink". http://www.palminfocenter.com/news/2727/omnisky-declares-bankruptcy-sells-out-to-earthlink/.
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