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District Court for the Southern District of New York (Manhattan)(Reporting by Grant McCool; editing by Andre Grenon) U.S.. Leading Independent App Store Gives $100K Premium Placement to Contest WinnersLONDON & SAN MATEO, Calif.--(Business Wire)--GetJar today awarded the winners of the Adobe Flash Mobile Developer Contestwith $100,000 worth of premium placement on GetJar, the world`s largestindependent app store which has over 450 million downloads to date. The grandprize award winner, Flash Cell Ltd received $30,000 worth of maximum placementfor their app, "Microfilm," which will help them receive an optimal amount ofdownloads through GetJar. The contest was launched on February 16, 2009 at Mobile World Congress inBarcelona. Sponsored by Adobe, GetJar, and Thumbplay, the challenge helps fuelthe development of compelling mobile applications working with the Adobe FlashPlatform. Developers are encouraged to submit mobile applications in one of fivecategories: Lifestyle, Games, Infotainment, Social Networking and Sports.

Premium placement for the winners on GetJar means that the winning developerswill have their applications placed in either the "New & Cool," "Featured" or"Recommended" areas on GetJar and m.getjar for a duration equivalent tothe value of their cash prize. With only about 100 total slots available permonth, this gives each developer guaranteed visibility among the more than45,000 apps on GetJar that has over 10 million unique app hungry consumers in200 countries. Their apps will also be visible across all the channels GetJarworks with, including stores on Opera Mini, 3UK, Virgin Mobile (France),Vodafone (Ireland) " "Premium visibility on GetJar gives the developers of these great newapplications a quick and easy way for consumers to find and download theirapps," said Ilja Laurs, CEO of GetJar. "We fully support the developer communityand continually look for ways to partner with companies like Adobe to put greatopportunities like this in front of the developers themselves. Whether it`sAdobe Flash, Java, BREW or the iPhone, GetJar supports every developmentplatform out there." "As a provider of independent services for the mobile development community,GetJar made a great sponsor for the contest," said Mike Potter, senior productmarketing manager, Adobe Platform Business.

"We`re also proud to see the typesof rich, engaging applications the nominees were able to develop with Flashtechnology and hope they will do well on services like GetJar." Contest WinnersGrand Prize (US$15K) - "Microfilm" from Flash Cell Ltd - Watch the latest filmreleases, book tickets, rent and buy DVDs - Find out what your friends arewatching - Discover like minded neighbors - Browse through films using a tagcloud interface - Use genres and user generated tags to sort through films. People`s Choice (A copy of Adobe Creative Suite Master Collection) - "CubicRepublic" by IKS Mobile - Cubic Republic is a place of original and highlyinteractive quests. Intuitive game play makes it easy to grasp and simple toplay. Multiplayer gaming on different devices let you engage anytime, anywhere.Prepare for great cross-platform entertainment! Most Innovative (US$10K) - "Big Game Huntr" by Mobile Radicals - Alocation-based hunting game populated by user generated content based aroundcommunities of players. The premise of the game is to allow users to generatetheir own communities of hunts and promote social networking. Lifestyle Category (US$15K) - "Little Spender" by Ribot - The aim is to enableeven the most casual of Little Spenders to see where exactly their hard-earnedcash goes every month.

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