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Motorola Announces Downloadable Wallpaper Images for iDEN(R) Mobile Phones Wallpaper Designs From Webshots and Versaly Allow Nextel Customers to Further Customize Their Mobile Phones PLANTATION, Fla., May 28 - Motorola, Inc. (NYSE:MOT) today announced the availability of more than 300 downloadable wallpaper designs from Webshots and Versaly for its latest iDEN(R) mobile phones. These allow Nextel customers with Motorola's color-screen phones, including the Motorola i95cl, to customize the background of their phone's display. "These photo wallpaper designs from Webshots and Versaly take advantage of the large, color display of Motorola phones such as the i95cl and future color-screen iDEN phones," said Peter Aloumanis, vice president and general manager, U.S. Markets Division, Motorola's iDEN Subscriber Group. "In addition to ring tones, games and other applications, this is another way in which users can personalize their phones to express their individuality." "After our success with offering wallpapers for decorating personal desktop computers, we are extending our reach to wireless phones," said Julie Davidson, Director of Finance and Strategic Development for Webshots. "We are excited about working with Motorola to deliver hundreds of our photos to mobile phone users." Categories of wallpapers now available include nature scenes, travel, cityscapes, fine art, Star Trek, celebrities, sports, animals, music, cartoons, military, and holidays. The wallpapers are available for Nextel customers with Motorola color screen phones to wirelessly download at www.nextel.com/idenupdate for a one-time fee of $1.49 each. About Motorola and iDEN Motorola, Inc. is a global leader in providing integrated communications and embedded electronic solutions. Sales in 2002 were $27.3 billion. Motorola is a global corporate citizen dedicated to ethical business practices and pioneering important technologies that make things smarter and life better for people, honored traditions that began when the company was founded 75 years ago this year. For more information, please visit: www.motorola.com . iDEN handsets combine the capabilities of a digital wireless phone with "always on" Internet access, text pager, and two-way radio to enable users to instantly communicate with one or hundreds of individuals at the push of a button. For further information on iDEN handsets, visit www.motorola.com/iden . About Webshots Ranked by Nielsen/NetRatings as the #1 photo site, Webshots provides consumers with a variety of ways to enjoy photos: on their computer desktops as screensavers and wallpaper, on their wireless phones, and in their own homes and offices as prints. In addition, Webshots offers a number of ways for friends and family to share imagery with one another -- eCards, online photo albums, and custom prints and gifts -- as well as a free image hosting service for eBay sellers. With over 25 million registered users, Webshots is the leading digital channel for browsing, downloading, storing and sharing digital images with friends, family and the world. To find out more, visit www.webshots.com . About Versaly Providing "Big Entertainment on Small Screens(TM)", Versaly is a wireless new media company focused on creating, publishing and distributing broad-based entertainment, including interactive games, ringtones, audio alarms, still image wallpaper, animated screensavers, video and fun-to-read text to subscribers with mobile phones. Versaly currently is working with numerous major national and international carriers which provide mobile phone access to over 400 million people throughout the world. Versaly is the exclusive worldwide licensee for Star Trek content on mobile phones. For more information, please visit http://www.versaly.com/ from your PC browser or http://wap.versaly.com/ from your mobile phone browser. MOTOROLA and the stylized M Logo are registered in the US Patent & Trademark Office. All other product or service names are the property of their respective owners. Star Trek and related marks are trademarks of Paramount Pictures. All Rights Reserved.