CarRentals.com Launches First Car Rental Comparison Shopping Web Site for Smartphone and PDA Users

NEW YORK, Aug. 3, 2005 -- CarRentals.com, the technology leader in online car rentals, launched the first mobile web site allowing users with cell phone, smartphone and PDA Internet browsers to reserve vehicles from multiple car rental vendors. Travelers can compare prices and make reservations for rental cars quickly and effectively from anywhere around the world.

"The release of the mobile CarRentals.com site is another example of CarRentals.com's cutting-edge technology. This release firmly establishes CarRentals.com as the technology leader in car rental booking technology," says David Morton, Chief Technology Officer of CarRentals.com.

To access the CarRentals.com mobile site, users can go to http://www.carrentals.com/. The site detects the usage of a PDA or smartphone and redirects users to a page designed for the screen size. CarRentals.com has also set up http://mobile.carrentals.com/, allowing direct access to the innovative mobile reservation web site.

About CarRentals.com

CarRentals.com is the premier car rental booking company on the web, offering advanced technologies to both consumers and select vendor partners. For more information visit http://www.carrentals.com/