HONG KONG, July 17, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Hong Kong based Artificial Life, Inc. (OTCBB:ALIF), a leading provider of award-winning mobile 3G technology, games and applications, today announced partnering with PocketNet Technology Inc., one of the largest aggregators in Taiwan, to distribute mobile games.
Through this cooperation, the Joybox WAP site that is embedded in various Nokia models will feature Artificial Life's latest mobile games, including Poli - the Bear(tm), V-Penguins(tm), Let Go of My Banana(tm) and many others to follow. The same mobile games will be available for purchase online at the Joybox website www.joy-box.com as well as the BBCity website, www.bbcity.com.tw, the web portal of Taiwan's largest mobile chain store, Arcoa. People living in Taiwan can also buy the games in any of the 1,500 Hi-Life convenience store download kiosks.
"It is our great pleasure to work with Artificial Life, the best mobile artificial intelligent game developer in Asia with attractive character design, humorous and great user interface mobile java games. PocketNet, as one of the largest mobile game publishers in the region, is delighted to distribute those great games to our users in Taiwan and create loyal mobile gamers in this market together with Artificial Life. I believe this cooperation will create a win-win partnership for both companies," said Paul Wu, CEO of PocketNet Technology Inc.
"Our cooperation with Taiwan's largest mobile game distributor PocketNet will help us expand the scope of our business in the area, which has about 23 million mobile subscribers at just above 100% penetration rate. We are delighted to further increase sales activity in Asia," said Eberhard Schoneburg, CEO of Artificial Life, Inc.
About PocketNet
PocketNet provides mobile solutions to various branded handset companies such as Nokia, BenQ and SonyEricsson, and cooperates with the main telecom operators in Taiwan such as CHT, TWM, FET, and Vibo to distribute mobile games, themes, and wallpapers. PocketNet also makes strategic alliance with famous mobile websites such as Sogi, Phonedaily and BBcity, and retail outlets including kiosks in Hi-Life convenient stores all over Taiwan, Nokia Priority Dealer, and Nokia Professional Centre, to distribute mobile content. PocketNet also recently provided content bound in MMC (Multimedia Memory Card) as value-added products to mobile phones.
Contact: Emma Cheng, Tel: (+886) 2 8657 9696; email: svc@pocketnet.com.tw
About Artificial Life, Inc.
Artificial Life, Inc. (OTCBB:ALIF) is a public U.S. corporation headquartered in Hong Kong and a leading global provider of award winning mobile technology, content, games and applications (see also the Company's homepage: www.artificial-life.com; and the product websites www.toonmates.com; www.v-girl.com; www.virtual-boys.com; www.v-penguins.com; www.poli-the-bear.com; and our m-commerce portal: www.botme.com).
Contact: Sandy Yeung, Tel (+852) 3102 2800; e-mail: ir@artificial-life.com
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