Device Arena

Nickelodeon Kids and Family Group’s AddictingGames (www.addictinggames.com), the number-one independent gaming site for teens with more than 3,000 games, and Verizon Wireless, builder and operator of the nation’s most reliable wireless network, today announced that Qwikies are now exclusively available to Verizon Wireless customers. Marking its first extension off of the PC, AddictingGames’ Qwikies are Flash®-based mini-games which allow Verizon Wireless customers to play popular AddictingGames’ titles from the palms of their hands, including “Fling the Ferret,” “50 States,” “Flip the Bird,” “Escape the Locker,” “Fly Squasher,” “Whack a Mole,” “Jungle Gym,” and many other original titles.

Qwikies have launched with fully functional high-score capabilities that enable customers to post scores to a daily community leader board from their phones or text their scores to friends. New games and content will be added every month.

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SEGA® Mobile, a division of SEGA Corporation, today announced that its classic game Sonic the Hedgehog has surpassed more than 8 million downloads since launching on mobile phones in North America and Europe. The venerable video icon has been a stellar performer since launching in early 2006. In North America, the game has enjoyed its biggest success and consistent Top Seller status on Verizon Wireless’ V CAST service.

“Sonic the Hedgehog is a title that resonates with a universal audience of gamers who have grown up with the franchise, as well as with a growing audience of casual players,” said Linda Chaplin, vice president of SEGA Mobile. “Sonic has appeared in more than 40 games on 19 video game platforms. The mobile platform has been a great extension for the franchise, allowing fans and casual players alike to pick up a truly classic game and experience it all over again on their mobile phones.”

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Verizon Wireless, the builder and operator of the nation’s most reliable wireless network, and Mobitween, a leading developer and publisher of Flash®-based games for the mobile and online worlds, today announced the availability of Mobigamz, a Flash® Lite™ based mobile gaming portal that allows customers to download, play, rate, and post high scores.

With Mobigamz, Verizon Wireless customers can choose the hottest Flash games from a current catalogue of sport, arcade, puzzle, and board categories. Mobigamz are specifically designed for mobile phones and are very intuitive to play, with simple joystick-keystroke interactivity, multiple levels and game session storing.

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The Asian American Business Development Center (AABDC) has named Verizon Wireless’ Chief Information Officer Ajay Waghray as one of 50 Outstanding Asian Americans in Business. Waghray will be honored at an awards dinner and ceremony held here tonight at the Waldorf-Astoria.

The Asian American Business Development Center supports Asian American businesses and has organized the Outstanding 50 Asian Americans in Business award since 2001. The award event highlights the contributions of Asian American businesses to the economy and recognizes senior-level corporate executives for their outstanding achievements and leadership.

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A consortium comprising Eircom, Motorola and Sigma Wireless (TETRA Ireland) has secured Ireland’s National Digital Radio Services contract. The 8-year ‘build-own-operate’ contract will start with the roll-out of services in an area covering parts of Dublin (including the port and airport). The nationwide roll-out is scheduled to be completed within 2 years.

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As the 2008 storm season is set to begin June 1, Floridians are urged to prepare an emergency communications plan to be ready for hurricanes and other crises. Verizon Wireless, which makes intensive preparations to maintain strong network coverage during and after the storms, offers residents these tips to be safer during hurricanes:

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Verizon Wireless, builder and operator of the nation’s most reliable wireless network, and Motorola announced that the MOTO™ W755 is now available exclusively online at www.verizonwireless.com and in Verizon Wireless Communications Stores, including those in Circuit City. The MOTO W755 is a slim, new clamshell that supports all of the features and capabilities that Verizon Wireless customers have come to expect in their wireless phones. The device advances the design standard for affordable handsets with its premium soft touch and polished vacuum metal finishes. The 0.68-inch thick phone is available in two distinct color options – Black Slate and Purple.

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The halls may not be covered in ivy, but the Verizon Wireless call center near Salt Lake City is very much an institution of higher learning.

Through a partnership with Strayer University, Verizon Wireless launched a model college degree program at its call center last fall. Associate and bachelor’s of business administration classes as well as an MBA program are conducted onsite at no cost to employees, thanks to the company’s tuition assistance program. Business courses are tailored to the Verizon Wireless student, with the opportunity to use actual business scenarios as case studies.

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The two-day S60 Summit was opened today in Barcelona. The event highlights the largest contingent of mobile application developers in the event’s history including more than 60 exhibits featuring location, enterprise, social media and productivity solutions as well as the latest devices. This annual event is open to all members of the S60 ecosystem, such as S60 device manufacturers, operators, service providers, hardware technology providers, software developers, analysts, scientists and academics from all continents.

“S60 Summit offers the S60 stakeholders an opportunity to share and discuss the S60 future trends and business opportunities,” said Matti Vänskä, Vice President, Mobile Software Sales and Marketing, Nokia. “Today the collaboration with one of the key stakeholders, Samsung, is strengthened with the launch of the business style L870. This announcement increases the total count of announced S60 devices to 79,” he continues.

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Nokia today dealt deep layer enterprise security threats another blow as it launched the Nokia IP1280 - the latest in its line of high performance, multi-core IP Security appliances. Nokia also announced that global sales of its existing multi-core solutions, including the Nokia IP690 and IP2450, had exceeded 1500 units since their introduction in mid 2007.

Nokia’s multi-core solutions support Check Point’s latest multi-core software applications for security with performance, all backed by Nokia’s global technical support. Using Nokia IPSO operating system and its extensive administration features included with the platforms, customers can gain better visibility of traffic flow and system performance for more for intelligent security management. The Check Point CoreXL multi-processing software functionality feature set is also available on the appliances, combining the multi-core technologies and with the operating systems to combat security threats by accelerating firewall throughput and SmartDefense performance.

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