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SAN DIEGO, Mar 6, 2002 - e.Digital to Design, Develop, Manufacture, and Deliver Eclipse-Branded
Products for Automotive Infotainment and Telematics Systems. Eclipse by Fujitsu Ten automotive audio and infotainment products and technology received prestigious Audio Sound Grand Prix Awards in 2000 and 2001. Eclipse is
the fastest growing brand in the car stereo aftermarket.
Oh ya... 51% owned by Toyota
http://www.investorshub.com/boards/read_msg.asp?message_id=294523
From the amended S3 - Also in March 2002, we announced that we had entered into a Development and Manufacturing Agreement with Eclipse by Fujitsu Ten, a car stereo company. Under the agreement, e.Digital will receive NRE fees for design and development services, as well as revenues for the manufacture and delivery of Eclipse-branded audio products. Specifically, the agreement provides that e.Digital will provide Eclipse by Fujitsu Ten with engineering services to integrate file management and compressed audio management technology designed by e.Digital into an advanced automotive audio system. Eclipse refers to their automotive audio system as an "infotainment" platform because it includes not only a radio and CD Player, but also may -
(i) connect wirelessly to the Internet to download music or other data,
(ii) store, organize, retrieve, and play back data, including digital audio files, from a hard disk drive,
(iii) connect wirelessly to a user's home personal computer while parked in the driveway for purposes of downloading and/or uploading music or other information,
(iv) record radio signals to a built-in hard disk drive as they are received and
(v) recognize the driver's voice commands to perform a variety of operations.
Prior to entering into the Development and Manufacturing Agreement, we had collaborated with Eclipse by Fujitsu Ten for several months to develop and deliver state-of-the-art automotive OEM and aftermarket infotainment systems integrating the latest digital audio, voice recognition, data storage, video, and wireless Internet technologies for sale under the Eclipse brand name. The first system was unveiled at the 2002 International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas January 8 -- 11.
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Isn't this fun....
Waiting - in a tek bear mrkt.
But, look at all the work we've done.
Nothing really left to say - but come on
DataPlay
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ck - thats not it, but was an email sent to a long.
Tin's saying same thing.
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China Pulls Ahead of Japan
http://cyberatlas.internet.com/big_picture/geographics/article/0,,5911_1013841,00.html
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Didn't we get an email from mgmt per treo/mxp or mos 3.0 doing this ? note underlined.
The DataPlay drives were greeted with enthusiasm at their debut at last year's CES. There, DataPlay demonstrated a number of prototype devices that use the tiny disks, which store up to 250MB of data on each side and can contain up to 11 hours of compressed digital music. A year later, we're still waiting for products using the DataPlay drive to ship. So what's the holdup?
"We had delays in transferring the micro-optical storage engine to high-volume production in our Far East facility," says DataPlay founder Steve Volk. "This rippled to the manufacturers and resulted in a delay." DataPlay discs slipped from their scheduled release in late 2001 to the anticipated spring 2002 introduction, he adds. "Our facility in China is now in volume production," Volk says.
With players nearing completion, new details are becoming available about how DataPlay discs will store music and data. When connected to your PC, DataPlay devices will use an Installable File System that makes them appear like any other removable storage drive. You'll be able to simply drag and drop files onto the discs.
However, when it comes to digital music files, the situation isn't quite that simple. If you copy a clean MP3 file to a DataPlay disc using Windows Explorer, you won't be able to play that file when the player is detached from your PC. However, if you copy the file through DataPlay's music manager application, it gets converted into an encrypted music file that the player will play.
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Will probably use handheld facilitators - damn i love that word.
SAN DIEGO, Mar 6, 2002 - e.Digital to Design, Develop, Manufacture, and Deliver Eclipse-Branded
Products for Automotive Infotainment and Telematics Systems. Eclipse by Fujitsu Ten automotive audio and infotainment products and technology received prestigious Audio Sound Grand Prix Awards in 2000 and 2001. Eclipse is
the fastest growing brand in the car stereo world.
http://www.investorshub.com/boards/read_msg.asp?message_id=294523
From the amended S3 - Also in March 2002, we announced that we had entered into a Development and Manufacturing Agreement with Eclipse by Fujitsu Ten, a car stereo company. Under the agreement, e.Digital will receive NRE fees for design and development services, as well as revenues for the manufacture and delivery of Eclipse-branded audio products. Specifically, the agreement provides that e.Digital will provide Eclipse by Fujitsu Ten with engineering services to integrate file management and compressed audio management technology designed by e.Digital into an advanced automotive audio system. Eclipse refers to their automotive audio system as an "infotainment" platform because it includes not only a radio and CD Player, but also may -
(i) connect wirelessly to the Internet to download music or other data,
(ii) store, organize, retrieve, and play back data, including digital audio files, from a hard disk drive,
(iii) connect wirelessly to a user's home personal computer while parked in the driveway for purposes of downloading and/or uploading music or other information,
(iv) record radio signals to a built-in hard disk drive as they are received and
(v) recognize the driver's voice commands to perform a variety of operations.
