Pocket Express™ to Support Palm’s Upcoming Treo

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Handmark® Pocket Express™ to Support Palm’s Upcoming Windows Mobile-based Treo Smartphones

SAN FRANCISCO, CA — (27 SEPTEMBER 2005) — Handmark®, a global leader in mobile media, today announced that its Award-Winning Pocket Express™ wireless information bundle and top-selling entertainment brands will be available for Palm, Inc.’s future line of Microsoft Windows Mobile-based Palm® Treo™ smartphones, the first of which is scheduled to be available to Verizon Wireless customers in early 2006.

“We have supported every device initiative from Palm, Inc.,” said Douglas Edwards, Handmark cofounder and executive vice president. “It was the initial success of Palm that inspired us to create great mobile experiences. Windows Mobile-based Treo smartphones represent a unique opportunity for Handmark to dramatically extend our reach to consumers who want Palm’s Treo smartphone experience, but who prefer the Windows Mobile platform.”

With the wide variety of Handmark titles that will be optimized for Windows Mobile-based Treo smartphones, customers will be able to extend the functionality of their devices to make the Treo smartphone an even more powerful tool for both work and play.

“Handmark has consistently delivered applications that extend the usefulness of Palm devices,” said Paul Leeper, director of Developer Relations at Palm, Inc. “By bringing Pocket Express and other best-selling titles to our future line of Windows Mobile-based Treo smartphones, Handmark has demonstrated its continued support for our customers and our devices.”

The Pocket Express news and information bundle will deliver news, stocks, weather, sports, directory search, movie news and listings, and maps and driving directions automatically and on demand to Windows Mobile-based Treo smartphones.(1) Winner of the DEMOgod™ award at the prestigious DEMOmobile wireless/technology industry showcase and a Codie awards finalist, Pocket Express provides subscribers with the information they need on the go. The newly released version 2 of Pocket Express features a new “Tuxedo” interface that offers faster access to all services from the Pocket Express “PageOne.

Other Handmark titles that will be optimized for Windows Mobile-based Treo smartphones include: The classic Tetris® game, as well as the Scrabble®, Monopoly®, Battleship®, Yahtzee®, and Trivial Pursuit® board games. These top-selling titles offer the game play and excitement of the classic board games, which have sold millions of copies worldwide. With single and multi-player modes, users can play a quick game, alone or with friends, anytime, anywhere.

Palm’s first Windows Mobile-based Treo smartphone is scheduled to be available to Verizon Wireless customers in early 2006. Yesterday’s announcement by Palm, Inc. and Microsoft Corp. can be found at Palm’s Press Room at http://www.palm.com/us/company/pr/. For information on Handmark titles optimized for Windows Mobile-based Treo smartphones, visit www.handmark.com

About Treo Smartphones

Palm Treo smartphones make it easier than ever for mobile professionals to stay connected. By combining a compact, full-featured mobile phone with email, an organizer, messaging and web access,(1) Treo smartphones let users organize and simplify their business and personal lives all in one place.

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, 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.

© 2005 Handmark, Inc.; Handmark is a registered trademark, tools & toys for a mobile generation, the Handmark logo, Pocket Express, and associated trade dress are trademarks of Handmark, Inc. All rights reserved. Yahtzee and Battleship are trademarks of Hasbro. Scrabble is a trademark of Hasbro in the U.S. and Canada. The Monopoly name and logo are trademarks of Hasbro for its property trading game and equipment. The registered trademark Trivial Pursuit and related proprietary rights are owned by Horn Abbot Ltd., and Horn Abbot International Limited. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

Palm and Treo are among the trademarks or registered trademarks owned by or licensed to Palm, Inc.

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(1) Within wireless service coverage area only. Availability and coverage depends upon carrier and the geographic scope of international roaming agreements. Email, messaging and web access requires data services from a mobile service provider at an additional cost. ISP may also be required.