"Hmmm ... To what sport DID Conchita Cintron devote 13 years of her life?"
Posted on 05/14/2005 7:39:58 AM PDT by Writer1
Chicago, IL, May. 12 (UPI) -- Playing "Trivial Pursuit" on a mobile phone is no longer a trifling matter. Games for mobile phones finally have emerged as a major technology and entertainment business, experts told UPI's Wireless World.
This week RealNetworks Inc., maker of streaming video and audio software, acquired Helsinki-based Mr. Goodliving, a maker of mobile phone games like "Trivial Pursuit" and "MetalSmash Pinball," for $15 million, joining the teeming wireless gaming market.
The deal is coming at an apt time because industry revenue, according to Now Playing Magazine, is expected to total $1.5 billion by 2008. Total mobile gaming revenues today are a fraction of that -- in the tens of millions of dollars. By Gene Koprowski
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
Too bad Real is still a doomed company. I hope the Mr. Goodliving people know to sell their stock as soon as they can.
"Hmmm ... To what sport DID Conchita Cintron devote 13 years of her life?"
"This is our number 1 sport."said the host.
"That's revolting!" said the llll.
"That's our number 2 sport." said the host.
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