Prior to entering into the Development and Manufacturing Agreement, we had collaborated with Eclipse by Fujitsu Ten for several months to develop and deliver state-of-the-art automotive OEM and aftermarket infotainment systems integrating the latest digital audio, voice recognition, data storage, video, and wireless Internet technologies for sale under the Eclipse brand name. The first system was unveiled at the 2002 International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas January 8 -- 11.
Could Microsoft's .NET-based technologies include Mercury portability.
actualy - it's time based... lol Oh boy
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A DataPlay Partner - Oh yae...
Red Dot Net Mercury In-Store Music Preview System
Features:
New level of simplicity and ease for in-store music previews
Can be installed anywhere
8 inches in diameter and 4 inches deep
Touch screen and dial technology
Data provided by All Music Guide ("AMG")
Enabled for DataPlay and for digital downloads to SDMI compliant devices
Delivers sound samples, cover art, and other information
http://www.dataplay.com/jsp_files/en/whatsplaying/products.jsp?action=details
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OT - Not... ie., they can preview, but can they plug into portables.
RedDot is Being very quiet.
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Trans World Entertainment/FYE and Interactive Objects Launch New In-Store Multimedia Station
Bellevue, WA - October 24, 2001 - Interactive Objects 'iObjects' (OTC: OBJX), a leading designer of embedded software and hardware solutions for digital media appliances, and Trans World Entertainment Corporation (Nasdaq:TWMC), the nation's largest mall-based specialty music retailer, today announced the launch of Trans World's new Listening and Viewing Station (LVS) system at its flagship FYE store in Rockefeller Center, New York City.
The LVS system connects multimedia preview stations within any single store location to a Microsoft XP server that provides access to all of the songs and videos from the store's catalog of titles. Using Windows Media 8 technology to store and stream content, songs and videos can be accessed and previewed from any device at any time. The system will roll out to 21 stores in 5 major markets across the U.S. by the end of November and is part of an overall strategic initiative to re-brand the Company's 730 mall-based specialty stores and its web site under a single, unified brand, FYE (for your entertainment). The additional stores are scheduled for a phased rollout beginning in 2002.
The LVS device, which was designed by iObjects, is one of the first to support Microsoft's Windows Media 8 technology; incorporating both WMA audio and MPEG level 4 video playback. The device contains a UPC bar code scanner and content recognition software that matches bar code data with the content's metadata stored on a server. Shoppers simply scan any CD or DVD in the store to access a particular song or video. The LVS device also features a proximity-based recommendations engine that helps guide customers to similar content in the area surrounding the device.
"This system represents a major breakthrough in distributed media systems design," said Dennis Tevlin, President and CEO of iObjects. "We have created a low cost, state of the art system that can gracefully evolve to incorporate new features and services such as Microsoft's .NET-based technologies. The LVS system represents the vanguard of a new type of multimedia experience in retail, hospitality, exhibition and in-seat entertainment. Trans World is at the forefront of this revolution."
The re-branding initiative is the result of an 18-month in-depth analysis of the changing entertainment marketplace, the technology revolution and the emerging wired lifestyle, as well as extensive customer research. It is designed to drive sales and build brand equity by increasing the number and consistency of customer touchpoints and increasing efficiency in advertising and marketing functions. FYE will create a more relevant shopping experience for consumers, expanding product selection across the entertainment spectrum.
"Our objective is to leverage our expertise in music and entertainment to build long-lasting relationships with our customers, said Trans World Vice President of Marketing, Mark Hogan. "Our partnership with innovative technology companies such as iObjects helps move us closer towards achieving our goal of broadening our customer base while fully realizing the benefits of a multi-market, multi-channel strategy."
