LineFusion has chosen China as its launch pad for the worlds first Virtual MMS Camera Application

LineFusion, a leading mobile applications developer in Asia, announced today that it has concluded an agreement with Newpalm, the mobile applications unit of chinadotcom, to launch a new MMS service based on its iSnapper Virtual MMS Camera application.

Singapore, July 11, 2003 – LineFusion, a leading mobile applications developer in Asia, announced today that it has concluded an agreement with Newpalm, the mobile applications unit of chinadotcom, to launch a new MMS service based on its iSnapper Virtual MMS Camera application.

iSnapper is a virtual PC camera. It allows user to snap" any image on the PC screen, and send it as a MMS message to mobile phones. It works like a digital camera. User could also add text and audio to be part of the MMS message. Unlike MMS photo albums, iSnapper does not require its users to visit a web site. It is a pervasive application that brings instant gratification to users. In addition to MMS, iSnapper also support Nokia Picture Message, Nokia Operator Logo, and EMS Picture Message formats.

With just 2 clicks, iSnapper makes it so simple and interesting for anyone to create and send MMS messages," said H. K. Cheong, Managing Director of LineFusion. We believe iSnapper will provide a lot of fun to users who can now select their own content from the Internet."

John Xiao, Chief Executive Officer of Newpalm (China) Information Technology Co., Ltd., said, We are very excited to launch iSnapper in China. It is our commitment to provide creative and value added mobile services to our users in China. We expect to see a large number of our users downloading the virtual camera from chinadotcom portal when we launch the iSnapper service".

China is the single largest mobile communications market in the world with more than 200 million mobile phone users. With 2 billion short messages transmitted in China through GSM handsets a month, it is a natural choice to launch iSnapper which enhance simple SMS while heralding in MMS for the mass market.

Contact Information (1)
LineFusion Pte Ltd
http://www.linefusion.com

Jack Ng
Business Manager
jack@linefusion.com
Mobile Tel: (65) 96821123

Contact Information (2)
Newpalm (China) Information Technology Co., Ltd.
http://www.newpalm.com

Pan Jun
Product Director
panjun@email.newpalm.com
Mobile Tel: (86) 8580 3377

About LineFusion Pte Ltd
LineFusion is a developer and provider of mobile solutions and premium rate services. Its mission is to harness new capabilities in mobile networks and devices to deliver rich content and innovative applications with excellent user experience to mobile users. It is headquartered in Singapore. LineFusion is the developer of JustYak Chat mobile Instant Messaging (IM) application, the first mobile instant messaging service that supports Nokia Series 40 phones

About Newpalm (China) Information Technology Co., Ltd.
Newpalm is a wholly-owned subsidiary of hongkong.com Corporation, a mobile applications and portal arm and 81%-owned subsidiary of chinadotcom.
Newpalm is a leading mobile Internet technology and application services provider. Its products and services enable carriers and enterprises to deploy a broad range of wireless applications in a speedy and cost-effective manner as well as empower mobile subscribers with instant access to time-sensitive, personalized services. Newpalm also offers a complete range of WAP- and SMS-based services to mobile end-users based on their needs and preferences including personalized information, entertainment, games, mobile commerce, location-based services and more.