Macromedia and Symbian team to bring Macromedia Flash Player to Symbian OS

Companies working together to provide a platform for delivery of rich business applications and content on mobile devices

Las Vegas, Comdex - November 12, 2001 - Macromedia, Inc. (NASDAQ: MACR) and Symbian today announced a technology partnership to bring the Macromedia Flash Player to Symbian OS. The close relationship between Macromedia and Symbian will provide a technology and marketing framework for the companies to jointly develop Macromedia Flash Player for Symbian OS phones. As a part of this relationship, Macromedia has become a Symbian Technology Partner.

Macromedia
"Macromedia Flash offers device manufacturers and content providers the ability to deliver rich, compelling content on their device platforms," said Peter Goldie, general manager, Macromedia. "This partnership enables Symbian OS licensees to tap into more than one million Macromedia Flash developers who will be able to create content for their devices."

Symbian
"Symbian OS enables handset manufacturers to combine voice communications, wireless Internet access and computing functionality for open, advanced mobile phones," said Gilles Allain, VP Account Management and Partnerships, Symbian. "This agreement enables one million Macromedia third party developers to deliver new and existing content for a radically new medium."

About Symbian

Symbian supplies an operating system - Symbian OS - to the world's leading mobile phone manufacturers enabling them to create mobile phones which combine voice communications, wireless Internet access and computing functionality. Sony Ericsson, Nokia and Psion are already shipping Symbian OS phones and PDAs. Other companies developing next generation mobile phones on Symbian OS include Kenwood, Motorola, Panasonic, Sanyo and Siemens.

About Macromedia

Macromedia is passionate about what the web can be. Its award-winning products empower designers and developers to efficiently create and deliver the most engaging experiences on the web, and enable innovative Internet business applications. Headquartered in San Francisco, Macromedia has more than 1,500 employees worldwide and is available on the Internet at .

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