Last week, the Glide OS World Development Program (GWDP) launched Glide Jamaica to bring Glide's powerful and low cost mobile computing solutions to Jamaica.

"We are excited today to launch GlideJamaica.org to help advance social and economic development in Jamaica," said TransMedia's Chairman and CEO, Donald Leka. "GlideJamaica.org provides powerful mobile productivity and collaboration applications to promote entrepreneurship and economic opportunity using the existing hardware and networks available to Jamaicans today."

The GWDP recently launched Glide Albania  and Glide Kosova. "We are pleased to be working together with non-profit organizations like GlideJamaica.org providing the technology backbone of the Glide OS," said Mr. Leka. "Glide Jamaica will help keep people connected with their homeland regardless of where they live or travel."

According to the company, the mission of GlideJamaica.org is to empower Jamaicans worldwide with their own online and mobile technology platform to promote social,
education and business development and exchange. GlideJamaica.org distributes powerful productivity, social and business networking and e-commerce technology to Jamaicans to strengthen community bonds, advance classroom and distance learning and facilitate entrepreneurship and commerce across borders in the new mobile world economy.

GlideJamaica.org supports Jamaicans wherever they reside with a community based mobile convergence platform that provides full access to their personal files and information from a mobile phone, computer or television screen.

GlideJamaica.org provides individuals and businesses with advanced mobile productivity, communication, collaboration and distribution software to promote the global exchange of information, products and services and facilitate commercial transactions. GlideJamaica.org promotes:

1)Individual Empowerment with a complete suite of productivity, communication and collaboration software for computers and mobile phones;
2) Community Building with secure rights based social networking and group management tools;
3) Enterprise Building with secure rights based business networking, project management and e-commerce technology; and
4) Cross Platform Compatibility. Glide is device and network neutral and supports Windows, Mac, Linux, Solaris, Android, Blackberry, iPhone, Palm, Symbian, Windows
Mobile and other platforms. Glide's productivity applications are fully compatible with Microsoft, Apple and Linux software.

The vast majority of Glide's advanced features can be accessed online from a mobile phone or from a browser on any computer (at an Internet Cafe, Business Center etc.) effectively providing each Jamaican with a personal online computer and community network. Glide's advanced mobile applications leverage the widespread distribution of cell phones and mobile networks, greatly reducing the need for the purchase of expensive personal computer hardware and traditional software and enabling Jamaicans to participate fully in the new mobile online economy.

Many Jamaicans today live outside of Jamaica seeking economic opportunity and the means to support family members living in Jamaica. The Glide platform serves to increase social and economic exchange and strengthens community relations across national borders.

Glide's automated device recognition and trans-coding system makes it possible to share virtually any file with virtually anyone overcoming proprietary hardware and software barriers when sharing files with family, friends and colleagues. Glide makes it possible for individuals and families to purchase virtually any combination of computers and smart phones and be compatible with each other and with work.