mywaves Expands Availability of Mobile Video Service to New Multi-Media Smartphone Platforms


SUNNYVALE, California, February 7 /PRNewswire/ --

- BlackBerry, iPhone and Symbian Users Now Have Access to mywaves' Mobile
Video Service

mywaves, the largest mobile video destination, announced today expanded
distribution of its popular mobile video service to the BlackBerry(R) Pearl
8130 smartphone from Research In Motion (RIM), the Apple iPhone(R), Symbian
S60 platform and four Palm(R) handheld devices. Additionally, Handmark(R), a
global leader in the development and distribution of mobile media, will
distribute mywaves' mobile videos to mobile devices through its global
distribution channels.

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"Our first order of business was to make mywaves available to mass
market, video-enabled phones. Most smartphones can now deliver a great video
experience for consumers, so now's the time for us to keep the momentum going
and make mywaves available on as many platforms as possible," said Rajeev
Raman, CEO and Founder, mywaves. "With their larger screens and higher
resolution, smartphones provide the perfect consumer experience for mobile
video viewing."

As the most broadly distributed, fastest-growing mobile video provider,
mywaves serves more than 5 million unique visitors monthly by offering
consumers around the world the ability to browse through more than 400,000
channels of video. Handmark offers unique distribution through mobile
operators and device manufacturers, as well as Handmark desktop and on-device
stores including http://www.handmark.com and Pocket Express(R)
(http://www.pocketexpress.com).

The mywaves mobile video service is currently available for Palm Treo
680, 700p, 755p, Palm Centro and BlackBerry Pearl 8130, with Windows Mobile
compatibility coming later this year.

mywaves is a free mobile video service that enables users to connect with
their friends and the mywaves community, showcase their entertainment
interests and share their favorites -- all from their mobile handsets.
mywaves makes it easy for people to find and watch their favorite videos from
around the globe, set up their own channels of premium, personal or
user-generated content, and be entertained on the go with the latest videos
on the Web. mywaves lets users create channels of favorite videos to include
on their profile or share with anyone via e-mail or text message.

About mywaves Inc.

mywaves is the fastest-growing mobile video destination for consumers,
attracting over 5 million unique visitors monthly to its free mobile video
service. Consumers can browse through nearly 400,000 channels of premium,
private and user-generated videos and have their favorites automatically
updated and delivered to their phones. Most users tune in to watch mywaves
video weekly with average viewing times of 24 minutes per session. The
service works globally across all 3G, EDGE, BREW and EV-DO carriers as well
as most video-capable mobile phones, including Palm, Windows Mobile, Symbian
and RIM based phones. Headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif., mywaves is led by a
team from Yahoo!, Napster, Danger, Palm and TiVo. The company is funded by
venture capital firm, Menlo Ventures. For more information or to sign up for
mywaves, go to http://www.mywaves.com or from a mobile browser:
http://www.mywaves.com/m.

Web site: http://www.mywaves.com

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