Starfish Software
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| Type | 1998 - 2003: Subsidiary of Motorola
2003 - 2006: Subsidiary of Pumatech, Inc. (Intellisync) 2006 - present: Subsidiary of Nokia |
| Founded | 1994 |
| Headquarters | Santa Cruz, California |
| Key people | Philippe Kahn, Founder Sonia Lee, Co-Founder |
| Industry | Wireless |
| Products | TrueSync |
| Website | www.starfish.com |
Starfish was founded in 1994 by Philippe Kahn, best known for his invention of the camera phone and his most recent company Fullpower Technologies. The founding vision of Starfish was global synchronization and integration of wireless and wireline devices, which translated with the TrueSync platform to: "Enter or edit information anywhere, synchronization is automatic everywhere". Starfish developed much of the core intellectual property for device synchronization, especially in the wireless industry. TrueSync was the first Over-The-Air (OTA) synchronization system.
Starfish was successfully acquired by Motorola in 1998 and subsequently became a division of Nokia after Motorola's downturn. Today Starfish's technology is an integral part of the Nokia platform.
[edit] See also
- Philippe Kahn, Co-founder
- Sonia Lee, Co-Founder
[edit] References
- Nokia (2003-03-30). "Pumatech, Inc. Acquires Motorola Subsidiary Starfish Software". Press release. Retrieved on 2006-09-18.
- Motorola (1998-07-14). "MOTOROLA TO ACQUIRE STARFISH". Press release. Retrieved on 2006-09-18.
- Parks, Bob (October, 2000). Wired Magazine, The Big Picture - Borland International Inc.'s Philippe Kahn. Retrieved on 20 April 2006.
- Maney, Kevin. "Baby's arrival inspires birth of cellphone camera — and societal evolution", USA Today, 2007-01-23. Retrieved on 25 December.
