Gracenote® and Sony Ericsson Partner to Provide Mobile Music Identification on Global Line of Walkman® Phones

Business Wire, May 23, 2006

EMERYVILLE, Calif. & LONDON -- Gracenote and Sony Ericsson:

--Gracenote's Mobile MusicID(TM) Technology Powers Fast, Accurate Recognition of Songs on Next Generation of Sony Ericsson Mobile Phones, Allowing Consumers to Identify Music When They Hear It and Opening Direct Commerce Opportunities to Carriers

Gracenote and Sony Ericsson Mobile Communication today announced a global partnership to enable music identification across Sony Ericsson's Walkman(R) phones worldwide. Gracenote's Mobile MusicID service is powering TrackID(TM), a premier feature for Sony Ericsson, on one of the most popular lines of phones tailored for digital music. The service will enable Walkman(R) handsets access to Gracenote's Global Media Database to identify for the first time songs being played on the phones' built-in FM tuner or anywhere within the proximity of the phones, such as in a club or a restaurant.

Sony Ericsson separately announced the newest members of its Walkman(R) phones range. The TrackID(TM) feature will be available on the W850 and the W710 models, which will offer Gracenote's service globally.

"Gracenote is extremely excited to be working with Sony Ericsson and to be an integral part of the groundbreaking Walkman phone range," said Craig Palmer, Gracenote CEO. "Sony revolutionized the world of music with the original Walkman, and now Sony Ericsson is positioned to do the same in the mobile world with their cutting edge handsets optimized for music."

Gracenote's Mobile MusicID service combines the world's most advanced and accurate recognition technology with the world's largest music information database, resulting in the fastest identification and display of song information as well as links to new mobile commerce opportunities. Gratenote's media database includes more than 10 million song fingerprints, optimized for mobile devices and representing the most popular music in the world, from which an optimized set will be utilized for Sony Ericsson's TrackID(TM) feature.

"Sony Ericsson chose Gracenote to power TrackID(TM) for the W850 and W710 Walkman phones because of their proven ability to provide a robust global solution for music identification and their longstanding reputation for accuracy and reliability," said Steve Walker, vice president, product marketing of Sony Ericsson. "With TrackID we've been able to provide users with the simplest and easiest way to discover new music whether it's playing in a cafe, in the car or even on the built in FM tuner."

In addition to song identification, the TrackID(TM) feature seamlessly provides Sony Ericsson's mobile carrier partners with the option to present commerce opportunities as users view song information. These include the ability for consumers to purchase or view ring tones, full tracks, album art and other related merchandise.

About Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications

Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications serves the global communications market with innovative and feature-rich mobile phones, accessories, and PC-cards. Established as a joint venture by Sony and Ericsson in 2001, with global corporate functions located in London, the company employs approximately 6,000 people worldwide, including R&D sites in Europe, Japan, China and America. Sony Ericsson is the global title sponsor of the Women's Tennis Association, and works with the Association to promote the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour in over 80 cities during the year. For more information on Sony Ericsson, please visit www.sonyericsson.com.

About Gracenote

Gracenote is a leader in global digital entertainment technology. Formerly known as CDDB, Gracenote provides businesses with critical embedded software and metadata that enable consumers to better manage, enjoy and discover digital media. Headquartered in Emeryville, California, Gracenote also has offices in New York, Tokyo, Berlin, Munich, Taipei and Seoul. Gracenote's solutions are embedded in leading media players such as Apple iTunes, Yahoo Music Engine, RealNetworks Rhapsody, Napster and AOL Winamp, as well as software applications for Creative and iRiver portable devices. Gracenote's technology powers leading home and automobile consumer electronics brands such as Alpine, Denon and Marantz, Kenwood, Panasonic, Philips, Pioneer, Samsung, Sony and Yamaha, as well as international mobile music applications for Amp'd (US), KDDI (Japan), KTF (Korea), SKT (Korea), Musiwave (Portugal), and Oi (Brazil). For more information about Gracenote, please refer to www.gracenote.com/corporate/.> "Gracenote" and its logo are registered trademarks of Gracenote, Inc. and "Gracenote Mobile MusicID" is a trademark of Gracenote, Inc. "Walkman" and "TrackID" are registered trademarks or trademarks of Sony Corporation.

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