Handango - The Original App Store - Celebrates 10-Year Anniversary With Revamped Web Site Offering Seamless Shopping Experience
LAS COLINAS, -- Handango, Inc. ("Handango"), the leading provider of smartphone applications globally, celebrates its 10th anniversary this year boasting the largest catalog of smartphone apps and a revamped website (Handango.com) making it easier for users to search and download content. With more than 140,000 applications to choose from, Handango is the unparalleled original app store. Handango's consummate content expertise has attracted numerous mobile industry partners including Microsoft, AT&T, Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile, Alltel, Nokia, Research In Motion, Sony Ericsson, Samsung, AOL, The Carphone Warehouse and Best Buy among others.
Handango has become the leading global smartphone applications provider boasting the following:
Conducted over 100 million downloads with an average PAID order value of more than $20 per application
Supports nearly 1,000 devices
Supports 8 different operating systems
Global sites in 14 languages and 16 currencies
Customers in more than 200 countries
140,000 applications from over 23,000 content partners
The site was redesigned to welcome the growing number of smartphone owners, making it easier for them to find and choose applications that will benefit their mobile lifestyle. The new site features an inviting look and feel and streamlined, cleaner navigation with tools that recommend relevant applications based on the customer's preference and a more intuitive device selector to help ensure applications are compatible with a users' smartphone. To top it off, Handango is thanking its customers with a special "Shiny New Apps for Your Shiny New Smartphone" promotion to celebrate the launch of the revamped website, Handango.com.
"In a fragmented marketplace, we wanted to make it as easy as possible for smartphone users to search and download content. We know consumers traditionally search for new applications when they first purchase their phones so the new website features couldn't have come at a better time as so many new smartphones hit the market," said Bill Stone, CEO, Handango. "As the demand for applications continues to balloon, we look forward to another successful decade as the original smartphone app store where customers can find virtually any and all content for their devices."
Handango was founded in 1999 as PalmCentral.com, to provide third-party software for personal digital assistants. Once smartphone devices emerged, the name was changed to Handango. Over the last decade, Handango has welcomed applications from all operating systems including Windows Mobile Smartphone and Pocket PC, Palm, Symbian S60 and UIQ, BlackBerry and most recently for the Android Market.
Since its launch, Handango has gone from a single distribution channel (the Web) to reaching millions of customers through Handango's In Hand on device portal, via the mobile Web and through its affiliates and channel partners. In the first half of 2008, Handango added more than 370 developer partners to its roster of more than 23,000. Handango's catalog now exceeds 140,000 apps spanning numerous categories including Entertainment, Games, Productivity, Business & Professional, Utilities, Travel, Health & Fitness and more.
About Handango
Handango is the leading provider of smartphone applications globally for the BlackBerry(R), Palm(R), Windows Mobile(R), Symbian OS(R), and Linux platforms. Leveraging its 140,000+ apps, network of 23,000+ content partners, and vast distribution network, Handango delivers top-selling mobile applications including games, business and entertainment apps and productivity tools to millions of consumers. Applications can be downloaded via www.handango.com, partner Web sites, SD cards and Handango's proprietary on-device catalog, InHand, the industry's leading content delivery platform that allows consumers to purchase mobile apps directly from their smartphone and download them over the air. Handango's unparalleled content expertise has attracted numerous mobile industry partners including Microsoft, Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile, Alltel, AT&T, and AOL. For more information, visit http://corp.handango.com.
Handango has become the leading global smartphone applications provider boasting the following:
Conducted over 100 million downloads with an average PAID order value of more than $20 per application
Supports nearly 1,000 devices
Supports 8 different operating systems
Global sites in 14 languages and 16 currencies
Customers in more than 200 countries
140,000 applications from over 23,000 content partners
The site was redesigned to welcome the growing number of smartphone owners, making it easier for them to find and choose applications that will benefit their mobile lifestyle. The new site features an inviting look and feel and streamlined, cleaner navigation with tools that recommend relevant applications based on the customer's preference and a more intuitive device selector to help ensure applications are compatible with a users' smartphone. To top it off, Handango is thanking its customers with a special "Shiny New Apps for Your Shiny New Smartphone" promotion to celebrate the launch of the revamped website, Handango.com.
"In a fragmented marketplace, we wanted to make it as easy as possible for smartphone users to search and download content. We know consumers traditionally search for new applications when they first purchase their phones so the new website features couldn't have come at a better time as so many new smartphones hit the market," said Bill Stone, CEO, Handango. "As the demand for applications continues to balloon, we look forward to another successful decade as the original smartphone app store where customers can find virtually any and all content for their devices."
Handango was founded in 1999 as PalmCentral.com, to provide third-party software for personal digital assistants. Once smartphone devices emerged, the name was changed to Handango. Over the last decade, Handango has welcomed applications from all operating systems including Windows Mobile Smartphone and Pocket PC, Palm, Symbian S60 and UIQ, BlackBerry and most recently for the Android Market.
Since its launch, Handango has gone from a single distribution channel (the Web) to reaching millions of customers through Handango's In Hand on device portal, via the mobile Web and through its affiliates and channel partners. In the first half of 2008, Handango added more than 370 developer partners to its roster of more than 23,000. Handango's catalog now exceeds 140,000 apps spanning numerous categories including Entertainment, Games, Productivity, Business & Professional, Utilities, Travel, Health & Fitness and more.
About Handango
Handango is the leading provider of smartphone applications globally for the BlackBerry(R), Palm(R), Windows Mobile(R), Symbian OS(R), and Linux platforms. Leveraging its 140,000+ apps, network of 23,000+ content partners, and vast distribution network, Handango delivers top-selling mobile applications including games, business and entertainment apps and productivity tools to millions of consumers. Applications can be downloaded via www.handango.com, partner Web sites, SD cards and Handango's proprietary on-device catalog, InHand, the industry's leading content delivery platform that allows consumers to purchase mobile apps directly from their smartphone and download them over the air. Handango's unparalleled content expertise has attracted numerous mobile industry partners including Microsoft, Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile, Alltel, AT&T, and AOL. For more information, visit http://corp.handango.com.
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