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WirelessDevNet.com Press Release
Handmark® Announces Content Distribution Agreement with The Associated Press
KANSAS CITY — Sept. 13, 2005 — Handmark®, a global leader in mobile media, today announced it has signed a content distribution agreement with The Associated Press. AP will provide news, photos, stock quotes and sports information for use in Handmark software applications, which will be delivered across a wide range of mobile platforms.
“Handmark's ability to deliver news to a variety of mobile devices gives AP another showcase for its news and photos," said Jane Seagrave, AP’s vice president of New Media Markets. “AP will provide text, photos, stock quotes and sports information including scores, standings and statistics that Handmark will integrate with its mobile applications.”
Douglas Edwards, Handmark co-founder and executive vice president, said, “Handmark provides its customers with the information they need when and where they need it. News and information provided by AP is an excellent match for our mobile applications that can be used on a variety of wireless-capable devices, ensuring that our customers will have the latest and most reliable news available.”
The first Handmark implementation with AP content will be the award-winning Pocket Express™ wireless news and information bundle, which will be expanded to include up to 12 news categories including U.S. and world news, business, technology and strange news. Many stories will feature related photos. Pocket Express is available for a variety of wireless capable devices including Palm® PDAs and Treo™ Smartphones, Windows Mobile™ Pocket PCs and Smartphones, BlackBerry™, and Java “features phones” from all major U.S. Carriers. Handmark also plans to feature AP content on a future application update available free of charge to all existing Pocket Express subscribers.
For more information about Handmark products and services including Pocket Express, visit the Handmark web site at www.handmark.com.
About The Associated Press
The Associated Press is the world's oldest and largest newsgathering organization, providing content to more than 15,000 news outlets with a daily reach of 1 billion people around the world. Its multimedia services are distributed by satellite and the Internet to more than 120 nations. For more information, visit www.ap.org.
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 cell 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, Reuters, Oxford University Press, Hasbro, 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.
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