<s>
AvantGo	B-Application
was	O
a	O
technology	O
company	O
focused	O
on	O
bringing	O
a	O
full	O
W3C-compliant	O
browser	B-Application
experience	O
to	O
intermittently-connected	O
mobile	B-Application
devices	I-Application
such	O
as	O
the	O
personal	B-Application
digital	I-Application
assistants	I-Application
(	O
PDAs	B-Application
)	O
and	O
extremely	O
early	O
smartphones	B-Application
of	O
that	O
time	O
period	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Their	O
browser	B-Application
could	O
work	O
with	O
a	O
live	O
internet	O
connection	O
,	O
but	O
their	O
core	O
technology	O
was	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
sync	O
web	O
pages	O
(	O
including	O
forms	O
and	O
Javascript	B-Language
)	O
to	O
the	O
device	O
,	O
allow	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
interact	O
with	O
them	O
even	O
while	O
off-line	O
,	O
and	O
then	O
forward	O
any	O
results	O
(	O
primarily	O
HTTP	B-Protocol
POST	I-Protocol
messages	O
)	O
the	O
next	O
time	O
the	O
device	O
synced	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Eventually	O
AvantGo	B-Application
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
Sybase	B-Application
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
in	O
a	O
white-knight	O
transaction	O
;	O
the	O
free	O
public	O
service	O
was	O
never	O
monetized	O
profitably	O
and	O
was	O
eventually	O
shut	O
down	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AvantGo	B-Application
was	O
founded	O
in	O
1997	O
and	O
was	O
based	O
in	O
San	O
Mateo	O
,	O
California	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
Dec	O
12	O
,	O
2002	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
was	O
sold	O
to	O
Sybase	B-Application
for	O
$38	O
million	O
,	O
only	O
a	O
bit	O
more	O
than	O
the	O
cash	O
it	O
had	O
on	O
hand	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Starting	O
in	O
June	O
2008	O
,	O
AvantGo	B-Application
displayed	O
on	O
their	O
main	O
page	O
and	O
on	O
the	O
device	O
web	B-Application
browser	I-Application
that	O
all	O
synchronization	O
and	O
channel	O
services	O
would	O
be	O
shut	O
down	O
on	O
June	O
30	O
,	O
2009	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2009	O
,	O
the	O
AvantGo	B-Application
service	O
was	O
owned	O
and	O
operated	O
by	O
Sybase	B-Application
365	O
,	O
a	O
subsidiary	O
of	O
Sybase	B-Application
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
</s>
