OmniSky

OmniSky

Industry	Technology
Founded	May 7, 1999
Defunct	December 2001
Fate	Sold to EarthLink
Headquarters	San Francisco Bay, California

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. ^[5] 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. ^[6] By November 2001 OmniSky reported that it was no longer able to complete its financial statements due to a possible pending bankruptcy. ^[7] OmniSky sold to EarthLink in December 2001. ^[8]

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. "OmniSky soars 47% in dubut". money.cnn.com. Archived from the original on 2002-02-20. Retrieved 2025-01-14.
6. "SEC Filing".
7. "SEC Filing".
8. "Omnisky Declares Bankruptcy, Sells Out to EarthLink". www.palminfocenter.com. Retrieved 2021-02-19.