SAN FRANCISCO and RALEIGH, N.C., March 29, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- Pulse Mobile(tm), the leading provider of user-generated mobile content services, today announced a partnership with Oasys Mobile(tm), Inc. (OTCBB:OYSM), a leading provider of premium mobile media content, products and services, bringing Pulse Mobile's Veepers ImageText(tm) application to the world-wide mobile operator market under the name "Mobile Graffiti".
"We are extremely excited to be partnered with such a dynamic and creative mobile content company," said Jeff Lipton, Pulse Mobile's senior vice president of product and services. "We believe that Oasys Mobile is uniquely positioned to deliver the Mobile Graffiti application to the carrier market. This application is about fun, personalized wallpaper which fits perfectly with Oasys Mobile's lifestyle focus."
"Pulse Mobile is an ideal partnership for us," said Gary Ban, CEO of Oasys Mobile. "Their many years of developing highly-scaleable, carrier-certified application platforms, coupled with their deep expertise in content segmentation meshes perfectly with our market focus. The launch of the Oasys Mobile branded 'Mobile Graffiti' product is one of many joint development activities, and we look forward to extending this partnership through our branded mobile content storefront and worldwide distribution network."
The Mobile Graffiti application is part of an application suite built upon the highly-scaleable Veepers Content Engine (VCE). The system allows a mobile subscriber, without any knowledge of media creation, the means to easily author custom personalized wallpapers on their wireless handset. Mobile Graffiti is currently being offered by most U.S. wireless carriers that support the BREW(r) platform.
According to Peppercoin.com's Market Vision forecasts, projected revenues for mobile personalization and entertainment are $1 billion (worldwide) in 2006. Consumers can learn how to buy Mobile Graffiti at www.OasysMobileInc.com or through their BREW carrier. Mobile Graffiti is available for $1.99 for one custom wallpaper, $3.99 for three custom wallpapers, or $5.99 for five custom wallpapers.
About Pulse Mobile
Pulse Mobile specializes in networked, automated personalization technologies. The privately held company's patent-protected Veepers technology rapidly converts static 2D images into animated 3D characters with synchronized recorded or text-to-speech audio. The Veepers technology enables a broad range of mobile solutions--including visual voicemail, rich media messaging and greeting cards, animated wallpapers, and visual ring tones--which advance subscribers' mobile experience and increase data traffic and premium revenue opportunities for mobile operators. Veepers solutions have been commercially deployed in the U.S., Canada, Japan, Hong Kong, the Philippines, Singapore, Finland, Norway, and the United Kingdom. For more information, visit http://www.pulsemobile.com.
About Oasys Mobile, Inc.
Oasys Mobile, Inc. (formerly Summus, Inc.) (OTCBB:OYSM) is a leading provider of premium mobile media content, products and services distributed through OasysMobile.com and top-tier wireless carriers in the U.S. and abroad. Oasys Mobile is uniquely positioned to give consumers the ability to manage their mobile lifestyle by delivering a breadth of offerings including OasysMobile.com, a leading-edge mobile lifestyle portal that is changing the way teens and young adults buy, own and keep their mobile content. Oasys Mobile also develops, publishes and distributes more than 30 branded mobile applications in all major categories, from personalization and games to messaging and entertainment. The Oasys Mobile white-label services give carriers and content companies access to an exciting new venue which will extend their mobile offerings off-deck and reach new customers.
Whether it's OasysMobile.com, the branded mobile products, or the white-label service offerings, Oasys Mobile is Wireless Refreshment.
This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties concerning Oasys Mobile's business, products and financial results. Actual results may differ materially from the results predicted. More information about potential risk factors that could affect our business, products and financial results is included in Oasys Mobile's annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004, and in reports subsequently filed by Oasys Mobile with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"). All documents are available through the SEC's Electronic Data Gathering Analysis and Retrieval system (EDGAR) at www.sec.gov or from Oasys Mobile's web site at www.oasysmobileinc.com. Oasys Mobile hereby disclaims any obligation to publicly update the information provided above, including forward-looking statements, to reflect subsequent events or circumstances.
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