Hands-On Mobile


Hands-On Mobile is a wireless entertainment company, established in 2001.
The company develops, publishes and distributes mobile content via network operators and portals. It offers its content in or via Java ME, BREW, SMS, MMS, and WAP in English, French, Italian, Spanish, German, Portuguese, Czech, Chinese and Korean.
Hands-On Mobile is a private company headquartered in San Francisco, California. It has further offices in San Diego, London and Manchester, Madrid, Paris, Munich, Beijing and Shanghai, and São Paulo.
Hands-On Mobile's investors include eFund, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, General Catalyst Partners, Institutional Venture Partners and Bessemer Venture Partners.

History

Hands-On Mobile was founded by Daniel Kranzler, a wireless industry executive and entrepreneur. Hands-On Mobile grew organically as well as through business combination when it acquired several leading mobile entertainment developer and technology companies: nGame Ltd and Blue Beck of the UK, Mobilemode Ltd European operations, FingerTwitch, and two mobile entertainment content development companies in China.
In 2008, Hands On sold its Korean operations to EA, and sold its European operations to Connect 2 Media.
Then in 2010 Hands On sold its US applications business to GoTV.

Senior officers

Notable customers

, Sprint/Nextel, T-Mobile, Verizon Wireless, Alltel, US Cellular, Bell Mobility,

Notable media partners

, Billboard, CBS, NASCAR, NBA, and World Poker Tour.

Published applications

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