FunMail, Inc. and Major League Baseball Advanced Media Sign Deal to Deliver Team Logos, Personalized Jerseys and Legendary Broadcasts to Mobile Phones
4 May 2006
FunMail Inc., a leading provider of premiumwireless entertainment, has announced an agreement with Major LeagueBaseball Advanced Media, the interactive media and Internet company ofMajor League Baseball, to allow mobile phone users to download theirfavorite team's logos, jerseys, and other great MLB content directly totheir phones. The agreement gives BREW mobile phone subscribers withcarriers such as Verizon Wireless, Alltel, U.S. Cellular and othersthroughout the USA the ability to customize their mobile phones withwallpaper from all 30 major league teams, as well as 'Voicetones' oflegendary baseball broadcasts.
Wallpapers featuring the home jerseys of each team can be "personalized" byadding text such as a name or a message. Nostalgic 'retro' logos from manyteams are also available.
"With baseball season upon us, now is the perfect time to offer baseballfans this unique mobile content," said Adam Lavine, FunMail CEO. "Nowfans can use classic World Series play-by-play calls such as the Red Soxfinal out in 2004, or Kirk Gibson's pinch-hit home run in 1988 as ringtonesfor their mobile phone. This exciting content is a must for the die-hardbaseball fan."
MLB wallpapers can be found in FunMail's Wallpaper Universe™application, available through a variety of carriers in the USA. MBL'Voicetones' are only available through FunMail's Funtones Universe™exclusively from Verizon USA. Said Lavine, "This is just the latestexample of how FunMail is helping mobile phone users personalize theirmobile experience with premium lifestyle content."
About FunMail
FunMail delivers a unique mobile entertainment experience by providingapplications and services that enable creativity, personalization, andcommunity-building. FunMail's FLEX Mobile Application Platform™ enablescustom applications that work within a carrier's existing mobile servicesoffering, providing carriers with unparalleled flexibility, greaterreliability, and faster time-to-market. FunMail provides carriers withsome of the industry's most popular and successful mobile applications,including Wallpaper Universe™, America's Best Mobile Pix™, RingtonesUniverse™, TrueTones Universe™, Mobile Comics Network™,Personalized Wallpaper™, and FunMail Animated Greetings™. FunMail'smobile applications and services are distributed through major carriersacross the globe. FunMail has achieved an industry reputation forinnovation and reliability, and is considered one of the industry's mostcreative wireless entertainment companies. For more information, pleasevisit www.funmail.com.
Media Contacts:
Roher Public Relations:Torin Roher818-887-8838310-993-1985 (cell)Email Contact
FunMail Inc:Jim Campbell925.455.1200Email Contact
SOURCE: FunMail Inc.
Source: marketwire
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