Qualcomm Incorporated has announced growing momentum for its Snapdragon(TM) platform with leading software developers. Companies leading in mobile operating system, multimedia player, social networking application and productivity tools development are now writing applications for devices based on the Company's Snapdragon chipsets. Consumers will soon be able to benefit from a wide range of valuable, innovative applications on smartphones and smartbooks enabled by Snapdragon, scheduled to become commercially available beginning this summer.

"Creative and powerful applications are a key part of the type of next-generation user experience Qualcomm is enabling with its Snapdragon platform," said Luis Pineda, senior vice president of marketing and product management at Qualcomm CDMA Technologies. "We are pleased to have so many innovative and leading-edge developers now writing software for Snapdragon-based devices, which will include not only the industry's most advanced smartphones but also a new category of smartbooks that deliver an experience fundamentally different than anything else on the market today."

Software developers now supporting Snapdragon chipsets include those developing:

• Digital media services: Zinio
• Multimedia players: RealNetworks, Inc.(R), Bluestreak and Varia Mobile
• Operating systems: Phoenix Technologies, ThunderSoft and Xandros
• Productivity applications: Haansoft, Remoba
• Social networking applications: Conveneer
• System integration services: Bsquare, Movial