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Posted: January 31st, 2001.SEGA ANNOUNCES STRATEGIC RELATIONSHIP WITH PALM TO PROVIDE GAMES TO PALM WIRELESS HANDHELDCOMPUTERS
Sega Continues to Reinforce Mission to Bring Sega Games to a Variety ofInternet-Ready Devices.
London — (January 31, 2001) Sega Corporation and Palm, Inc. today announced a strategic partnership in which Sega will bring itslegendary videogame content to Palm wireless handheld computers. Both online and offline videogames will be released for the Palm V and Palm VII sometime this year. Further details regarding this relationship will be forthcoming.
The Sega/Palm alliance further reinforces Segas mission to extend its solid line-up of innovative videogames to Internet devices andplatforms outside the videogame arena.
“This deal breaks new ground in the for the video gaming industry and it opens up new revenue streams for the company,” saidKazutoshi Miyake COO, Sega of Europe. “People want top play more games on the move and Palms handheld devices are one ofthe best vehicles for enjoying Sega games anytime, anywhere.”
About Sega
Sega of Europe is the European arm of Tokyo, Japan-based Sega Corporation, responsible for the development, marketing anddistribution of Sega video game systems and video games across Europe. Sega Corporation is a nearly $2.5 billion companyrecognized as the industry leader in interactive digital entertainment media, offering interactive entertainment experiences both insideand outside the home
About Palm
Palm, Inc. is a pioneer in the field of mobile and wireless Internet solutions and a leading provider of handheld computers (source:IDC, December 1999). Based on the Palm OS(R) platform, Palm’s handheld solutions allow people to carry and access their mostcritical information with them wherever they go. Palm handhelds address the needs of individuals, enterprises and educationalinstitutions through thousands of application solutions. The Palm OS platform is also the foundation for products from Palm’slicensees and strategic partners, such as CreSenda Wireless; ePocrates, Inc.; Franklin Covey; Handspring; IBM; Sony; SymbolTechnologies; and TRG. Platform licensees also include Kyocera, Samsung, and Nokia. The Palm Economy is a growing globalcommunity of industry-leading licensees, world-class OEM customers, and more than 130,000 innovative developers and solutionproviders that have registered to support the Palm operating system and platform. Palm went public on March 2, 2000. Its stock istraded on the Nasdaq national market under the symbol PALM. More information is available atwww.palm.com
News page content input by Dominic Robinson, 2001.
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