LINE camera exceeds 30M downloads

TOKYO, April 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- LINE Corporation announced that the total download figure for LINE's official camera app, LINE camera, exceeded 30M today.

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This easy-to-use camera app allows users to edit and decorate photos taken with or saved on their smartphones, then share their finished creations with their LINE friends and groups, as well as other users across a range of SNS services.

On April 2, LINE's Stamp Shop was opened globally, enabling users to purchase stamps featuring Disney characters, Hello Kitty, Snoopy, and other popular characters in addition to the LINE characters. The app became the top grossing app in the Camera category of Google play in 45 countries, including Japan, Thailand, India, Belgium, Finland, South Africa, Kenya, and many more. It achieved the same at the App stores in 12 countries, including Japan, Malaysia, Vietnam and China. From this, it can be seen that LINE camera is well received by users all around the world.

Even after this, LINE camera continued to improve, adding new editing features much to the delight of its users. The app has continued to grow in popularity and has exceeded the 30M downloads mark.

LINE Corporation has stated that it will provide more integrated services and contents including those for LINE camera to stimulate communication between its users.

About LINE
LINE is a smartphone app which allows users to enjoy free calls and messages to one another, both nationally and internationally, regardless of which mobile network provider they are using. Launched in June 2011 by NHN, LINE has more than 100 million users worldwide. It has also been ranked no. 1 in 41 countries in the free app category including Japan, Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Thailand, Malaysia, Macau, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Jordan, Israel, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, Cambodia, Kazakhstan, Russia, Belarus and Latvia. LINE carries various unique features such as 'instant translation service,' 'Official Accounts' that enable users to interact with famous public figures, 'Timeline and Home' to share recent updates with friends, 'Shake it,' a fun way of exchanging ids and many 'Emoji/Stickers/Emoticons.'  For more information visit: http://line.naver.jp/en/ .

About NHN Corporation
NHN Corporation is Korea's premier Internet company, operating the nation's top search portal, Naver (www.naver.com) the leading online game portal, Hangame (www.hangame.com) the nation's largest children's portal, Jr. Naver (jr.naver.com), Korea's first online donation portal, Happybean (happybean.naver.com) and microblog service Me2DAY (http://me2day.net/).Starting from the two business pillars of search and games, NHN has rolled out a wide range of innovative and convenient online services that enable people to enjoy their lives. NHN outgrew the confines of the national borders. Not only did we build a good reputation in Japan but it also set up NHN USA, forging toward becoming a world-class internet company. The key mission is to connect users with the best quality services. For more information visit: http://www.nhncorp.com/nhnen/index.nhn .

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