Press Release

October 24, 2001

Handango Expands to 24 Handheld Software Retail Products

First Boxed BlackBerry Title and Largest Multi-Platform Retail Offering Hit Shelves Today

Hurst, TX - Handango, the world's leading publisher of handheld and wireless software, today announced the availability of 18 new software titles in retail stores RadioShack, Franklin Covey, CompUSA, MicroCenter, J&R Electronics and others. Handango is extending its retail software offering to include the first boxed application for RIM Wireless Handhelds™ as well as the broadest selection of multi-platform software products spanning Palm OS®, Pocket PC and RIM Wireless Handheld devices.

Handango now has 24 software titles available for retail stores. Among the new titles is the Handango BlackBerry Essentials Suite, the first RIM BlackBerry™ software application available in retail. It allows BlackBerry users to read email attachments and wirelessly manage important documents on their desktops or networks while away from the office.

Handango's multi-platform products include a leading security application, Handango Vault, for Palm OS, Pocket PC and RIM Wireless Handheld devices. Not only do multi-platform titles save retailers shelf space by being packaged into a single boxed product, but they also target a much larger customer audience.

"The marketplace for handheld software is exploding," said Laura Rippy, chief executive officer of Handango. "We are excited about expanding our retail offering and our role as a publisher for our 5,000 independent software developer partners. We provide customers with robust software applications across all platforms as well as the easiest, most efficient purchase process, whether that is through retail stores, our enterprise channel partners or Handango's direct sales force."

Coupled with the retail entrance of the Handango BlackBerry Essentials Suite and Handango Vault is a new selection of individual Pocket PC and Palm OS titles, which bring some of the best-selling downloadable software titles to retail stores. With this wide assortment of software titles, users will be able to protect private data, view and edit electronic photo albums, manage stock portfolios and much more.

The following boxed Handango-published software is now available in select retail stores as well as for purchase online at Handango's Web site www.handango.com:

• Handango BlackBerry Essentials Suite for RIM Wireless Handheld devices
• Handango Vault for Palm OS, Pocket PC and RIM Wireless Handheld devices
• Handango Security Guard for Pocket PC and Palm OS devices
• Handango Productivity Suite for Pocket PC and Palm OS devices
• Handango Project Management Suite for Palm OS devices
• Handango Ultimate Games Suite for Pocket PC devices
• Handango Fitness Suite for Palm OS devices
• Pocket Informant for Pocket PC devices
• Stock Manager for Pocket PC and Palm OS devices
• PicturePerfect for Pocket PC devices
• The Mark for Pocket PC devices
• BugMe! for Pocket PC and Palm OS devices

About Handango

Handango is the world's leading publisher of handheld and wireless software, serving more than 5,000 handheld software companies through distribution channels globally. Handango delivers solutions through its sales force, retail and enterprise channel partners, major Internet portals and its Web site, which reaches more than a million unique visitors each month. Handango has strategic relationships with leading handheld companies such as Microsoft®, Palm™, Sony™, Compaq® and RIM® as well as enterprise reseller Software Spectrum® and retail outlets such as CompUSA®. For more information, visit the Handango Web site at www.handango.com or call 817-280-0129.