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Handmark Announces Development Plans for iPhone

Leading mobile media company prepared to exploit unique platform capabilities

SAN FRANCISCO - (June 9, 2008) Handmark^®, a global leader in the development and distribution of mobile media, today announced at the 2008 Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) its plans to develop a variety of games and applications for the Apple^® iPhone^™.

"Handmark has an unmatched level of experience and expertise in developing top-quality games and applications for nearly all of the leading mobile platforms in the market today," said Paul Reddick, Handmark CEO. "As new mobile platforms successfully emerge, like the iPhone, we view it as a great opportunity to expand our licensed titles and help others develop their titles for a new mobile audience."

UK-based Astraware^®, the Handmark^® Game Studio^™, was one of the first companies to develop games for the iPod in 2006 and will play an integral part in the development of various game titles for the iPhone.

Specific titles in the company's development plans were not disclosed.

About Handmark
Handmark^® is a global leader in the development and distribution of mobile media, for BlackBerry^®, Palm^® Treo^™, Symbian^™ OS, and Windows Mobile^® devices. The award-winning Handmark Pocket Express^® service transforms handsets into powerful business and entertainment tools. Handmark manages distribution partnerships around the world with major device manufacturers and operators. These partnerships, along with technology and distribution relationships with The Associated Press, Oxford University Press, MobiTV^®, TV Guide^®, EA Mobile^™, and Zagat Survey^® as well as all major U.S. mobile operators, play a large part in the company's growth and success. Handmark has offices in Kansas City (world headquarters); London, UK; San Francisco; Atlanta; Dallas; and Astraware^®, the Handmark Game Studio, in the UK. For more information, visit www.handmark.com.

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