JAVA ONE, SAN FRANCISCO, CA - June 9, 2003 - Nokia, the global leader in mobility, and Handango, the leading publisher and platform for mobile software, today announced the expansion of Nokia's consumer applications portal to include Java applications. Nokia's Americas' Software Market (http://americas.softwaremarket.com), which Handango manages for Nokia, will now offer Java applications designed to run on various Nokia mobile handsets.
The J2ME (Java 2 Micro Edition - the version of Java for mobile devices) software titles include many arcade hits such as Qbert and Tetris as well as proven classics such as chess and crossword puzzles. Most applications range in price from $2 to $8, making adding software to a Nokia phone very economical. Currently, the Americas' Software Market supports U.S. wireless carriers T-Mobile, AT&T and Cingular.
"We want to continuously provide Nokia phone users with creative and productive applications to personalize and enhance their mobile handsets," said Donna Regenbaum, Director, Americas for Forum Nokia, Nokia's global developer relations program. "Expanding our existing Symbian software offering to include a comprehensive catalog of premium Java applications was a natural extension of the Americas' Software Market."
To make shopping easy, visitors to the Americas' Software Market browse a device-specific application catalog. After finding and purchasing the desired application, users receive a text message with a link to download the application. After clicking the link, the application is installed immediately and ready to use.
"Nokia's line of Java-enabled phones is rapidly expanding the market for downloadable arcade games, strategy games, sports games, puzzles and other value-added software," said Laura Rippy, Chief Executive Officer of Handango. "We are excited to work with Nokia to provide the content, technology and services for delivering applications to their users."
About Forum Nokia
Nokia's global developer program, Forum Nokia, connects developers to tools, technical information, support, and distribution channels they can use to build and market applications around the globe. From offices in the U.S., Europe, Japan, China, and Singapore, Forum Nokia provides technical and business development support to developers and operators to assist them in achieving their goal of successfully launching applications and services to consumers and enterprises. More information is available at www.forum.nokia.com.
Nokia's global developer program, Forum Nokia, connects developers to tools, technical information, support, and distribution channels they can use to build and market applications around the globe. From offices in the U.S., Europe, Japan, China, and Singapore, Forum Nokia provides technical and business development support to developers and operators to assist them in achieving their goal of successfully launching applications and services to consumers and enterprises. More information is available at www.forum.nokia.com.
About Nokia
Nokia is the world leader in mobile communications. Backed by its experience, innovation, user-friendliness and secure solutions, the company has become the leading supplier of mobile phones and a leading supplier of mobile, fixed and IP networks. By adding mobility to the Internet Nokia creates new opportunities for companies and further enriches the daily lives of people. Nokia is a broadly held company with listings on six major exchanges. For more information, visit www.nokia.com.
About Handango
Handango is the leading publisher and platform for mobile software, bringing over 35,000 applications to market through an extensive global distribution network of online, retail and enterprise channels reaching more than five million mobile users each month. Handango's application management and provisioning platform, Handango AMPP, has been chosen as the mobile software delivery platform for Nokia, Motorola, Sprint, Orange SA, Sony Ericsson, SEGA Mobile, Palm, Microsoft, Sony, HP, Handspring, Sharp Electronics and more than one hundred others. For more information, visit www.handango.com.
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