| Press Release: ZVUE teams up with eMusic |
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| Written by Rodney Reynolds | |
| Wednesday, 12 April 2006 | |
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"SAN FRANCISCO - April 12, 2005 - HandHeld Entertainment( (OTC BB: HNDH), the maker of the ZVUE(tm) family of mass-market portable media players, as well as its own associated online video and music content store, today announced that it has teamed with eMusic, the world's largest digital retailer of independent music, to offer free eMusic downloads to new owners of the ZVUE portable media player." ~emusic.com
All songs in eMusic's 1.2 million-track music catalog are available to HandHeld Entertainment customers under this promotion by visiting www.emusic.com/zvue. eMusic, second only to iTunes in number of downloads sold, offers the world's largest collection of independent music ever assembled, with more than 4,000 labels and more than one million tracks from the likes of Bjork, Johnny Cash, Ray Charles, Coldplay, Danger Doom, Miles Davis, The Donnas, Jerry Garcia, Ben Lee, My Morning Jacket, Nine Inch Nails, The Pixies, Spoon, Tom Waits, Lucinda Williams and many others. "What do ColdPlay, Johnny Cash and Ray Charles have in common with Bjork and Nine Inch Nails? They, and thousands of other leading artists like them, can all now jam in your hand if you're a ZVUE owner," said Jeff Oscodar, president and chief executive officer of HandHeld Entertainment. "Through this collaboration, new and current ZVUE owners can choose to download free tracks from more than a million MP3s at eMusic. And, as the only major digital music service to deliver music in the universally recognizable MP3 format, eMusic is fully compatible with the ZVUE." The content arrangement with eMusic bolsters the already large selection of music and video content that can be purchased at ZTV, HandHeld Entertainment's digital content download store at www.zvue.com. About the ZVUE Available today in more than 1,800 Wal-Mart stores around the United States, the $99 ZVUE plays videos and MP3 files available from the ZVUE.com download store and also lets users view digital pictures from a digital camera or home video from a camcorder. The ZVUE offers full-color video and clear audio sound that gives users a robust, on-the-go digital experience when coupled with downloadable content from the ZVUE Web site. About HandHeld Entertainment, Inc. HandHeld Entertainment is a digital-media-to-go company with a family of mass-market portable media players priced at mass-market prices as well as its own online video content store. Its ZVUE portable media players are available for purchase online and in more than 1,800 retail locations across the United States, while portable video lovers can visit ZTV (HandHeld Entertainment's video content store at www.zvue.com) to buy pay-per-download videos or download thousands of free media titles. For more information, visit www.hheld.com or call 415-495-6470.                              |