Mr. Goodliving delivers java games for sonera mspace's game point pilot

USABILITY PILOT RESEARCH ON DOWNLOADABLE JAVA GAMES LAUNCHED: MR. GOODLIVING DELIVERS JAVA GAMES FOR SONERA MSPACE'S GAME POINT PILOT HELSINKI, FINLAND - 26 March 2002. Mr. Goodliving, a Finnish technology house and provider of high-quality mobile Java games and entertainment, announced today its cooperation with Sonera Mspace. Mr. Goodliving's downloadable mobile Java games are included in the first Finnish pilot research on Java games and entertainment. The pilot is carried out by Sonera Mspace and it is targeted at Finnish mobile phone users. The pilot, titled Game point, started on 25 March 2002. The objective of the pilot is to study consumer opinions on downloadable Java games, including aspects such as functionality, playability and entertainment value. Mr. Goodliving delivers eight high-quality Java games to the Game point pilot. There are also other content providers involved in the pilot. Sonera Mspace has gathered over 400 users of Siemens SL45i mobile handsets from southern and western parts of Finland. The usability research will be expanded later to cover also other Java handsets. "The Sonera Mspace's Game point pilot studies the usability of Java game applications", says Mr. Jussi Koski, director, Sonera Mspace. "It is crucial to find the reliable partners in order to offer unique and unforgettable gaming experiences to our customers", Koski continues. "Downloadable Java games for mobile phones have to be especially playable and attractive. Also, the overall game portfolio has to have enough variety," Koski states, and continues: "It is extremely challenging for game developers to squeeze a game into a tiny mobile phone screen. Considering the current technical limitations on application size, it really takes a great deal of skill to create playable, attractive and user-friendly game content for mobile phones. Mr. Goodliving's products proves that the company has certainly established its place at the top of international Java-game houses". "Sonera Mspace's Game point pilot is a very important project for us," says Mr. Sami Lahtinen, director of Product Management at Mr. Goodliving. He continues by telling that "so far, there has been no research data on Java games or their usability. This is, of course, quite natural, since Java-enabled mobile handsets have been launched in Europe only recently. We have invested a lot in the Game point pilot and are proud to provide superb, cool game novelties to Game point users. We are really looking forward to seeing how the Java-game pilot proceeds. The Finns have always been first movers in adopting new mobile services, and I expect this to happen once again - and why not. After all, Java games are a new and highly attractive service type in the mobile phone environment. And the games are available here and now!" To find out more about the Game point pilot, visit: www.mspace.fi About Sonera Sonera Corporation (HEX: SRA, NASDAQ: SNRA) is a leading provider of mobile and advanced telecommunications services. Sonera is growing as an operator, as well as a provider of transaction and content services in Finland and in selected international markets. The company also offers advanced data solutions to businesses, and fixed network voice services in Finland and neighboring markets. In 2001, Sonera's revenues totaled EUR 2.2 billion, and profit before extraordinary items and taxes was EUR 0.45 billion. Sonera employs about 10,000 people. www.sonera.com. About Sonera Mspace Sonera Mspace is an open environment for testing and developing next generation mobile services together with pilot users. Mspace's philosophy is to engage in an open dialogue with customers and users already in the early stages of the development cycle. Its goal is to build a miniature 3G market in Finland and test the feasibility of new applications and technology. More information on Sonera Mspace is available at www.mspace.fi. About Mr. Goodliving Mr. Goodliving is a game provider and technology company with its roots in Helsinki, Finland. Mr. Goodliving develops and produces new and exciting revenue-generating mobile Java-game applications for mobile operators and service providers such as portals. Mr. Goodliving's products are scalable for all Java-enabled mobile handsets. By being among the first in the field and by using Mr. Goodliving's products, operators and portal owners can offer attractive mobile entertainment services to consumers. Mr. Goodliving was founded in October 1999 in Helsinki, Finland. For more information, visit: www.mrgoodliving.com Additional information: Mr. Goodliving Mr. Sami Lahtinen, Director of Product Management Mobile +358 40 554 3160 sami.lahtinen@mrgoodliving.com Sonera Mspace Mr. Jussi Koski, Director, Mobile Applications Development Tel. +358 2040 63382 jussi.koski@sonera.com Mr. Marko Järvenpää, Development Expert, Mobile Applications Development Tel. +358 2040 54185 marko.jarvenpaa@sonera.com ------------------------------------------------------------ This information was brought to you by Waymaker http://www.waymaker.net The following files are available for download: http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2002/03/26/20020326BIT00740/wkr0001.doc http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2002/03/26/20020326BIT00740/wkr0002.pdf