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[November 3, 2004]

Motricity Announces Top-Selling Mobile Software Titles


Mobile content provider Motricity (formerly PowerByHand - news - alert) has announced the best-selling applications for third quarter 2004 from four of its leading mobile online properties including PalmGear.com, PocketGear.com, Smartphone.net and Mobile2Day.de.




"Through our leading online properties, Motricity has a unique insight into the mobile content marketplace, and we are happy to share this information with our customers, mobile content development partners and consumers in order to help facilitate a strong and growing mobile content ecosystem," explained Jim Harvey, senior vice president of consumer and developer services at Motricity.

At PalmGear.com, the world's largest online software and digital media source for Palm OS applications, entertainment and multimedia titles captured several of the top spots.

The top 10 Q3 applications from PalmGear.com included:

-- Pocket-DVD Studio for Palm by PQDVD.com

-- Pocket Tunes Deluxe by NormSoft, Inc.

-- DateBk5 by Pimlico Software, Inc.

-- Backup Buddy for Windows by Blue Nomad, LLC

-- ZLauncher by ZZTECHS

-- MMPlayer by Almacom

-- Diet & Exercise Assistant by Keyoe, Inc.

-- Chess Genius by Lang Software Ltd.

-- Agendus for Palm OS Standard Edition by iambic Software

-- PowerRUN by YAMADA Tatsushi

"Partnering with PalmGear.com is one of the best decisions we've made. The premier partner program has greatly boosted our product sales and brought more exposure for our software. With PalmGear.com, we've been able to push our business to a higher level, interact with our customers and better manage our business," said Rock Zhou, Guangzhou Zhangzhe Technology Co, Ltd., developer of ZLauncher.

Entertainment and multimedia titles also proved to be popular at PocketGear.com, the leading provider of software for Windows Mobile powered Pocket PCs.

The top 10 Q3 applications from PocketGear.com included:

-- Spb Pocket Plus by Spb Software House

-- DVD to Pocket PC by Makayama Media BV

-- Pocket-DVD Studio by PQDVD.com

-- Pocket Informant by Web Information Solutions, Inc.

-- Agenda Fusion for Pocket PC by Developer One

-- Battery Pack Pro by Omega One Software

-- Age of Empires- PPC Edition ARM/Xscale by Mobile Digital Media

-- Journal Bar- weather, news, and more by Omega One Software

-- Pocket Mechanic by Anton Tomov

-- Spb Time by Spb Software House

"Motricity plays an important role in the Pocket PC development community," explained Andrew Haslam, CEO of Omega One Software. "PocketGear.com is dedicated to providing premier Windows Mobile applications and to helping developers create success in this industry."

Utilities and business software sold the most at Smartphone.net, the largest provider of software for Windows Mobile Smartphones, but entertainment, multimedia and game titles were also popular.

The Top 10 Q3 applications from Smartphone included:

-- Smartphone Notes by Syncdata

-- DVD to Smartphone by Makayama Media BV

-- SoundZ Cool! by AIM Productions NV

-- PhotoContacts by PocketX Software Inc.

-- Links Smartphone Edition by JAMDAT

-- XBar2 by Xetra

-- NOVOSEC SMARTFilter Professional by Novosec AG

-- Fizz Traveller -by Fizz Software Ltd

-- Oxios ToDo List (OutLook Tasks) by Oxios

-- Worms World Party-Smartphone by JAMDAT

"Smartphone.net is an excellent software delivery platform for mobile entertainment applications like ours," said Vincent Verweij, director of management and marketing, Makayama Media BV.

Mobile2Day.de is the newest addition to the Motricity network. Based in Germany, Europe's most active mobile software market, Mobile2Day.de provides over 20,000 applications from leading European developers to customers such as T-Online, Siemens, Toshiba and Tiscali. With over 1,000 developers, Mobile2Day.de distributes applications across the spectrum of mobile platforms, including Palm, Symbian and Windows Mobile for Pocket PC.

The top 10 Q3 Palm OS applications from Mobile2Day.de included:

-- Englisch - Deutsch Worterbuch SlovoEd (gold) fur Palm OS 4.14 by Paragon Technology

-- Agendus for Palm OS Professional Edition 8.01 by iambic Software

-- FunSMS 4 Treo 600 GSM 4.0.1 by fun communications GmbH

-- EinKaufszettel 3.4 by Matthaus Liss

-- Tome Raider 2.86 by Proporta Software

-- Deutsch - Italienisch LingoMAXX Worterbuch fur Palm OS 4.14 by Paragon Technology

-- Mobile High Speed 5.0 by Jan Fuellmann

-- Geburtstage 2.1 by Matthaus Liss

-- Agendus for Palm OS Standard Edition 8.01 by iambic Software

-- MailtoGO by WebtoGo Mobiles Internet

The top 10 Q3 Symbian applications from Mobile2Day.de included:

-- Full Screen Caller 3.00 by Symbianware

-- SmartAnswer 2.02 by Symbianware

-- SmartMovie (Series60) 2.47 by Lonely Cat Games

-- Smart Launcher 1.06 by Symbianware

-- Remote P900/P800 1.42 by Jan Ole Suhr

-- Psiloc irRemote Control for Series 60 1.51 by Psiloc

-- Sky Force S60 1.1 by Infinite Dreams

-- Magic Profiles Pro for P800/P900 1.1 by Symbianware

-- MP3 Player 2.13 by Vikinig Informatics

-- Handy Safe by Epocware

The top 10 Q3 Pocket PC applications from Mobile2Day.de included:

-- Spb Pocket Plus 2.1 by Spb Software House

-- Feiertage 3.3a by Oliver Bar

-- 1-Calc 2.0 by Omega One Software

-- GPS FIS 3.4 by Uwe Gerlach

-- Journal Bar 3.1 by Omega One Software

-- Pocket Music MP3 Player Bundel 3.0 by PocketMind

-- Resco Explorer 2003 for Pocket PC v5.11 by Resco

-- Battery Pack Pro 1.1.1 by Omega One Software

-- Kais OutlookCenter 3.5 by Kai Bruchmann

-- Pocket Commodore 64 1.01 by Clickgamer

Boris Raczynski, CEO of Symbianware, the leading Symbian software developing company, explained the important role Mobile2day plays for his company. "Mobile2Day.de is the most attractive news and software platform in the German speaking market for announcing and distributing our applications to the mobile customer. It offers a very large customer base and significant growth opportunities. Special seasonal or application-based marketing campaigns and easy to use administration and billing systems, including a variety of payment methods, contribute even further to our success."


About Motricity

Motricity (formerly PowerByHand) is the first in a new class of content and media providers for handheld devices. A leader in mobile content distribution solutions, the company is one of the largest providers of mobile content through its consumer websites and channel partnerships. In addition, Motricity is the premier mobile content infrastructure provider to the wireless industry, supporting over 100 million mobile subscribers through partners such as Verizon Wireless, mmO2, Amazon.com and palmOne. From games to business applications, and from ringtones to eBooks, Motricity powers the entire spectrum of mobile content delivery solutions for consumers and business partners. For more information, visit www.motricity.com.

 

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