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Flurrymail Wins 'Duke's Choice Award for Innovation' at Sun Microsystems' "JavaONE" Java Developer Conference

Posted on: Monday, 15 May 2006, 09:01 CDT

Flurry, Inc. today announced that its first product, flurrymail (http://www.flurrymail.com), has won a prestigious "Duke's Choice Award for Innovation" at Sun Microsystems' (NASDAQ: SUNW) 2006 JavaONE Developer Conference.

Based on a patent-pending technology platform, flurrymail provides free, easy-to-use email and RSS reading capabilities on hundreds of different cell phone models. Now almost anyone with a cell phone can run a dedicated email application and RSS news reader that is fast and easy to use on the phone. With one click, users can subscribe to news or add email accounts -- resulting in a simple sign-up process that takes only 5 minutes.

"Flurrymail has created the nirvana of next-generation mobile services -- it doesn't require a phone upgrade, and it's free!" said Mark Herring, senior director of Java Brand Marketing, Sun Microsystems. "Flurrymail is a great example of how developers can leverage the Java platform to solve challenging real-world problems in emerging new technology fields."

"We are delighted and honored to be a recipient of a Duke's Choice Award award this year," said Sean Byrnes, chief executive officer of Flurry. "Java technologies have enabled us to build an exciting service that is both easy to use for consumers and easier to manage as developers."

Unlike existing mobile email solutions, flurrymail supports the full range of mobile phones, ensuring that users can use their current phone instead of requiring an expensive upgrade. flurrymail currently supports thousands of email providers, cellular carriers and mobile phones worldwide.

flurrymail is now available to all consumers at no charge.

About Flurry, Inc.

Flurry, Inc. is a new venture pursuing next-generation mobile services based in San Francisco, CA. The first product developed by Flurry is flurrymail (http://www.flurrymail.com), providing simple access to a user's personal email accounts and news from their mobile phone. flurrymail brings the mobile professional user experience to retail consumers.

About Sun Microsystems.

A singular vision -- "The Network Is The Computer" -- guides Sun in the development of technologies that power the world's most important markets. Sun's philosophy of sharing innovation and building communities is at the forefront of the next wave of computing: the Participation Age. Sun can be found in more than 100 countries and on the Web at http://sun.com.

 Sean Byrnes (415) 379-9956 Contact via http://www.marketwire.com/mw/emailprcntct?id=FD8489996BE88AE0  

SOURCE: Flurry, Inc.

Source: MARKET WIRE

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