MetroPCS picks up Handmark's Pocket Express

December 4, 2008/Joe Pawlikowski

MetroPCS customer, you’ll get a chance to see what I’m talking about. They’ve inked a deal with Handmark, makers of Pocket Express, to bring the service to their customers.

“We are excited to see mobile providers like MetroPCS leading the way in adopting new technology and helping its customers discover new ways to use their phones,” said Paul Reddick, Handmark CEO. “We were pleased to work together with MetroPCS to enhance their customers’ mobile experience by delivering a fast, simple way to access the latest news, sports, weather, and more in one place.”
The difference here is that while I tested Pocket Express on my BlackBerry, this is available to a number of consumer devices on MetroPCS’s BREW platform. So you can get it on your plain old RAZR if you want. I’m not sure how they’re going to work this at Metro, but for BlackBerry Pocket Express is a freemium product. This means that basic features, like news and weather, are available for free, while features like entertainment and travel are on a pay basis. Still, getting news and weather for free is a nice perk for MetroPCS customers.]]>

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8 Comments

  1. jack123 on December 31, 2008 at 4:07 pm

    Awesome, I love Pocket Express & I’m on Metro PCS



  2. Andros on January 7, 2009 at 9:01 pm

    Just tried it out, works great! Real world situation, needed to pick a movie at a restaurant and we used Pocket Express to find it for us.



  3. Devaki on January 14, 2009 at 8:54 pm

    Similar experience with me and the mapping/directions function in pocket express.



  4. Gordon on January 17, 2009 at 2:39 pm

    Transformative. With Pocket Express, Metro is moving past the voice/sms paradigm.



  5. joe on September 3, 2009 at 3:41 pm

    The font is too small on my Kyocera E1100 phone.



  6. Hunt on January 18, 2010 at 10:20 am

    I have the Metro Finesse and it is WAY better then that other program, “My Extras” This program has news, weather, important things, not “random facts” and useless info. LOVE IT



  7. Hunt on January 18, 2010 at 10:22 am

    I can check my stocks and the sports score in the same program, on Metro? Loving it.



  8. TAMMY on April 11, 2011 at 10:47 pm

    I HAVE FREEFORM 2 POCKET EXPRESS IS A FREE FEATURE HOWEVER MAPS,411,DICTIONARIES DOES NOT WORK THEY CAN’T FIGURE OUT WHY.wORKS FINE IN SAMSUNG CONTURE.