OmniSky was a dotcom-era Silicon Valley startup, focused on web-enabled, wireless, mobile touchscreen products and services. Their wireless connectivity was built on CDPD technology. The modems supported Palm V[1] and Handspring, Inc. Visor handhelds.[2] OmniSky produced the first touchscreen handset to integrate Google's search engine.[3][4] OmniSky was founded on May 7, 1999 and held an IPO through NASDAQ on September 21, 2000. It generated no revenue in 1999 and prior to its IPO it reported a lifetime total of $2.1 million revenue compared to a loss of more than $40 million.[5] By November 2001 OmniSky reported that it was no longer able to complete its financial statements due to a possible pending bankruptcy.[6] OmniSky sold to EarthLink in December 2001.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Pen Computing Magazine: OmniSky Minstrel V". www.pencomputing.com. Retrieved 2021-02-19.
  2. ↑ "OmniSky: Handspring Visor". omnisky.com. Retrieved 2001-12-16.
  3. ↑ "OmniSky Selects Google's Award-Winning Search Engine as Premier Search Technology for its Wireless Customers – News announcements – News from Google – Google". googlepress.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2021-02-19.
  4. ↑ "OmniSky: Google's first Mobile Product". www.gregbryant.com. Retrieved 2021-02-19.
  5. ↑ "SEC Filing".
  6. ↑ "SEC Filing".
  7. ↑ "Omnisky Declares Bankruptcy, Sells Out to EarthLink". www.palminfocenter.com. Retrieved 2021-02-19.



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