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Mercora Inks Partner Agreements With Leading Mobile Content Providers Including Handango, Motricity and MobiHand



    Mercora, Inc. today announced that it has signed key distribution
    agreements for the recently-launched Mercora M mobile music service,
    with the leading wireless device and content providers, including
    Handango, MobiHand, Mobile & Wireless Group, and Motricity. Under the
    terms of the agreement, the Mercora M will be broadly distributed to
    Windows Mobile(R) Smartphone and Pocket PC users, giving them the
    ability to conveniently access and listen to an entire world of music
    directly from their wireless phones.

    Today, a broad range of mobile users will be able to trial and
    purchase the Mercora M across more than 350 sites including mobile
    storefronts for companies such as Alltel (NYSE:AT), Amazon
    (NASDAQ:AMZN), AOL (NYSE:TWX), BET (NYSE:VIA), CBS (NYSE:CBS),
    Cingular Wireless, Hewlett-Packard (NYSE:HPQ), Microsoft
    (NASDAQ:MSFT), Motorola (NYSE:MOT), NBC, Palm (NASDAQ:PALM), Samsung
    (SEO:005930), Sprint Nextel (NYSE:S), T-Mobile (FRA:DTE), Turner
    Broadcasting (NYSE:TWX), Verizon Wireless, and consumer web sites
    including everythingQ, everythingTreo, eXpansys, Handango, Mobile2Day,
    MobilePlanet, MotoSmartZone, PalmGear, PocketGear, Qusers, and
    Smartphone.net.

    As part of the agreements, the wireless device and content
    providers will provide semi-exclusive promotion for the launch of the
    M in designated locations such as Software Spotlight, Featured
    Products, Product Newsletters, and other high-profile areas.

    "We are delighted to partner with Mercora for the M mobile music
    service," said Alex Bloom, vice president of Content and Developer
    Services, Motricity. "We share a vision of bringing innovative,
    feature-rich, and consumer-friendly applications to wireless
    subscribers and the Mercora M fully supports this objective."

    About the "M"

    Mercora M is the world's largest 3G-enabled mobile music service,
    transforming Windows Mobile Smartphones and Pocket PCs into
    high-fidelity wireless music players. The M provides over-the-air
    wireless access to millions of songs and over 100,000 channels of
    digital radio searchable by artist and genre. It also provides users
    with wireless access to their digital music library, as well as
    socially-connected listening to friends' music in brilliant CD-quality
    sound with stereo Bluetooth support. Mercora M is developed expressly
    for the Windows Mobile platform which provides a rich multimedia
    experience for end users across a range of form factors including
    Smartphones such as the Motorola Q, Pocket PCs such as the Palm Treo
    700wx, and Portable Media Centers such as the Toshiba gigabeat S.

    "We are extremely impressed with the sound quality, functionality
    and music selection on the Mercora M," said Randy Eisenman, president
    and CEO, Handango. "With the M, Mercora is delivering a premier music
    service for Smartphones, and we look forward to introducing this
    product to our millions of enthusiastic mobile customers."

    "Mercora is pleased to bring the M to more Windows Mobile users
    through these key and valued partnerships," said Srivats Sampath,
    president and CEO, Mercora. "The Mercora M offers wireless subscribers
    a compelling listening experience and the broadest and deepest
    catalogue of music encompassing all genres and subgenres."

    Pricing and Availability

    Starting today, Mercora M is available at mobile content and
    retail sites powered by Handango, MobiHand, Mobile & Wireless Group
    and Motricity at an introductory price of $4.99 per month. Standard
    pricing for the M is as follows: $14.99 for three months and $49.99
    for a one-year subscription.

    Mercora, Inc.

    Mercora's mission is to create the world's largest social radio
    network by cataloging and organizing the world's music and audio
    content and making it universally searchable and legally listenable
    for everyone. Mercora (www.mercora.com) is headquartered in Santa
    Clara, CA.