MDM Announces Merriam-Webster Crossword Puzzles & Word Challenges for Palm OS and Pocket PC Users Worldwide

Business Wire, Sept 18, 2003

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 18, 2003

Mobile Digital Media (MDM), the world's largest publisher of plug-and-play consumer software for PDAs and smartphones on expansion media, announced today that Merriam-Webster(R) Crossword Puzzles & Word Challenges, for Palm OS and Microsoft Windows Mobile / Pocket PC, will be on retail shelves in October, in time for the holiday season.

"Word-based games are ideal entertainment for Palm and Pocket PC users," said Kurt Baumberger, co-founder and chief marketing officer of MDM. "Our research shows that PDA owners, many of whom are well-educated professionals, are looking for interesting and challenging word games," he added. "Merriam-Webster Crossword Puzzles & Word Challenges delivers with a thousand great crossword puzzles and three of the most popular word games available today for PDAs."

MDM partnered with JAMDAT Mobile, a global leader in wireless entertainment, to provide a spellbinding crossword game with three levels of difficulty, hundreds of different puzzles, in-game hints and post-game commentary. This built-in player flexibility makes the crossword puzzles easy enough for novices, but difficult for even the most sophisticated crossword fanatic.

MDM also worked with mobile software leaders Astraware and GameHouse to add three more taxing text challenges. TextTwist(TM) tests a player's ability to create as many words as possible from six scrambled letters. Link Letter taps a player's creative skills to change a single letter to make a new word, and then change another letter to make another word. Only the cleverest player will be able to create new words from random letters and avoid a special word that can wipe them out in "WHATword(TM)."

Merriam-Webster Crossword Puzzles & Word Challenges is compatible with all Palm OS and Windows Mobile-based Pocket PC 2002 and higher devices with SD/MultiMediaCard expansion slots. Suggested retail price is $29.95.

About MDM

Mobile Digital Media (MDM) is the world's largest publisher of consumer software for Palm OS, Windows Mobile / Pocket PC, and Nokia Series 60 devices on plug-and-play expansion cards. MDM entertainment, productivity and utility products are available at more than 9,500 retail outlets worldwide as well as from leading online retail and download sites. Privately held, MDM (www.goMDM.com) is based in Mountain View, California.

About JAMDAT Mobile Inc.

JAMDAT Mobile Inc. (http://www.jamdatmobile.com) is a global leader in wireless entertainment. JAMDAT provides entertainment applications and technologies that support multiple wireless handset platforms worldwide. The company also publishes entertainment titles for Personal Computers, Pocket PC, Palm and other PDA devices under the Hexacto Games brand.

About Astraware Ltd.

Founded in 1994, Astraware Ltd. develops shareware games and utilities. The company provides a range of products available for handheld computers, including the popular Zap!2000/2016. Astraware's Bejeweled game was named as the Best Handheld Game for 2001 by Handheld Computing Magazine and Best Game Application 2003 in the Handango Champion Awards. Handheld gaming enthusiasts have downloaded more than a million copies of Astraware's products, and the company has customers in over 100 countries. For more information visit www.astraware.com.