The company's original intention was to sell
software and content for the
Palm Operating System, and in 2001 handmark purchased the Palm-related
MemoWare repository. The company's scope has since expanded to include
Windows Mobile,
Java, and other mobile
computing,
smartphone and
mobile phone platforms. The company's Pocket Express wireless service offers users access to news, reference and
infotainment content on
BlackBerry,
Palm Treo, Windows Mobile, and other
wireless handhelds. In addition to the Pocket Express wireless service bundle, Handmark distributes a number of wireless entertainment titles including
Warfare Incorporated (
RTS) (Palmsource Powered Up award winner). In January 2008 Handmark and Astraware announced a new business relationship in which Astraware became part of the Handmark group. Astraware was subsequently bought out by its management team in January 2010 and returned to being an independent game developer. In early 2009, Handmark acquired FreeRange Communications, makers of FreeRange WebReader, a free
RSS based
feed reader and content service for mobile phones and
PDAs. FreeRange Communications was founded by Jon Maroney and located in
Portland, Oregon, and the core technology was incorporated in other products including
NewsGator Go!, Attensa Mobile and
VersionTracker mobile products. Versions were produced for
BlackBerry phones,
Windows Mobile and
Pocket PC,
Palm OS devices,
Symbian and
Java ME phones. The FreeRange reader was folded into Handmark's Pocket Express product line, while FreeRange's content service was branded the Handmark Mobile Publishing Platform. The Mobile Publishing Platform was subsequently spun off as a separate company Freerange 360, which in 2012 was renamed to Storycode. London-based
commuter newspaper The Evening Standard launched a mobile app with Handmark in May 2010. ==Acquisition==