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HandHeld Entertainment Appoints Recognized Industry Analyst to Board; Addition of Outside Director Puts Company in Full Compliance with NASDAQ Regulations
Recognized by The Wall Street Journal as the No. 1 Application Software Analyst in 2001, Austrian brings more than 20 years of technology experience to the HandHeld Entertainment board, including senior positions with Banc of America Securities, Morgan Stanley and Lehman Brothers, among others. As an analyst, Austrian covered many of the world’s leading software companies, such as Microsoft, Oracle, SAP and others. Austrian currently serves as Chief Executive Officer of Brown & Herbranson Imaging, a leading provider of 3-D software databases of both human anatomy and human dentition.
During his career, Austrian has worked as
· Managing Director, senior software analyst at Banc of America Securities, a division of Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) (1996 to 2004);
· Vice President, senior software analyst, applications and infrastructure at Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) (1993 to 1996); and
· Vice President, software and small capitalization technology analyst at Lehman Brothers (1991 and 1993).
Austrian received his Master’s degree with honors in Business Administration from Stern School of Business at New York University and his Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Colgate University.
“I am thrilled to have Bob join our board,” said Jeff Oscodar, president and CEO of HandHeld Entertainment. “His experience analyzing the strategies of some of the world’s largest software and networking companies will serve us well as we enter our next phase of growth. With his extensive background in technology and financial analysis, Bob is an immediate strategic asset for our company and further strengthens our core leadership.”
“Given the company’s recent acquisitions of several user-generated content Web sites, and the current and future ZVUE™ product line, I look forward to contributing to HandHeld Entertainment’s ongoing success and unfolding growth strategy,” Austrian said.
About the ZVUE
HandHeld Entertainment’s ZVUE line of portable media players is available in approximately 2,000 Wal-Mart stores throughout the United States, as well as through other retailers and on the Internet. The SRP $99 (US) ZVUE plays videos and MP3 files and also allows users to view digital pictures from a digital camera or home video from a camcorder. HandHeld Entertainment also supplies Wal-Mart and InMotion Entertainment with the ZVUE MP3 player, an MP3 player pre-loaded with 30 of the top songs from 2006.
About HandHeld Entertainment, Inc.
HandHeld Entertainment is a digital-media-to-go company with a network of Web sites containing premium video and free downloadable media selections, including ZVUE.com™, the Free STUFF! section of ZVUE.com, as well as from Dorks.com™, FunMansion.com™ and YourDailyMedia.com™. Additionally, its ZVUE family of portable media players is available at mass-market prices in Wal-Mart stores across the United States. HandHeld Entertainment’s common stock and warrants are traded on the NASDAQ Capital Market (ZVUE, ZVUEW) and Boston Stock Market (HDE, HDEW). For more information, visit www.hheld.com/ir or call 415-495-6470.
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HandHeld Entertainment, ZVUE, ZVUE.com, Dorks.com, FunMansion.com and YourDailyMedia.com, are trademarks of HandHeld Entertainment. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners.
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