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kannuu Receives Coveted Technology Innovation Award in Nokia's 'Mobile Rules! 08' Competition

kannuu Chosen for Best Mobile Multimedia Experience by Panel of Industry Experts

SAN FRANCISCO, /PRNewswire/ -- kannuu(TM), the global leader
in lookup technology, announced that it has received a prestigious
Technology Innovation Award for Best Mobile Multimedia experience. Being
selected by a panel of world-renowned industry leading technology judges in
Nokia's annual Mobile Rules! competition, further extends kannuu's critical
role as essential innovators in the mobile environment. For more
information visit: http://www.kannuu.com.

Announced in the heart of Silicon Valley at an exclusive Mobile Rules!
08 Awards Ceremony at San Jose City Hall, the Mobile Rules! awards
recognize the leaders among emerging mobile applications, technologies and
business models that are creating new value, new revenue and exciting
services and applications for mobile workforces and the mobile lifestyle.

Sponsored by Nokia in conjunction with other leading companies and
organizations in the mobility industry, this world leading competition
recognizes and honors entrepreneurs, technologies, applications and
services at the cutting-edge in the mobile environment. The second annual
Mobile Rules! competition culminates an eight-month selection process from
among hundreds of entries in three competition tracks in the areas of
mobile technology innovations and applications. This year's landmark win
for kannuu, further extends the importance of an accurate, fail-safe mobile
search solution.

kannuu's superiority in Technology Innovation for the best Mobile
Multimedia Experience was judged on the basis of ingenuity and excellence
in technology development, that will drive future innovations in
miniaturization, and enhanced performance in mobile devices designed for
the consumer and business market. Advancing mobile search, kannuu's
powerful and precise Partial Word Completion(TM) technology empowers users
with the critical ability to find, instead of search. Enhancing access to
the vast array of mobile services and innovation, users are no longer
limited by the traditional keypad/keyboard. Using kannuu, it is impossible
to spell a word incorrectly, if it is in the database kannuu will find it.
Whether it's a contact on the phone, a song in a music library, or a
location on the Web, kannuu's technology finds exact results -- without the
frustrations associated with "searching," in the mobile environment.

"Nokia congratulates kannuu for having been chosen a Best Technology
Innovation Award winner in the Mobile Rules! 08 competition," said Juha
Lampela, Director, Productization Technology Management, Nokia. "By
encouraging innovative technology solutions from emerging companies and
developers around the globe, Nokia's annual Mobile Rules! competition aims
to help drive the miniaturization, enhanced performance and green
technologies that are the future in mobile devices and services."

"We are thrilled to be recognized by Nokia as Best Technology
Innovation in the Mobile Multimedia Experience category," said Sean-Michael
Daley, CEO of kannuu. "The winners of this year's competition are the
undisputed industry leaders; and this win further solidifies our position
as a global leader in mobile content discovery, which will profoundly
impact both peoples' lives and their businesses."

kannuu was awarded by a jury comprised of representatives of Nokia and
other Mobile Rules! 08 sponsors from among three finalists in the Mobile
Multimedia Experience category. The Best Mobile Multimedia Experience award
carries a prize that includes the right to negotiate solution development
and product creation with Nokia and other competition sponsors and
participation in an Innovation Expo to be held at Nokia headquarters in
Espoo, Finland.

About Forum Nokia

Nokia's global developer program, Forum Nokia connects developers to
tools, technical information, support, and distribution channels they can
use to build and market applications around the globe. From offices in the
U.S., Europe, Japan, China, and Singapore, Forum Nokia provides technical
and business development support to developers and operators to assist them
in achieving their goal of successfully launching applications and services
to consumers and enterprises. More information is available at
http://www.forum.nokia.com.

About kannuu:

A privately funded company, kannuu unveiled its patented technology at
DEMOfall 2007. The leaders in lookup innovation, kannuu distributes its
application globally through strategic licensing partnerships. kannuu, the
world's fastest and most accurate lookup technology, has set a new standard
in defining how content is accessed in the mobile and device environment.
kannuu -- Stop Searching, Start Finding.

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