RealTone JukeBox™ wins "BEST RINGTONE APPLICATION" award at Qualcomm's 2006 BREW® Conference
San Diego, CA - June 1, 2006 - 9 Squared, Inc., a MonsterMob Group Company (GB:MOB) and leading mobile media solutions company, today announced that one of its BREW® applications, RealTone JukeBox™, has been honored by QUALCOMM Incorporated as the winner of the Best Ringtone Application category for the BREW Developer Awards. The BREW® Developer Awards is a global program honoring and promoting innovative applications and services created by publishers and developers in Europe, Asia, North and South America. Award submissions were judged by a panel of international wireless industry experts, with winners honored at the BREW® 2006 Conference, held May 31 - June 2 in San Diego.
RealTone JukeBox™ is an innovative BREW® application that enables users to download real music ringtones from the top recording artists. RealTone JukeBox™ features content from Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group, SONY BMG Music Entertainment, EMI, MTV Networks, TVT, The Orchard, Digital Rights Agency and more than 100 independent recording labels. The top selling application has realized over 12.5 million downloads since its inception in 2004, with the Rap/Hip Hop category representing the majority of downloads. The following represents the current top 10 downloads from RealTone JukeBox in North America:
- 1. Young Joc - Going Down
- 2. Chamillionaire - Ridin
- 3. Rick Ross - Hustlin
- 4. Kelis Featuring Too Short - Bossy
- 5. T.I. - What You Know
- 6. Letoya - Torn
- 7. Field Mob - So What
- 8. Shawnna - Getting Some
- 9. T.I. - Why You Wanna
- 10. Sean Paul - Temperature
Unique functionality of the application includes intelligent menu structures, sorting features, programming capabilities and graphical user interface. RealTone JukeBox™ is also a top selling application with BREW® carriers in Central and South America and specializes in programming popular localized music from each territory.
"We are honored to accept this award from Qualcomm and would like to extend it to our carrier and content partners as well." commented Brian Casazza, 9 Squared's Chief Executive Officer. "We would also like to give a special thanks to all the other major and independent artists that made this possible."
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