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JSmart Announces Merriam-Webster™ Word Search for QUALCOMM’s BREW™ Platform JSmart Developing Merriam Webster Crossword Puzzle Game and Other Popular Titles for BREW-enabled Phones BURLINGTON, Vermont – June 13, 2003 – JSmart today announced the availability of Merriam-Webster™ Word Search, developed for QUALCOMM’s Binary Runtime Environment for Wireless™ (BREW) platform. The official version of Merriam-Webster Word Search, from the world-renowned publisher of the most widely used dictionaries and language references, is a popular and highly addictive word search game that is now available to operators worldwide offering BREW-based services. JSmart also has several other BREW-based games, including Merriam Webster Crossword, in the works for summer and fall releases. “JSmart is thrilled to be working with QUALCOMM to develop its popular games for the BREW platform,” said Justin Siegel, CEO and co-founder, JSmart. “The tremendous potential of BREW is obvious and we wanted to jump on board and begin offering our exclusive content to operators around the world offering BREW-based services, and more importantly, to their subscribers.” “JSmart’s Merriam-Webster Word Search game has proven popular with word puzzle fans, and because of the BREW solution, JSmart is able to deliver the fun to mobile word fanatics worldwide,” said Jan Lezny, senior director of developer and OEM relations, QUALCOMM Internet Services. QUALCOMM’s BREW solution is a complete product and business system for the development and over-the-air deployment of data services on wireless devices. The BREW solution provides the necessary tools and value-added services to developers, device manufacturers and wireless operators for application development and distribution, device configuration, and billing and payment.