Kyocera Partners with Gaming Companies Sorrent and Taito

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Kyocera Wireless announced it will partner with wireless gaming companies Sorrent and Taito to sell Kyocera phones with preloaded games. A variety of handset makers already offer preloaded games.

They announced at the 2005 E3 Expo collaborative agreements to bring some of the gaming industry's most popular titles to Kyocera mobile phones, significantly enhancing the gaming experience for Kyocera customers. As a result of these relationships, games from Sorrent and Taito will be available on several Kyocera phones as pre-loaded applications or downloads over BREW or Java with select CDMA wireless service carriers.

Sorrent brings a vast portfolio of critically-acclaimed mobile entertainment to Kyocera phones, featuring games and content based on original and licensed properties from leading worldwide brands. Sorrent titles are available to more than 800 million mobile subscribers via 90 wireless carriers worldwide, across platforms including Java, BREW and i-mode.

At the forefront of mobile phone developments, Taito has aggressively pursued and promoted the deployments for mobile content business overseas and its games have been successfully provided for carriers around the globe.

Kyocera Wireless is committed to making the wireless phone user experience as simple as possible, including casual or heavy use of entertainment features such as music, video, and games on Kyocera cell phones. The company offers a variety of phone platforms for all types of users, as well as a full line of accessories including the Kyocera K500 Gamepad for a more console-like gaming experience on cell phones.

Kyocera Wireless will be demonstrating several games on its Slider Remix KX5 wireless phone and the K500 Gamepad at several partner booths throughout E3. For more information about the Kyocera K500 Gamepad, please visit www.kyocera-wireless.com/gamepad.