SANTA CLARA, CA--(Marketwire - July 27, 2010) - ThinkFree, a global technology company and market leader in office productivity software, announces a co-development agreement with Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., a leading mobile phone provider. The partnership's venture will integrate the company's flagship product, ThinkFree Office©, with Samsung's newest Android-powered smartphones, the Galaxy S, and its future products.
ThinkFree Office, an integrated personal productivity suite compatible with popular office software, is available as a web, desktop and mobile device application. The pre-installed version of ThinkFree Office will provide the optimal user experience for viewing, editing, and creating Office documents on Galaxy S.
Young-Ick Kim, ThinkFree CEO, announced the agreement: "The partnership with Samsung offers strategic advantage to both companies. For Samsung, bundling the ThinkFree Office solution with the Galaxy S smartphones will truly differentiate their phones in the market by offering customers out-of-box office productivity tools for the creation of documents, spreadsheets, and presentations. In return, ThinkFree Office will receive tremendous public exposure as Samsung has a commanding market share and worldwide reputation for excellence in the booming smartphone market. We are confident that first year revenues from the venture will easily meet our expectations, and the future of the relationship is very bright."
After a successful launch in Europe and Asia, the first ThinkFree-equipped Galaxy S has shipped in the U.S. as well. For more information on ThinkFree Office Mobile 2.0 for Android, please visit: http://product.thinkfree.com/mobile/android.
About ThinkFree
ThinkFree, Incorporated, based in Santa Clara, California, is a leading developer of office productivity solutions for corporate and consumer clients. The company's award-winning ThinkFree Office© application delivers word processing, spreadsheets, and presentation capabilities and can be deployed as a server-based solution with Internet access and on popular operating systems for desktop and mobile devices. A majority of the company is owned by Hancom Incorporated, a publicly-held company traded on the Korean KOSDAQ stock market. To learn more about ThinkFree, visit www.thinkfree.com
About Hancom
Hancom Incorporated is a leading publisher of office productivity software for the worldwide market. Headquartered in Seoul, Korea, the company's Hangul software is the most popular solution in that country. Its ThinkFree subsidiary is growing the company's presence in the international market with solutions for major operating systems and computing platforms. For more information about Hancom, visit www.hancom.co.kr.
About Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Samsung Electronics Company, Limited is a global leader in semiconductor, telecommunication, digital media and digital convergence technologies with 2009 consolidated sales of US $116.8 billion. Employing approximately 188,000 people in 185 offices across 65 countries, the company consists of eight independently operated business units: Visual Display, Mobile Communications, Telecommunication Systems, Digital Appliances, IT Solutions, Digital Imaging, Semiconductor and LCD. Recognized as one of the fastest growing global brands, Samsung Electronics is a leading producer of digital TVs, memory chips, mobile phones and TFT-LCDs. For more information, please visit www.samsung.com.
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