Wildseed Announces Music Themed SmartSkin Featuring Platinum-Selling Heavy Metal Rock Group Powerman 5000.Entertainment Editors/Business Editors/High-Tech Writers 2004 International CES LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 6, 2004 Wildseed Ltd.: -- SmartSkin(TM) Interactive Accessory Will Deliver Powerman 5000 Songs, Ringtones, Video Clips, Pictures and Special "Behind the Scenes Access" to a New Wireless Phone Called Identity(TM) Targeting the MTV MTV in full Music Television U.S. cable television network, established in 1980 to present videos of musicians and singers performing new rock music. MTV won a wide following among rock-music fans worldwide and greatly affected the popular-music business. Demographic Wildseed Ltd., a software company pioneering SmartSkin(TM) interactive accessories for wireless phones, and platinum-selling heavy metal rock group Powerman 5000 (PM5K PM5K Powerman 5000 (rock band) ), today announced a licensing agreement to produce a new Music SmartSkin featuring PM5K. This musical accessory contains PM5K music, ringtones, video clips and screen themes, plus dynamic network-driven data applications associated with PM5K. The SmartSkin works in concert with a new phone, called Identity(TM) that targets the MTV demographic. The phone, produced by Curitel, an established Korea-based handset manufacturer, is slated for a spring debut. Identity is a GSM/GPRS phone that can be stylized styl·ize tr.v. styl·ized, styl·iz·ing, styl·iz·es 1. To restrict or make conform to a particular style. 2. To represent conventionally; conventionalize. from the inside out by the SmartSkin interactive accessory, providing consumers with a means for personalizing the phone and "making it their own." The PM5K SmartSkin will initially be available at carrier stores where the phone is sold. "PM5K is a natural fit for the SmartSkin brand," said Cindy Smith, Wildseed vice president of marketing. "Their music has an individual sound that resonates with teens. Extending this experience to a mobile device is exactly what teens are looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. and provides PM5K a non-traditional way of reaching this elusive audience." The SmartSkin experience will deliver PM5K fans a sampling of the group's songs, video clips, ringtones and internal phone screen designs adorned with pictures and icons of PM5K. This interactive accessory will also deliver easy links to sign up for PM5K alerts to keep up to date on the group, access to PM5K chat rooms for fans to connect with each other, and "behind the scenes" glimpses of PM5K on tour with new pictures delivered to their phone. The accessory will also provide access to PM5K photo blogs, lyrics, quizzes, voting and shopping. "SmartSkins offer PM5K fans the ability to have everything PM5K everywhere they go. The customization and cool features that SmartSkins offer is what inked the deal for us to work with Wildseed," said Shab Azma, President of the Fireball fireball, very bright meteor leaving a trail in the sky that can remain visible for several minutes; often a distinct sound, perhaps caused by very low frequency radio waves, is associated with it. Group and licensing consultant for Powerman 5000. Wildseed will demonstrate the new SmartSkin line and Identity handset at the 2004 International CES show in Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. in Booth #70441 in the Silver Exhibits pavilion. Wildseed has received the prestigious 2004 Design and Engineering Showcase award in the Wireless Communications wireless communications System using radio-frequency, infrared, microwave, or other types of electromagnetic or acoustic waves in place of wires, cables, or fibre optics to transmit signals or data. Category. Wildseed won TechTV's Best of Show Finalist at CES 2003. About Wildseed Ltd. Wildseed is an innovative software company pioneering the world's first interactive accessories for wireless phones. SmartSkin(TM) interactive accessories stylize styl·ize tr.v. styl·ized, styl·iz·ing, styl·iz·es 1. To restrict or make conform to a particular style. 2. To represent conventionally; conventionalize. both the outside and inside of the phone for an integrated fashion and entertainment experience. These accessories package dynamic and static applications for phones giving carriers a way to merchandise content for consumer use. SmartSkin accessories deliver music, ringtones, video clips, pictures, games and screen themes, plus dynamic network-driven data applications related to the theme of the skin. To maximize the experience, the software resident on the phone supports a Dynamic User Interface (DUI). Wildseed's DUI is called SmartScreens(TM) application framework and it provides the software that makes the phone's screens and custom applications morph morph 1 n. An allomorph. [From morpheme.] morph 2 n. to match the exterior design of the changeable SmartSkin on the phone. SmartSkin accessories deliver a new source of recurring revenue for wireless carriers, handset manufacturers, media companies and retailers. The first SmartSkin capable phone, called Identity(TM), is GSM/GPRS and will be launched by Curitel in 2004. Wildseed's software is based on Linux and is licensed for use in specially designed handsets supporting GSM GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) The first high-speed digital data service provided by cellular carriers that used the GSM technology. GPRS added a packet-switched channel to GSM, which uses dedicated, circuit-switched channels for voice conversations. and Qualcomm's CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) A method for transmitting simultaneous signals over a shared portion of the spectrum. The foremost application of CDMA is the digital cellular phone technology from QUALCOMM that operates in the 800 MHz band and 1.9 GHz PCS band. 1XRTT. SmartScreens software is also compatible with Symbian, Microsoft Stinger and Qualcomm's BREW. Wildseed has offices in Kirkland, Washington Kirkland is a city in King County, Washington, United States. It is a suburb of Seattle located on the Eastside (of Lake Washington). As of April 1, 2005, the city had an estimated population of 45,740, making Kirkland the eighth largest city in King County and the eighteenth and London, England. Wildseed, the Wildseed logo, SmartSkin(TM), and SmartScreens(TM) are trademarks of Wildseed Ltd. For more information, please visit www.Wildseed.com and www.SmartSkins.com. |
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