KTH Launches Kids' iPad Application 'Why? Kids Dinosaur'

Tuesday, 6 September 2011, 09:40 HKT/SGT

KTH increases its presence in global edutainment market for toddlers by rolling out 'Why? Kids Dinosaur' application; 'Why? Kids Dinosaur' helps children satisfy curiosity about dinosaur by seeing, listening and touching

SEOUL, S.KOREA, Sept 6, 2011 - (ACN Newswire) - KTH (KOSDAQ: 036030), a leading smart mobile company in Korea, launched today kids' application used for iPad, 'Why? Kids Dinosaur', that can help toddlers learn knowledge about dinosaur in more amusing and realistic way through interesting video stories and a variety of quizzes.

KTH Launches Kids' iPad Application 'Why? Kids Dinosaur'

'Why? Kids Dinosaur' is the second application for kids used for iPad following 'Why? Kids Poo' that has earned explosive popularity in the market for educational applications for children since its launch in February this year.

Unlike 2-D education animations that display only texts and pictures, the new 3-D 'Why? Kids Dinosaur' is designed to enable kids to learn knowledge about dinosaur using five senses, such as seeing, listening and touching, as it is equipped with various interactive functions and rich sound. Particularly, the strong and dynamic sound that expresses feature of 'dinosaur' provides 'lifelike' atmosphere that cannot be felt with texts and pictures.

The application of 'Why? Kids Dinosaur' is consisted of three parts, including 13 sheets of interaction cards featuring interesting stories of various subjects related to dinosaur that can stimulate curiosity of toddlers, a 'quiz' corner that can easily test knowledge gained from cards, and a 'bookcase' that includes box of dinosaur cards and 'my own dinosaur world'. Dinosaurs obtained through quizzes can be stored in the 'box of dinosaur cards' and use them for decorating the screen in 'my own dinosaur world'. And, parents can decorate pictures of their children stored in tablet PCs by putting dinosaur stickers on them as though children took pictures with dinosaurs. Through these processes, kids can be acquainted with knowledge about dinosaur using all senses, including sight, auditory sense and tactile sense, and they now can review the knowledge while enjoying the application like 'picture games'.

Lee Seung-hun, PM of edu-content team at KTH, said, "KTH will also provide iPhone and Android phone versions of 'Why? Kids Dinosaur' application soon, and it is preparing to launch 'Why? Kids Insect' that features episodes of insects, following 'Why? Kids Poo' and 'Why? Kids Dinosaur'. KTH will continuously roll out 'Why? Kids' application series to help toddlers with lively curiosity across the world learn science knowledge in three-dimensional way by seeing, listening and touching as they play games using smart devices."

Device requirements:
* Devices that can use the application: iOS (iPad)
* Versions that can use the application: iOS 3.2 or higher
* Capacity: iOS (iPad 310MB)

Pricing and availability

'Why Kids Dinosaur' is $3.99 and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in education category ( http://itunes.apple.com/app/whykids-dinosaur/id459036738?mt=8 ).

Meanwhile, as a leader in smart mobile market in Korea, KTH has launched a number of globally hit applications, including 'Pudding Camera', which was highly praised by 'Mashable', a prominent IT journal in the United States, and 'Pudding Face Recognition', a popular entertainment application provided in three language versions, including Korean, Chinese and Japanese. In particular,'Why? Kids Poo' and 'Why? Kids Dinosaur' were recognized to have achieved high degree of completion in quality in kids' edutainment application market in Korea as they ranked first for the longest period of time in paid application segment of the Korea App Store. KTH is headquartered in Seoul, Korea with about 560 employees. For more information on KTH, please visit www.kthcorp.com .

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