Cubis featured on new Palm Treo 700w smartphone from Verizon Wireless
THE MIDLANDS, UK - January 5th, 2006 - Astraware is excited to announce a license agreement with Palm, Inc. which sees Astraware's award-winning Cubis game included on the much-heralded new Palm® TreoTM 700w smartphone from Verizon Wireless running on Windows Mobile® 5.0.
"This is an exciting time to be involved with all of these companies working together for the first time," said Howard Tomlinson, CEO of Astraware, "and having a game bundled with the first such device is not only fantastic for Astraware, but also for the new owners of this device, who will be excited about the content."
Astraware is the premier developer and publisher of games and entertainment software for the Palm OS® and Windows Mobile® platforms' range of handhelds and smartphones. Astraware's long-standing relationship with Palm and their position as a Microsoft® Certified Partner company makes them ideally placed to develop games for the Palm Treo 700w smartphone running on Windows Mobile® 5.0.
"We are very pleased to include Astraware's Cubis on the Palm Treo 700w smartphone from Verizon Wireless. Graphically attractive with rich audio, the game perfectly demonstrates the features of this new Treo smartphone, and particularly highlights the one-handed control that embodies the Treo experience," said Mark Bercow, Senior Vice President, Business Development, Palm, Inc.
In addition to Cubis, Astraware has a number of additional titles which are compatible at launch with the Palm Treo 700w smartphone. These include Astraware Sudoku, Super SlyderTM, and My Little Tank. These games are available at the Astraware website at http://www.astraware.com.
More information about the Palm Treo 700w smartphone is available at http://www.palm.com/Treo700w.
About Astraware
Founded in 1994, Astraware Limited develops, publishes and distributes games for mobile devices. Some of the company's best known handheld titles include Bejeweled®, Cubis, Zuma, Insaniquarium and Zap!2000/2016. Astraware is a Microsoft® Certified Gold Partner and its games are 'Made for Windows Mobile®' certified. Handango have presented awards to Astraware twice in recent years, with Game of The Year in 2003 for Bejeweled, and Palm OS® Developer of the Year in 2004. Mobile gaming enthusiasts have downloaded more than 30 million copies of Astraware's products, and the company has customers in over 100 countries. For more information, contact Alison Barclay at alison@astraware.com, or visit http://www.astraware.com.
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