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Spb Software, the leading Windows Mobile applications vendor will host its fifth annual Spb Day conference on August 9th in St. Petersburg, Russia. Spb Day is a user-friendly, local Windows Mobile community get-together, where users, developers, media, device manufacturers, and mobile operators gather to exchange mobility views and ideas in an informal setting. This year’s Spb Day participants will enjoy each other’s company, discuss the newest mobile devices and technologies, and be among the first to play with Spb’s latest mobile entertainment products.

Spb Day 2008 will combine a series of round tables with friendly mingling during the dinner and coffee breaks, as well as sessions of usability testing in between. The Spb Day round tables will focus on the topics of System Utilities, Mobile Internet, Mobile Software Usability, Mobile Payments, Mobile Television, Navigation and Travel, Windows Mobile vs. other platforms, and Windows Mobile Games.

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Hands-On Mobile, Inc., the world’s leading developer of connected games and applications, announced that Guitar Hero® III Mobile was the number one selling mobile game on Verizon Wireless phones in the first quarter of 2008. Initially released exclusively by Verizon Wireless, Guitar Hero III Mobile is striking a chord with fans all over the world, shattering mobile game records with nearly 1 million downloads, including monthly subscriptions, across all wireless service providers.

Ryan Hughes, vice president of digital media programming for Verizon, said, “Verizon Wireless customers have shown a tremendous appetite for mobile games – the category is an important part of our strategy to increase data revenue, and marquee titles such as Guitar Hero III help create demand and engage our customers in mobile gameplay.”

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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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