Automotive Data Supplier, JATO Dynamics, Launches Innovative News Service For Handheld Computers

    TROY, Mich., July 11 JATO Dynamics, the leader in
automotive market intelligence, has announced the launch of JATONews InHand --
a new product which delivers automotive market news to handheld computers.
    JATONews InHand will have a particular appeal to professionals within the
industry who are not "desk based" or to the growing number using mobile
devices to manage appointments, contacts, email correspondence or who are
using them for business processes such as leasing, loan or residual value
calculations.
    JATONews is an established service that provides the user with the latest
news from the automotive industry for 42 of the markets in which JATO is
active.  Coverage includes new vehicle introductions, price and specification
changes, consumer incentives, and monthly summaries of sales and registrations
for each market.  JATONews is updated around the clock with over 21,000
articles published last year.
    JATONews InHand makes this unrivalled breadth and depth of coverage
available for the first time to the mobile user.  Using Internet-based
technologies the latest news can be downloaded and stored on the user's
handheld and referred to off-line at any time.  Updates are received
automatically during the synchronisation of the handheld device.
    JATONews InHand can be accessed through all the main handheld platforms --
Palm OS, Pocket PC and Psion EPOC.  The content of JATONews InHand is
optimised for display on palm-sized devices and can be simply and quickly
navigated through the "point and tap" interface common to these devices.
    JATONews InHand is available for all 42 markets in International English
and is also offered in 14 local languages through an annual subscription.
    Paul Rutishauser, product manager with JATO Dynamics, said "JATONews
InHand harmonizes the strengths of two existing products in JATO's portfolio:
our established news service and JATO InHand, which delivers vehicle prices,
specifications and comparisons to the mobile user."
    "The new service provides a simple and compelling way for the automotive
professional to stay up-to-date with events in the local and international
market-place.  With handheld and PDA applications finding more and more
adherents within the automotive industry we are confident that JATONews InHand
will quickly establish itself amongst a wide audience."
    "JATO's mobile offerings are unique in this market space and we intend to
extend our product range in the coming months to provide other information and
data resources to the automotive professional through these platforms."
    For more information visit: http://www.jatoinhand.com .

    Background
    JATO Dynamics is the leading market research company supplying car and
light commercial vehicle price, specifications, news, incentives and sales
data to the automotive industry.  JATO has operations in 45 countries and over
300 corporate customers worldwide.