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WirelessDevNet.com Press Release
Handmark® Wins Two Smartphone & Pocket PC Magazine 2005 Best Software Awards
KANSAS CITY, MO — Handmark®, a global leader in mobile media, today announced that the MONOPOLY® Game and TRIVIAL PURSUIT® Handheld Edition game for Windows Mobile™ Pocket PC have won 2005 Best Software Awards from Smartphone & Pocket PC magazine (formerly Pocket PC magazine), a leading industry publication.
The MONOPOLY Game for Pocket PC, developed under license from Atari Interactive, Inc. and the Hasbro Properties Group, the intellectual property development arm of Hasbro, Inc. (NYSE: HAS) won the category of Best Board Game in the competition. The TRIVIAL PURSUIT Handheld Edition game, developed under license from Atari Interactive, Inc. and Horn Abbot Ltd., owner of the TRIVIAL PURSUIT game, won the Best Trivia Game category.
“The Handmark MONOPOLY Game and TRIVIAL PURSUIT Handheld Edition game for Windows Mobile Pocket PC capture all of the fun of the original board game versions,” said Douglas Edwards, Handmark cofounder and executive vice president. “The enduring popularity of these games, combined with the innovative technology Handmark has used to bring them to the Windows Mobile Pocket PC platform accounts for their continued success with mobile users.”
Eighty members of the Smartphone & Pocket PC magazine Board of Experts judged Windows Mobile products in 130 Pocket PC, Smartphone, and Developer categories to determine finalists and winners. These experts run prominent web sites, serve as Microsoft MVPs, and write for Smartphone & Pocket PC magazine and other organizations. The judges are all volunteers, and none are employed by Smartphone & Pocket PC magazine.
Smartphone & Pocket PC magazine publisher Hal Goldstein said, “The annual Smartphone & Pocket PC magazine Best Software Awards helps users select software that best suits their Windows Mobile Pocket PC and Smartphone needs by honoring companies that produce outstanding software. The awards process is a huge 6-month undertaking involving the experts of the Windows Mobile community and over 3000 Pocket PC and Smartphone products.“
Smartphone & Pocket PC magazine’s New Products Editor, Diane Dumas, and the Board of Expert judges spent two months selecting 768 award nominees, about 25% of the Smartphone & Pocket PC magazine Encyclopedia of Software and Accessories. Christian Forsberg of www.businessanyplace.net and Bob Katayama of www.han-d-solutions.com headed a team of experts to determine nominations for Developer Software.
The Handmark MONOPOLY Game and TRIVIAL PURSUIT Handheld Edition game for Windows Mobile Pocket PC are priced at $19.95 (USD) each and are currently available for download. For more information, or to purchase the MONOPOLY Game or TRIVIAL PURSUIT game, visit the Handmark web site, www.handmark.com. To see a full list of Smartphone & Pocket PC magazine 2005 Best Software Award winners, visit www.pocketpcmag.com/awards.
About Handmark
Handmark is a global leader in the development and distribution of mobile content solutions. The company’s flagship Pocket Express wireless service bundle offers consumer-friendly access to news, reference and infotainment content on mobile phones as well as BlackBerry, Treo and Windows Mobile wireless handhelds. The company also holds key mobile content distribution patents including Java-based push technology for wireless devices; has technology and distribution relationships with CNN International, The Associated Press, Oxford University Press, Hasbro, MobiTV, TV Guide and Zagat Survey as well as Sprint, Nextel, T-Mobile, Verizon, and others; and has an estimated 43 percent market share in mobile software titles sold through retail channels. Handmark has R&D facilities in Gothenburg, Sweden; Kansas City, Missouri; and Dallas, Texas, with sales offices in Chicago, Kansas City, San Francisco, Stockholm, and London. For more information, visit www.handmark.com.
About Smartphone & Pocket PC magazine
Bi-monthly Smartphone & Pocket PC magazine is a print and multi-digital publication dedicated to users of Windows Mobile PDA’s and Smartphone devices. Each issue includes hardware and software reviews, user profiles, practical tips, plus an “Enterprise Solutions” supplement. Its companion Web site, www.PocketPCmag.com, is updated each day with news, hot downloads, Web sites, reviews, and tips; and also contains archives, a directory of the best Windows Mobile Web sites, and an Encyclopedia of 3600 third-party software and accessories products at http://www.PocketPCmag.com/encyclopedia.asp.
About the Hasbro Properties Group
The Hasbro Properties Group (HPG), the intellectual property development arm of Hasbro, Inc., (NYSE:HAS), translates one of the industry’s richest portfolios of brands into a world of fun and excitement for children and adults globally. Through a host of publishing, lifestyle and entertainment platforms, HPG is able to surround fans worldwide with consumer products that expand Hasbro’s core brands, such as TRANSFORMERS, DUEL MASTERS, MY LITTLE PONY, MONOPOLY and CANDY LAND, beyond the toy and game aisle, creating rich lifestyle experiences.
About Atari Interactive
New York-based Atari Interactive, Inc. develops interactive games for all platforms and is a leading third-party publisher of interactive entertainment software in the U.S. The Company’s genre-defining franchises include Rollercoaster Tycoon®, Dungeons & Dragons® and classic Atari®. Atari Interactive, Inc. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of France-based Infogrames Entertainment SA (Euronext – ISIN: FR-0000052573), the largest interactive games publisher in Europe. For more information, visit www.atari.com.
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