AvantGo Shutting Down, Changing Markets

codebudo writes "AvantGo, the once ubiquitous application for all PDAs, is shutting down its web sync service. Users of the service have just begun to see banners stating, 'Starting June 30, Avantgo will no longer offer mobile web content.' According to parent company Sybase, AvantGo will transition from a mobile web service, to an SMS advertising and content delivery system."

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A great idea but outdated now

[thetoadwarrior]

Back when I had my first Palm Pilot and the modem was a dial-up modem it was unrealistic to view the internet any other way than to sync up a load of content to take with you.

These days that's just backwards and unnecessary. So I'm not surprised they're giving it up.

Their service was awesome years ago and I was very grateful for it.

And that's one reason I don't use "The Cloud"

[wiredog]

for data storage.