NewACT Launches vufone


YOKNEAM, Israel and SAN FANCISCO, January 21 /PRNewswire/ --     NewACT announced today that it has made its world leading mobile
synchronization and virtualization service open to mobile consumers around
the world. The first public release of the service is focused on global, mass
market support.

The service, branded vufone(R) allows users to synchronize their phone to
the cloud, manage the phone from the web and connect the data to a variety of
internet services and applications. Vufone is available globally regardless
of mobile device or network at http://www.vufone.com; and is currently
provided in English, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), French, Spanish,
German, Russian, Dutch and Portuguese.

"Mobile users deserve mobile freedom," said Rafi Ton, CEO of NewACT. "And
freedom is the ability to manage and protect mobile content automatically,
seamlessly and securely regardless of decisions about mobile operator and
device selection. Achieving that is our mission and focus."

The vufone service is focused on mass market phones using J2ME, Symbian
and Windows Mobile platforms. Future releases are planned to include
dedicated clients for iPhone, Blackberry and Google Android.

Amongst others, the service offers the following benefits: Full phone
virtualization, bi-directional synchronization, access and management of the
user's data including contacts, calendar, photos, videos, music and files;
Picture and video uploading to a personal area and to social networks such as
Facebook; Synchronization of mobile media files to services such as Flickr,
Picasa, Youtube and between the personal computer and the mobile phone;
Extending Outlook to the mobile phone using an outlook plugin; Simple, over
the air, user data transfer between devices when, for example, upgrading a
phone while assuring data integrity and adaptation to the new device; Ability
to send pictures from any web site directly to the phone using vufone's MSIE
or FireFox plugins.

"These are exciting times for us," concluded Rafi Ton, "we believe that
the mobile market has matured and the users are ready to adopt off-portal
mobile services that show true benefit and value. The internet is the best
distribution platform for critical mobile services and we welcome service and
distribution partners who share our vision. Until March 1st we are allowing
early bird registration with one year totally free service."

About NewACT

NewACT is a leader in Mobile synchronization and virtualization services.
By using NewACT's services, mobile subscribers have unprecedented freedom and
flexibility to synchronize, centrally store, manage and share any data that
has accumulated on their mobile handsets such as contacts, calendar, files
and messages. NewACT's vufone(R) service allows users to manage their data on
any phone, and creates a bridge between the mobile and Internet services of
choice. For more information, please visit http://www.newact.com and
http://www.vufone.com.

Media inquiries:

    NewACT Ltd
    Sharon Steiner
    Phone: +442081443217
    Email: sharon.steiner@newact.com

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