Sophia Systems Announces WATCHPOINT Debugger for BREW Applications.

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San Mateo, California - May 28, 2008 - Sophia Systems Co., Ltd. a wholly owned
subsidiary company of Sophia Holdings (Sophia), (JSD:6942), an integrated system
maker of microprocessor development systems and debuggers, today announced the
release of WATCHPOINT Debugger for BREW(R) applications, developed to support the
creation of advanced mobile content applications.

The WATCHPOINT Debugger for BREW has the ability to debug applications at the
source code level via cooperation with Qualcomm's Component Services Debugger on
the portable terminal. The WATCHPOINT Debugger features include the ability to
debug on the actual BREW handset allowing the developer to better understand real
behavior about timing, interrupts, memory resources, hardware resources and ARM
instructions. By using these WATCHPOINT Debugger features, application developers
will be able to locate, analyze and fix their applications during testing in a timely manner.
"By using WATCHPOINT Debugger for BREW, application publishers and developers
will be able to quickly debug their applications and increase time to market of their
BREW applications," said Tasuku Kashihira, president, International Division, Sophia.

  • Sophia Systems Co., Ltd.
    Sophia Systems Co., Ltd. was founded in 1975 and recently transferred to "Sophia Systems Preparatory Co., Ltd." Sophia Systems Co., Ltd. is now a 100% subsidiary company of Sophia Holdings Co., Ltd. Sophia Systems and has been playing the role of a leader in the embedded system area consistently throughout 30+ years and has continued to supply comprehensive development solutions on the basis of microcomputer development support devices.
    Sophia Systems is working in close cooperation with major companies engaged in embedded development. Furthermore, it is always making efforts to form a new partnership with companies that have advanced technology.
    Sophia Systems has its business locations in Tokyo and Osaka, Japan. Overseas, it also has a sales agent network in North America, Asia, the Middle East and Europe.
    For detailed information of Sophia Systems, please refer to the Websites, http://www.sophia-systems.com (in English) or http://www.sophia-systems.co.jp (in Japanese).


Contact for inquiry:

Sophia Systems Co., Ltd.
Planning Marketing Group, Marketing Promotion Dept.
Phone number: 044-989-7245; FAX number: 044-989-7014
E-Mail: market@sophia-systems.co.jp
http://www.sophia-systems.co.jp

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