About Trans World/FYE
Trans World Entertainment is a leading specialty retailer of music and video products. The company operates retail stores, including 700 mall-based FYE locations in 46 states, the District of Columbia, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico and an e-commerce site, fye.com. Freestanding locations include FYE, Coconuts Music and Movies, Strawberries Music, Specs and Planet Music.
About Interactive Objects, Inc.
Interactive Objects is a leading designer of digital media appliances for the converging Internet, digital media, entertainment and consumer electronics markets. iObjects' flexible platform design allows it to develop a wide range of multimedia devices quickly and cost effectively. These include portable digital audio players, home jukebox systems, digital car stereos, Internet radios, home media servers, set top boxes, in-seat entertainment systems, commercial music systems, and media kiosk systems. iObjects provides consulting and custom product design services, and licenses its Dadio™ digital media operating system and Dharma™ digital media reference platform to leading consumer electronics companies worldwide.
Interactive Objects is headquartered at 12600 SE 38th, Suite 150, Bellevue, WA 98006, USA. Interactive Objects is listed on the OTC.BB under the symbol "OBJX" and on the "Third Segment" of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange under the symbol "IOX" and German securities code WKN: 913011. The Company can be reached on the web at http://www.iobjects.com/.
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OQO - Hmmm - thought that was Transmeta, some employees 2 oqo. tmta been channeling a buck/mo - 2.80 now.
Wireless XP thats interesting. if it does music - we might be in a world of hurt.
Crusoe™ Processor Model TM5800
Description
The Crusoe TM5800 processor is the low power successor to the TM5600. Based on new 0.13µm process technology, the TM5800 runs at speeds up to 800MHz while running significantly cooler than the TM5600. With the addition of the new CMS4.2 software and low power, high performance DDR memory the TM5800 can provide a boost in performance of up to 50%.
Average power for the TM5800 has been reduced over a wide range of PC applications with the latest version of LongRun® technology. By utilizing a new dynamically adaptive algorithm, LongRun is able to smooth out the power spikes and yet respond to real time applications in a timely fashion.
DDR DRAM
The Crusoe processors support DDR DRAM, which is the lowest power and highest performing memory for mobile applications. DDR offers a roughly 10-20% boost in performance while dropping power by up to 50% over standard SDRAM memory.
CMS 4.2
The newest version of Code Morphing software was tuned to be more power efficient and responsive to mobile users.
Operating System Solutions
The TM5800 was designed to run with the full suite of x86 compatible operating systems, including Microsoft Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows 2000 and the soon to be released Windows XP. The TM5800 was also designed to work optimally with Linux and Midori Linux Operating Systems.
Nitch markets.... Specialty markets. Portal lables rising on new artist new/old input to new mode - DP 802d to STBs n Wingcasted or Eclipt'd.... :)
Note all DP PR emphisis on Samsung and Toshiba.
They b playing out for best,. ie. that Toshiba DP vid/player - and any dockable Volin lokin concept designs, but , are they here?
Samsung design using Micro OS -
Folks.... we have the contractors pegged.
Good Deal e.DIGITAL - Lets see a lu/fon cpq medial pda
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murgirl ~ The DVD / Internet via quick quality DRM'd portability facilitating STBs & Telematics sounds exactly like what/why we be amongst them for...
Good Luck All... twomil - bell about done tolling
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Fraunhofer = Thompsons = RCA = Divx = e.Digital = nexGen Devices - n the codexecution porting to portables, TV n internet facilitation via various forms of secondary storage, ie., DP,MD,CF,SD n even sticky sony stuff. lol
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Q: Now really, isn't DivX™ video technology related to Microsoft in some way?
A: Well, other than being the highest-quality video technology available for Windows Media Player...no.
http://www.divx.com/support/faq.php
emit... take heed
It had a Motion Picture logo on it - believe it was the old Universal one....
maybe wrong...
probably be back - only better than ever, and with WWF on it and Artist Video clip. lol
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doni - Think IBM doing it also... but lookie
ViA's Mobile Language Translation System (MLTS) is a breakthrough in speech translation technology. The MLTS consists of ViA's patented Transmeta-based ViA II PC, a hand-held touch display along with ViA's language translation software, a microphone and body-worn speaker. ViA's bi-directional, free-speech language software, enables an English speaking person and a second person speaking a different language to converse. Because the system runs on ViA's wearable PC, users can translate speech anywhere.
