Launch of HandHeld Entertainment's ZAPP Media Manager Creates New Generation of Dorks on the Run.The ZAPP ZAPP - Zero Assignment Parallel Processor. A virtual tree machine architecture in which a process tree is dynamically mapped onto a fixed, strongly connected network of processors communicating by message passing. Media Manager makes media management easy for ZVUE owners 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 -- HandHeld Entertainment[TM] (Nasdaq:ZVUE) (Nasdaq:ZVUEW) today announced the formal launch of ZAPP[TM] Media Manager, the company's latest software application for managing digital videos, music and photos for use on personal computers and ZVUE[TM] personal media players (PMPs). Previously known as ZOrg[TM], ZAPP is now live and available for free to all ZVUE owners at the ZVUE.com[TM] (www.zvue.com) video download store at www.zvue.com/players/zapp.php. The beta version A pre-shipping release of hardware or software that has gone through alpha test. A beta version of software is supposed to be very close to the final product, but, in practice, it is more a way of getting users to test the software in the first place under real conditions. was launched in October 2006. The release version of the software is easy to use and simplifies the steps to find PC-based content and convert it for video playback on ZVUEs and personal computers, as well as cell phones and PDAs that support Windows Mobile The Windows platform from Microsoft for handheld devices, including PDAs, cellphones and Portable Media Centers. See Pocket PC, Pocket PC Phone Edition, Smartphone and Portable Media Center. 5.0. ZAPP helps individuals link HandHeld Entertainment's network of Web sites (ZVUE.com, Dorks.com[TM] and FunMansion.com[TM]) to ZVUEs and personal computers running Windows Media Video See Windows Media formats. with Digital Rights Management, as well as portable devices that support Windows Mobile 5.0, in four major areas: * Find music, photos, videos and podcasts on PCs, and transfer them to ZVUEs and devices that support Windows Mobile 5.0; * Handle media management tasks, such as creating playlists, editing/fixing MP3 ID3 tags and converting videos to the proper format for playback on PCs, devices that support Windows Mobile 5.0 and ZVUE PMPs; * Gain seamless access to thousands of premium music videos, TV shows and movies at www.ZVUE.com; and * Keep ZVUE players up-to-date with the latest firmware. "We believe that ZAPP is the most user-friendly media manager program for helping consumers put digital media on a ZVUE," said Jeff Oscodar, president and chief executive officer of HandHeld Entertainment. "With this formal release, as in the initial beta, we have hidden most of the complexity from the user so tasks like reformatting video and updating firmware are handled with little or no user interaction making such operations nearly transparent. For ZVUE users, that means less time wrestling with software and more time enjoying digital media on the go. We are confident that ZVUE users will be impressed by the results they get from using ZAPP." HandHeld Entertainment has more than 5,000 videos available for purchase or free download through its network of Web sites, including ZVUE.com, Dorks.com, FunMansion.com and Free STUFF! These include premium music videos, anime features, television shows, movies, cartoons, independent films, documentaries, news, entertainment and sports programs from companies ranging from Sony BMG Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Inc. is the result of a 50/50 joint venture between Sony Music Entertainment (part of Sony) and BMG Entertainment (part of Bertelsmann) completed on August 5, 2004. to IMG IMG International medical graduate, see there Media and from Canadian Broadcast Corp. to Fun Little Movies, as well as user-generated and user-submitted video selections. ZAPP can also be used in conjunction with HandHeld Entertainment's user-generated Web properties - Dorks.com, FunMansion.com and FREE Stuff! - that attract nearly 3.5 million unique visitors A count of how many different people access a Web site. For example, if a user leaves and comes back to the site five times during the measurement period, that person is counted as one unique visitor, but would count as five "user sessions. each month, particularly in the comedy/extreme space. ZAPP makes transfers to PDAs and cell phones that support Windows Mobile 5.0, as well as PCs and ZVUE players, making it easier to be a "Dork dork n. 1. Slang A stupid, inept, or foolish person: "the stupid antics of America's favorite teen-age cartoon dorks" Joshua Mooney. 2. " on the run. About the ZVUE Available today in approximately 2,000 Wal-Mart stores throughout the United States, as well as online at such locations as Amazon.com, the $99 (US) ZVUE plays videos and MP3 files and also allows users to view digital pictures from a digital camera or home video from a camcorder. The ZVUE offers full-color video and clear audio sound that gives users a robust, on-the-go digital experience when coupled with downloadable content from HandHeld Entertainment's family of Web sites. About HandHeld Entertainment, Inc. HandHeld Entertainment is a digital-media-to-go company with a family of mass-market portable media players priced at mass-market prices as well as its own online video content store. Its ZVUE portable media players are available for purchase online and in retail locations across the U.S., while portable video lovers can visit HandHeld Entertainment's premium video content store at www.zvue.com to buy pay-per-download videos. Customers can also download free user-generated videos and other media from the Free STUFF! section of ZVUE.com, as well as from Dorks.com and FunMansion.com, wholly owned subsidiaries Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of HandHeld Entertainment. HandHeld Entertainment's common stock and warrants are traded on the NASDAQ Capital Market Originally called the NASDAQ Small Cap Market, NASDAQ announced a name change to the NASDAQ Capital Market on September 27, 2005. [1] The NASDAQ Capital Market exists for securities of smaller, less-capitalized companies (small caps) that do not qualify for (ZVUE, ZVUEW) and Boston Stock Market (HDE HDE Hauptverband des Deutschen Einzelhandels (Central Association of German Retail Trade) HDE Humanitarian Device Exemption HDE Heavy-Duty Engine HDE Holdrege, Nebraska (airport code) , HDEW). For more information, visit www.hheld.com/ir or call 415-495-6470. HandHeld Entertainment, ZAPP, ZVUE, ZOrg, ZVUE.com, Dorks.com and FunMansion.com are trademarks of HandHeld Entertainment. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners. "Safe Harbor Safe Harbor 1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated. 2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive. " Statement Under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995 This announcement contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual results could differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements as a result of various factors including the ability of the company to successfully commercialize its new technologies as well as risk factors set forth from time to time in HandHeld Entertainment's filings with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, including Annual Reports on Form 10-KSB, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-QSB and Current Reports on Form 8-K Form 8-K The form required by the SEC when a publicly held company incurs any event that might affect its financial situation or the share value of its stock. Form 8-K See 8-K. and other reports filed by the company with the SEC. The company undertakes no obligation to publicly release the result of any revisions to these forward-looking statements, which may be made to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. 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