Anyone know if this stock is going to rocket?

Superscape's Swerve 3D Features at 3G Mobile World Forum 2004 - 13-16th January 2004 Tokyo
SAN CLEMENTE, California, January 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Superscape
plc (LSE: SPS), specialists in the development of industry standard 3D
technology to deliver console quality, over-the-air (OTA) games on mobile
phones, will be showing the latest additions to its portfolio at the 3G
Mobile World Forum to be held in Tokyo (13-16th January 2004). In addition
Dr. Mike Grant, Superscape's VP Marketing & Strategy, will be joining other
international conference speakers to give a paper entitled "Bringing global
mobile brands into mobile gaming."
Superscape is well-placed to discuss this subject: agreements with a
number of world class IP (intellectual property) and entertainment companies,
including Activision and Sony Pictures Mobile are enabling Superscape to
bring internationally recognised branded games to the global wireless
marketplace. Early examples of some of these games will be on show in Tokyo.
Superscape's Swerve 3D technology is the world's first commercially
available Mobile 3D Graphics API (JSR 184), the new award-winning
international standard ratified by the Java Standards Community for the
delivery of 3D on mobile devices. Swerve has also been recently extended to
provide support for the BREW platform from Qualcomm.
Comprising an engine (Swerve Client), authoring tools (Swerve Studio) and
an expending portfolio of games, Superscape's Swerve has been selected by
such industry giants as Siemens, Samsung and Motorola as their 3D enabling
technology of choice. The first Swerve-enabled handsets are already being
shipped in China with others coming to the market early in 2004.
Now in its third year, 3G Mobile World Forum provides an international
stage for the mobile industry and a meeting place for leading 3G pioneers.
About Superscape
Superscape specialises in industry standard 3D technology for wireless
environments. The company's Swerve technology is a complete solution
comprising a software-only 3D engine (Swerve Client), a powerful development
tool integrated into 3ds max (tm) (Swerve Studio) and a catalogue of 3D games
(Swerve Content) available for licensing. Key players such as ARM, Siemens,
Samsung, Motorola, THQ Wireless and SavaJe have already endorsed Swerve.
Superscape is quoted on the London Stock Exchange and has corporate
offices in Hook, Hampshire (UK) and San Clemente, California (USA).

Anyone know if Nokia are likely to sign up?

Excellent find moneyman (where did you find it??), I like this bit:

"The first Swerve-enabled handsets are already being shipped in China with others coming to the market early in 2004."

Wonderful and about bloody time!

stumac, Nokia is the only missing manufacturer, but I'm sure they will be on board soon....

skids - just read one of Wisam63's bear points (posted by Moneyman 2/1/2004) in which he states that Nokia have decided to develop thier own client. If that is the case, i'm surprised its not been mentioned on this page before or have i missed something?!

real I subscibe to a news feed which gave me the information.

jmay there was discussion on ADVFN re Nokia and the fact that the likes of Samsung,Ericcsson and Motorolla were more into the gaming arena than Nokia.I do not know for sure but only a comment from another board.

jmayell - optimistically thinking, I can not see they'll be quick enough!
2006 is not that far away.....

all,

I can't see why nokia would decide to developer their own client! the swerve tech from SPS is based on Java and that has been accepted as the standard/way forward. i personally think nokia will have to use it or play catch-up. linked gaming using bluetooth could be a big market for the future (especially in asia), but i also see swerve being used to snazz-up the menu systems too.

skids

It would be nice to see some evidence that Nokia was using an alternative engine, they part sponsored the Java standard JSR184 which forms the basis for Swerve along with Superscape. The intuition is therefore that the two have already been in some form of negotiation. Also, as Superscape are developing for Sony, it would appear logical that a deal with Erricson shouldn't suprise. If, and it is a big if, Superscape signed both, this share would rise significantly. The premise being that it would have achieved the holy grail of a monopoly software supplier and IP holder in mobile telephony. Shareholders should see this potential as a bonus rather than given. The long term position for Superscape should be to develop Swerve as the defacto engine for developing software and pursue games development to generate long term revenues. Any agreement with a manufacturer in conjunction with Arm should be viewed as a very significant bonus but Citywire have quoted Superscape as implying that they are talking to Nokia!

ehall
i agree with your comments, but i would add that SPS could gain substantially from the Asian market. Mobile games are big in Japan and they don't use Nokia's that much! Nokia is the biggest supplier, and is probably the most used handsets in Europe, but games are huge in Asia. So whether or not Nokia is signed I think SPS future looks rosey.

Oh and the 3G Mobile World Forum is to be held in Tokyo (13-16th January 2004).

skids

I'm sure Mike Grant will be chatting to Jari Vaario ;-)

http://www.3gmobileforum.com/html/speakers.asp

Another day when the Nas rises to new highs.The UK tech sector has,to some extent,been left behind and is due a major rally. The possible upside to SPS makes it a definate BUY and hold at present levels.

Reckon we should see 35p offer again soon.

DUESSELDORF (AFX) - Nokia Corp is considering using its 12 bln eur war chest
to make acquisitions in the multimedia sector this year, the head of its
multimedia business, Anssi Vanjoki, said in an interview in the German magazine
WirtschaftsWoche to appear tomorrow.
"Acquisitions are always a possibility when you have the financial means.
Nokia has nearly 12 bln eur in the till," Vanjoki said.
He said any acquisitions would be concentrated in areas where Nokia does not
have scope for organic growth.
"In marketing, logistics and brand management, we do not need to buy because
we are already ahaed," he said.
"But why shouldn't we buy in (the areas of) technology or content? If an
acquisition would help us to get into a market more quickly, we will seize the
opportunity," he added.
Vanjiki said Nokia is targeting a profitable multimedia business by the
year-end, he said.
newsdesk@afxnews.com
yap/soe/ha/pav/jlw

?????? could it be SPS??? Anyone going to Tokyo on the 13-16 of this month?

The counter to any bid from a predator for SPS would be a bid by ARM. The premise by which ARM is so succesful in marketing it's chips are the additional functionalities offered. One of the major benefits of the ARM 9 core processor is that swerve is essentially embedded in the chip, this enables it to run games faster than any alternatives, requires less memory to run and to store the binaries. This is also why Superscape's technology has achieved so many licenses. Arm would not let superscape go without a fight and as a major holder with around 1% of the shares and supporter of the company in the recent fundraising, the two seem to have a very close bond!

NEW YORK (AFX) -- U.S stocks closed mixed with an upgrade from Intel helping
the Nasdaq Composite hit a 29-month high while blue chips ended the session
lower, dragged down by 3M, ExxonMobil and Altria. The Dow Jones Industrial
Average was down 12 points or 0.1 percent at 10,527, off an intraday low of
10,466. The Nasdaq Composite was up 20 points or 1 percent at 2,077, its best
level since August 2001. The S&P 500 was up 2 points or 0.2 percent at 1,126.
This story was supplied by CBSMarketWatch. For further information see
www.cbsmarketwatch.com

The first Swerved-up phone for the Chinese market? (Thanks to Paul Mason)

http://linuxdevices.com/articles/AT4481058519.html