Pumatech today announced a co-development agreement with Hitachi, Ltd. to enable Hitachi to offer a mobile solution to enterprise customers in Japan. The solution features Hitachi's NPD-20JWL Mobile Multimedia Communicator PDA device, based on the Japanese Windows CE .NET operating system, along with Pumatech's Satellite Forms MobileApp Designer and Enterprise Intellisync Server software.

The company's claim the combined solution will allow Hitachi's systems integrators to add value by using Satellite Forms MobileApp Designer software to develop custom applications that run on the NPD-20JWL device. Pumatech said the Satellite Forms-generated applications will integrate with any corporate database via local or remote connectivity provided by Pumatech's Enterprise Intellisync Server software. Enterprise Intellisync Server will also facilitate synchronization of email and PIM data between the Hitachi PDA and Microsoft Exchange or Lotus Notes.

Accordig to Hitachi, its NPD-20JWL Mobile Multimedia Communicator PDA features built-in wireless LAN IEEE 802.11b connectivity and a Intel PXA250 application processor. It's weighs about 5.5 ounces, includes both Windows Media Player and Microsoft Internet Explorer, and offers MultiMediaCard support.