FunMail and QUALCOMM Sign Memorandum Of Understanding Regarding BREW Platform; FunMail Joins Leading Software Developers in Evaluating the BREW Platform.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

PLEASANTON, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 3, 2001

FunMail, Inc., the world's leading animated messaging company, announced that it has signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding (MOU) with QUALCOMM Incorporated (Nasdaq:QCOM), pioneer and world leader of Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) digital wireless technology to support QUALCOMM's Binary Runtime Environment for Wireless(TM) (BREW(TM)) platform.

"FunMail is at the forefront of wireless animated messaging and the BREW platform offers a complete end-to-end solution that will enable consumers to communicate in new and creative ways," said Peggy Johnson, senior vice president of QUALCOMM and general manager of QUALCOMM Internet Services. "We are pleased to have FunMail express its interest in the BREW initiative."

FunMail is the world's first wireless animated messaging technology. Using a combination of powerful rendering and natural language processing technologies, FunMail can convert any short message into a fun and relevant animation. FunMail announced a WAP version of FunMail in March of 2001 and announced successful launching of FunMail on the NTT DoCoMo i-mode network in Japan earlier this week.

The FunMail engine scales the animation for the destination device depending on the device's display and sound capabilities. FunMails can be sent phone-to-phone or computer-to-phone. The FunMail media engine can render animation in a variety of formats, from black and white to rich color, supporting WAP, SMS and i-mode capable phones, as well as PDA and desktop platforms.

"FunMail is focused on providing the most fun messaging experience possible on all platforms from phones to PDAs to the desktop," said Adam Lavine, FunMail's CEO. "Our interest in the BREW platform is another example of FunMail's dedication to finding new ways to provide the best user experience possible for the phone user."

The BREW platform is a very thin applications environment for wireless devices. It provides applications developers with an open, standard platform upon which to develop their products. FunMail joins a growing list of companies who have signed MOUs with QUALCOMM to support the BREW platform.

Except for the historical information contained herein, this news release contains forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties, including QUALCOMM's ability to successfully design and have manufactured significant quantities of CDMA components on a timely and profitable basis, the extent and speed to which CDMA is deployed and the BREW Platform is adopted, change in economic conditions of the various markets QUALCOMM serves, as well as the other risks detailed from time to time in QUALCOMM's SEC reports, including the report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 24, 2000, and most recent Form 10-Q.