http://www.via-pc.com/
iA was started in 1993 with one simple mission – to provide mobile, wireless technology solutions that increase productivity, efficiency and give people the ability to manage information whenever and wherever. What ViA’s founders realized was that mobile workers needed to be able to access information while they were in the field. After several years of development, ViA released its first wearable computer. The unique, flexible, yet rugged, body-worn design of ViA's wearable computer finally allowed workers to break away from their desks and truly be mobile. Today, ViA’s rugged, lightweight wearable computers are used by companies such as Northwest Airlines, Ford and GE Engine Services, Inc. for customer service, distribution, inspection and maintenance applications. ViA’s success has led the company to recently be named Minnesota’s Fastest Growing Technology Company in 2000 as part of Deloitte & Touche’s Fast 50 program and 82nd in their Fast 500 program. Long-term, ViA’s vision is to develop mobile, wireless computing technology solutions that cross the lines of work, home and play. The company is well on its way to realizing this vision. ViA’s partnerships with General Dynamics, Lernout & Hauspie and SyVox have led to many pioneering developments in wireless and speech-based technologies. And, the company’s innovative employees continually develop and secure new patents for wearable, wireless and mobile computing technologies, keeping ViA at the forefront of mobile technology. With its new headquarters in Burnsville, Minnesota, ViA is poised to meet the needs of mobile worker today and well into the future.<
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
E.DIGITAL CORPORATION AND DIVXNETWORKS FORM STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP TO DESIGN AND DEVELOP DIVX VIDEO DEVICES
Agreement will Enable Consumer Electronics Devices to Integrate and Playback Wildly Popular DivX Video for the First Time
(SAN DIEGO, CA - April 9, 2002) - e.Digital Corporation (OTC: EDIG), a global provider of comprehensive digital product development and designs, and DivXNetworks, Inc., the company that created the revolutionary patent-pending DivX(TM) MPEG-4 compatible video compression technology, today announced a strategic partnership to jointly develop and market a range of consumer electronics devices that play back DivX video.
The agreement will enable the creation of a number of DivX Certified hardware devices, including handheld DivX video players, DivX-enabled DVD players, home video jukeboxes, Digital Video Recorders, digital set-top boxes, digital video cameras, and more. Additionally, the two companies will work together to integrate digital rights management (DRM) technology into the devices to ensure secure playback of high-quality digital video. DivX is a leading MPEG-4 compatible video compression technology, with over 50 million users worldwide.
"This partnership is a key step in our hardware strategy to integrate DivX technology across a range of next-generation convergence devices," said Jordan Greenhall, CEO and co-founder of DivXNetworks. "Our enthusiastic user base has been clamoring for hardware solutions that leverage the power of DivX video, and by working closely with e.Digital we will be able to meet that demand for the first time. e.Digital's demonstrated capabilities in product development, manufacturing and supply chain management, life cycle support and growing retail presence provides us with an opportunity to bring state-of-the-art technologies to market in a series of absolutely cutting-edge products.
Greenhall continued, "DivX has already established itself as the most popular and efficient video technology for IP networks, and the first line of high-quality, secure consumer electronics devices specifically optimized for DivX video will extend the DivX experience beyond the PC, ultimately benefiting consumers and content providers alike. We feel that e.Digital's applications integration capabilities provide an excellent complement to our advanced video concepts. Their experience with digital rights management and secure content applications will provide a real strength in developing the DivX video standard."
"We are very excited to work together with DivXNetworks to design and develop a line of DivX Certified CE devices that provide consumers with the quality and convenience of DVD-quality digital video while offering state-of-the-art digital rights management technology for content providers," said Steve Ferguson, Vice President of Business Development for e.Digital. "There is a clear market demand for hardware devices that allow consumers to easily store and playback high-quality digital video, from portable video players and home entertainment/networking centers to portable video players to next-generation DVRs and automotive telematics products. To meet demand we will develop not only e.Digital-branded products but also designs that will be available to OEM and/or ODM customers."
Jim Collier, President and COO of e.Digital added, "I don't think that it's possible to overestimate the importance of DivX video technology and the global influence it will have on entertainment media. It holds the promise to be to video what MP3 compression technology has been to audio, but on a much wider and far reaching scale. Its potential to become a streaming video standard, and its applications for use in portable video products, home network entertainment and storage systems, as well as automotive telematics applications make it one of the golden technologies of the decade. The synergy between our two companies is incredible and the potential for cross platform technology convergence is enormous. We are excited about this long-term relationship and the many opportunities that it provides."
e.Digital and DivXNetworks will jointly develop and market the hardware devices, with the first product expected to be available by the end of the year. e.Digital has created a complete line of portable audio devices, and DivX video compression technology has become the de facto standard for high-quality IP video, with over 50 million downloads and an average of over 2 million downloads per month. The proprietary DivX Digital Rights Management (DRM) solution provides authentication, authorization, encryption, fingerprinting, multiple watermarking techniques and business rule management to ensure the protected delivery of IP video.
