kannuu Receives Coveted Technology Innovation Award in Nokia's 'Mobile Rules! 08'...

kannuu Receives Coveted Technology Innovation Award in Nokia's 'Mobile Rules! 08' Competition

kannuu Chosen for Best Mobile Multimedia Experience by Panel of
Industry Experts
SAN FRANCISCO--(Business Wire)--
kannuu(TM), the global leader in lookup technology, today
announced that it has received a prestigious Technology Innovation
Award for Best Mobile Multimedia experience. Being selected by a panel
of world-renowned industry leading technology judges in Nokia's annual
Mobile Rules! competition, further extends kannuu's critical role, as
essential innovators in the mobile environment. For more information
visit: www.kannuu.com.

Announced in the heart of Silicon Valley at an exclusive Mobile
Rules! 08 Awards Ceremony at San Jose City Hall, the Mobile Rules!
awards recognize the leaders among emerging mobile applications,
technologies and business models that are creating new value, new
revenue and exciting services and applications for mobile workforces
and the mobile lifestyle.

Sponsored by Nokia in conjunction with other leading companies and
organizations in the mobility industry, this world leading competition
recognizes and honours entrepreneurs, technologies, applications and
services at the cutting-edge in the mobile environment.

The second annual Mobile Rules! competition culminates an
eight-month selection process from among hundreds of entries in three
competition tracks in the areas of mobile technology innovations and
applications. This year's landmark win for kannuu, further extends the
importance of an accurate, fail-safe mobile search solution.

kannuu's superiority in Technology Innovation for the best Mobile
Multimedia Experience was judged on the basis of ingenuity and
excellence in technology development that will drive future
innovations in miniaturization, and enhanced performance in mobile
devices designed for the consumer and business market. Advancing
mobile search, kannuu's powerful and precise Partial Word
Completion(TM) technology empowers users with the critical ability to
find, instead of search. Enhancing access to the vast array of mobile
services and innovation, users are no longer limited by the
traditional keypad/keyboard. Using kannuu, it is impossible to spell a
word incorrectly; if it is in the database, kannuu will find it.
Whether it's a contact on the phone, a song in a music library, or a
location on the Web, kannuu's technology finds exact results - without
the frustrations associated with "searching" in the mobile
environment.

"Nokia congratulates kannuu for having been chosen a Best
Technology Innovation Award winner in the Mobile Rules! 08
competition," said Juha Lampela, Director, Productization Technology
Management, Nokia. "By encouraging innovative technology solutions
from emerging companies and developers around the globe, Nokia's
annual Mobile Rules! competition aims to help drive the
miniaturization, enhanced performance and green technologies that are
the future in mobile devices and services."

"We are thrilled to be recognized by Nokia as Best Technology
Innovation in the Mobile Multimedia Experience category," said
Sean-Michael Daley, CEO of kannuu. "The winners of this year's
competition are the undisputed industry leaders, and this win further
solidifies our position as a global leader in mobile content
discovery, which will profoundly impact both people's lives and their
businesses."

kannuu was awarded by a jury comprised of representatives of Nokia
and other Mobile Rules! 08 sponsors from among three finalists in the
Mobile Multimedia Experience category. The Best Mobile Multimedia
Experience award carries a prize that includes the right to negotiate
solution development and product creation with Nokia and other
competition sponsors and participation in an Innovation Expo to be
held at Nokia headquarters in Espoo, Finland.

About Forum Nokia

Nokia's global developer program, Forum Nokia connects developers
to tools, technical information, support, and distribution channels
they can use to build and market applications around the globe. From
offices in the U.S., Europe, Japan, China, and Singapore, Forum Nokia
provides technical and business development support to developers and
operators to assist them in achieving their goal of successfully
launching applications and services to consumers and enterprises. More
information is available at www.forum.nokia.com.

About kannuu:

A privately funded company, kannuu unveiled its patented
technology at DEMOfall 2007. The leaders in lookup innovation, kannuu
distributes its application globally through strategic licensing
partnerships. kannuu, the world's fastest and most accurate lookup
technology, has set a new standard in defining how content is accessed
in the mobile and device environment. kannuu- Stop Searching, Start
Finding.

kannuu
Sarah Duckett, 510-701-3402

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