Handango Champion Award Finalists; Champion Awards Recognize Outstanding Software Development

HURST, Texas, May 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Handango, the leading provider of mobile downloads, announced the finalists for the annual Handango Champion Awards. The Handango Champion Awards recognize outstanding mobile software applications and developers. The 2004 Handango Champion Award finalists were chosen by customer votes and nominations from experts.

Winners will be announced at an awards ceremony on June 24, 2004, at the Handango Partner Summit in San Diego, California. Awards will be presented for Symbian OS(TM), Java(TM), Palm OS®, Windows Mobile(TM) Pocket PC, Windows Mobile Smartphone and Linux applications in the following categories:

     --  Best Productivity              --  Best Business
     --  Best Game                      --  Best Travel
     --  Best Lifestyle                 --  Best Medical
     --  Best Education

A complete list of finalists is available at: http://www.handango.com/Awards/ChampionAwards.jsp

"We are honored and excited to recognize these software development companies for their outstanding accomplishments in such a dynamic industry," said Randy Eisenman, president and chief executive officer of Handango. "These finalists stand out in Handango's catalog of more than 50,000 applications for their great customer experience and impeccable quality. With such impressive finalists, this is sure to be a hard decision for the judges."

     The winners will be selected by an elite panel of judges that includes:

     --   John Biggs, Laptop Magazine
     --   Richard Bloor, SymbianOne.com
     --   Rich Brome, PhoneScoop
     --   Mike Dano, RCR Wireless
     --   Jen Edwards, PocketGoddess
     --   Larry Gerson, Gadget Guy
     --   Leonard Fischer, USA Today/Gannett News
     --   T.C. Herman, The Wireless Developer Network
     --   Richard Hoffman, Network Computing
     --   Judie Hughes, The Gadgeteer
     --   Michal Jerz, My-Symbian.com
     --   Ryan Kairer, Palm Infocenter
     --   Ronny Ko, Bityard Magazine
     --   Glen Letham, SymbianOne.com
     --   Carlo Longino, TheFeature
     --   James Miller, PDAStreet
     --   Steve Palley, Wireless Gaming Review
     --   Justin Ried, TheFeature
     --   Ron Rosberg, KGO AM810
     --   Keith Shaw, Network World
     --   Michael H. Sommer, Gadget Guy
     --   Julie Strietelmeier, The Gadgeteer
     --   Mike Temporale, Smartphone Thoughts
     --   Michael Yuan, Java World

At the awards ceremony, Handango will present a "Developer of the Year" award to one company for each mobile operating system. "Developer of the Year" acknowledges outstanding accomplishments in development, marketing and business practices.

Handango Champion Award recipients receive a generous awards package including a $5,000 marketing stipend and a variety of promotional opportunities. Handango will feature the winners and finalists on Handango properties and provide additional marketing support to the winners.

About Handango

Handango is the leading provider of mobile downloads, bringing over 50,000 applications and 25,000 digital media titles to market through an extensive global distribution network that reaches millions of mobile users. Handango's application management and provisioning platform, Handango AMPP, has been chosen as the mobile software delivery platform for Nokia, Motorola, Sprint, Verizon Wireless, Cingular Wireless, T-Mobile, Orange SA, Sony Ericsson, palmOne, Microsoft, Sony, HP, Sega Mobile, AOL and more than 100 others. For more information, visit www.handango.com .