Boost Your Brain Power with Hands-On Mobile's IQ Academy; Mental Agility Puzzle Game Launches on Mobile Phones.SAN FRANCISCO San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden -- Hands-On Mobile, a leading global publisher of mobile lifestyle, games and personalization products, today announced the launch of IQ Academy, a 'one-thumb' phone game that makes testing your mental muscles fun and convenient. Available on North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. carriers this fall, the release of IQ Academy represents Hands-On Mobile's commitment to publishing a wide variety of games appealing to a broad range of consumers. Products designed to keep the brain sharp is a hot trend this year and Hands-On Mobile is at the forefront of this craze, offering one of the first mental agility puzzle games for mobile phones. The goal of IQ Academy is to challenge your mind by completing a series of puzzles quickly and with as few errors as possible. Whether it's identifying the patterns in a puzzle, picking the correct answer to rapid-fire tests, or engaging in some mental arithmetic the art or practice of solving arithmetical problems by mental processes, unassisted by written figures. See also: Mental , IQ Academy presents a wide range of different challenges to put your intelligence to the test. The more time and practice you put in, the better you'll perform -- and the higher IQ score you'll receive. "We're excited to lead the charge into a new category of mobile entertainment," said Keith McCurdy, President, Studios and Products, Hands-On Mobile. "With IQ Academy, we're able to combine truly compelling gameplay and brain busting challenges that will keep people coming back for more. Even better, this may represent one of the first games that gives adults a fighting chance one dependent upon the issue of a struggle. See also: Fighting to challenge their kids for a top score." Created by Dublin-based developer, Upstart Games, IQ Academy is based on G-mode's 'Right Brain Paradise' series of games, the first of which launched in Japan in March 2003 and updated several times since. In that period, the games have been downloaded nearly two million times. With IQ Academy, Hands-On Mobile expands its current crop of award-winning casual games, which include SuDoku Garden, Connect Four and Monopoly Tycoon 'Monopoly Tycoon' is a PC based game that is derived from the Monopoly board game, published in 2001. However, instead of using dice, the game relies more on the speed and innovativeness of the players. In the standard mode, the user plays against the AI opponents. , while targeting consumers eager for a challenging way to spend a few minutes each day between meetings or while waiting for the train. Best of all, there's no pressure. Whether it's a few minutes a day or just a couple of times a week, IQ Academy will make it fun to entertain your brain. For more information, please visit www.HandsOn.com. About Hands-On Mobile, Inc. Hands-On Mobile is a leading global publisher of mobile lifestyle, games and personalization products targeting all market segments of the mobile handset marketplace. With operations in four continents, Hands-On Mobile develops, publishes and distributes mobile content to more than 180 of the world's leading operators in 40 countries. Hands-On Mobile provides operators and their customers with the world's best entertainment brands and applications and provides brand owners with the shortest route to market. The Hands-On content catalogue is diverse, including BREW, Java, SMS (1) (Storage Management System) Software used to routinely back up and archive files. See HSM. (2) (Systems Management Server) Systems management software from Microsoft that runs on Windows NT Server. , MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service) An enhanced transmission service that enables graphics, video clips and sound files to be transmitted via cellphones. Developed as part of the 3GPP project, MMS phones are generally backward compatible with SMS and EMS. , and WAP (1) (Wireless Access Point) See access point. (2) (Wireless Application Protocol) A standard for providing cellular phones, pagers and other handheld devices with secure access to e-mail and text-based Web pages. games, and music, sports, lifestyle, personalization, and information-services subscription products. Hands-On Mobile is a U.S. corporation with headquarters in San Francisco and offices in San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. and Los Angeles, California; London and Bollington, England; Krakow, Poland; Sao Paulo, Brazil; Shanghai and Beijing, China; and Seoul, Korea. For more information about Hands-On Mobile's products and organization please visit www.HandsOn.com. |
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