BEATNIK POWERS POLYPHONIC RINGTONES ON THE
NOKIA 3510

Next generation audio comes to mass market phones
powered by the Beatnik Audio Engine™ software solution

Hannover, Germany - March 13, 2002 - Beatnik, Inc., a leading provider of open, standards-based structured audio software solutions for mobile devices, today announced that the Nokia 3510, Nokia's first polyphonic ringtone-capable mobile phone, will incorporate the Beatnik Audio Engine™ (BAE™) as the core sound engine for audio on the handset. Beatnik's support for open standards, such as MIDI and SP-MIDI, allows content developers to create ringtones and advanced audio elements for games, user interface alerts and multimedia messages.

The BAE player embedded in the 3510 is the latest solution to be developed by Beatnik in partnership with Nokia. Beatnik has already demonstrated the BAE solution running on a number of other Nokia devices, including the Nokia 9210 Communicator and the Nokia 9290 Communicator. Beatnik's flexible software technology can be applied across a range of mobile phones and PDAs, offering significant cost reductions to manufacturers over alternative hardware-based MIDI solutions.

"Despite their limited audio quality and range, customisable ringtones have generated considerable revenue for service providers," said Thomas Dolby Robertson, Founder and Chief Beatnik. "The BAE running on the 3510 dramatically improves the quality of these tones, making them sound much closer to the sample-rich sounds of today's pop and dance music. This can also benefit network operators by enabling them to rapidly turn on new revenue streams, through the provision of advanced audio services."

Full technical specifications of the Nokia 3510 and details of its audio capabilities may be found at www.nokia.com.

Development tools for the creation of advanced polyphonic ring tones and audio content are available from www.beatnik.com and www.forum.nokia.com. Forum Nokia is the online service for developers of mobile applications worldwide.

About Beatnik, Inc.
Beatnik licenses scalable, standards-based structured audio software solutions for mobile devices, which enable rich multimedia content delivery and an enhanced user experience for games and device interaction. Beatnik markets its core software technology and audio content development tools to mobile device manufacturers and a community of creative professionals. Incorporated in 1996, Beatnik was founded by musician and composer Thomas Dolby Robertson.

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