nuTsie Music Service Provides Access to iTunes Music on Popular BlackBerry Pearl and BlackBerry Curve Series Smartphones

nuTsie, a leader in mobile and online music,today announced the immediate commercial availability of their mobile musicservice on BlackBerry smartphones from Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ: RIMM) (TSX: RIM), including the popular BlackBerry® Pearl(TM) andBlackBerry® Curve(TM) Series smartphones. nuTsie for BlackBerry can now bepurchased at nuTsie.com or from leading mobile software purveyor Handmark.

nuTsie allows anyone to listen totheir iTunes music and playlists in hi-fi quality on their BlackBerrysmartphone, PC or other mobile phone, as well as listen to recommendedmusic based on their playlists, explore other users' playlists and sharemusic with friends.

"nuTsie on BlackBerry was a huge success in beta and we're excited to bringthis service to even more people through a commercial launch," said DaveDederer, Vice President of Business Development at Melodeo and foundingmember of the GRAMMY-nominated, multi-platinum rock band The Presidents ofthe United States of America. "nuTsie offers BlackBerry owners an easy,inexpensive way to access their iTunes libraries on the go and to hear newmusic from other users' playlists. We're also rolling out a new featurefor the commercial launch on BlackBerry: a superior recommendation engine,which gets to know your iTunes collection and makes suggestions based onhundreds or thousands of data points. Very cool, proprietary and unique tonuTsie."

nuTsie is available immediately for a one-time fee of $19.99 that coversall-you-can-eat music for the life of the device or for a monthlysubscription fee of $3.99.

Two new complimentary nuTsie products to be released later this month willallow seamless integration with iTunes and Facebook.

nuTsie parent company Melodeo, Inc.'s mobile entertainment services nowreach more than 50 million wireless customers through distribution dealsand customer relationships with Alltel, AT&T, SunCom, T-Mobile, Danger,Motorola, Rogers Wireless in Canada, 3 in the UK and Ireland, China Unicom,Sony BMG Music Entertainment and Warner Music Group in China; TDC inDenmark, Korean Telecom Freetel (KTF) in Korea and M1 in Singapore.Melodeo's mobile entertainment services are compatible with the majority ofmobile handsets on the market.

About Melodeo, Inc.

Melodeo, Inc. is a leader in delivering music and other media to the Weband mobile devices. Throughproducts such as nuTsie and Mobilcast, Melodeo combines powerful content, asimple user interface and access to any device, making it easy to enjoy andshare entertainment with family and friends anytime and anyplace.Web sites: http://www.nutsie.com, http://www.melodeo.com,http://www.mobilcast.com

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For more information on nuTsie (press-only), please contact:
Nate Murphy
Melodeo, Inc.
(206) 812-4325
nmurphy@melodeo.com