About DivXNetworks
DivXNetworks is a leading technology company that enables the rapid proliferation of video content over Internet Protocol (IP) networks by combining the lightweight, ubiquitous access of the Internet with DVD-quality video performance. The company's approach is built upon the success of the DivX(TM) codec, a leading standard for MPEG-4 video distribution with over 50 million users worldwide, and the DivX Open Video System(TM), a next-generation content delivery system that provides unsurpassed aggregation, promotion, and distribution of video content for mass markets. DivXNetworks is headquartered in San Diego, California, with a satellite office in Los Angeles. For more information about DivXNetworks, visit http://www.divxnetworks.com.
About e.Digital
e.Digital Corporation offers an engineering partnership for the world's leading electronics companies to link portable digital devices to PCs and the Internet. e.Digital develops and markets to consumer electronics manufacturers complete end-to-end solutions for delivery and management of open and secure digital media with a focus on music players/recorders and portable digital voice recorders. Engineering services range from the licensing of e.Digital's patented MicroOS(TM) file management system to custom software and hardware development, industrial design and manufacturing services. For more information on the company, please visit www.edig.com.
Note, under ''Digital Music Choices For Artist and Fans''
It says,
''Now as the entire music industry prepares to introduce the new DataPlay format.''
http://www.dataplaystore.com/dps/en/eMall/billboard-article-page1.jsp
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Just prelode Ozzies MXP -
With all his songs - send it to em saying, 'Ask of it and ye shall receive'
Think he'd like it.
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Gollieeee -
http://www.dataplay.com/jsp_files/en/company/index.jsp
If that isn't Volan - i'll
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DataPlay Site UpDated - We're Up
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Hmmm GM and Toyota and Samsung Nissan telematic handsets....
Think I'll call it a day..
lota good DD here.
Hightly correlated to e.Digitl and its future.
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culater33 ~ Excellentee' - my comments.
They got the frequency allocations ... And compression technology not lagging anylonger. Note the iboc codec ability to be sandwiched between AM/FM buffer allocations - very nice.
S-Band ... told ya tin.
''At the time, the technology for compressing packets of digital music and voice—and transmitting them from orbiting satellites 23,000 miles above the equator to cheap little receivers on the ground—was barely on the drawing-board. But two companies with a little imagination and a lot of cash snapped up chunks of the spectrum being offered in the newly available S-band (around 2.3 gigahertz). American Mobile Radio and CD Radio paid the FCC $80m each for the rights to rain digital entertainment from the heavens. American Mobile Radio became XM and CD Radio became Sirius.''
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ok - note here they equate the proprietary algorithms as MP3, base on Experts Group theme, similar technology, why, because it's in essence a poor codec, algorithm reserved for news and talk radio.
bit-rate = codec = AAC and tPac = CD quality.
XM won't even revel it, but we know, right ck.
All four satellite-radio firms—XM, Sirius, WorldSpace and Global Radio—employ similar technology to deliver their service. Music or spoken programming is first compressed using proprietary algorithms based on the Movie Picture Experts Group Audio Layer-3 (commonly called MP3). This lets broadcasters cram dozens of channels into a thin slice of bandwidth. After scrunching the audio data, operators must also decide on a bit rate—ie, the kilobits per second (kbps) of data that each signal can carry. As with streaming audio over a telephone line to a PC, a low bit rate translates into poor sound. For commercial reasons, XM does not reveal its exact bit rates, but it confirms that it uses higher levels on music channels to ensure CD-like quality. News and talk, however, transmit at much lower bit rates. Ground stations then upload the signal—now packaged as 1s and 0s of digital signalling—to satellites. These bounce the signal earthwards to mobile or (in the case of WorldSpace) stationary receivers.
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Key to Edig' facilitating portables - IMO
Though the studios are impressive, the most critical component for digital radio is in the receiver. At its core is a set of chips whose job it is to reassemble multiple digital signals arriving at varying times from alternate directions. This chipset then decompresses the stream into clean, crisp audio. More than any other factor, the chipset defines the audio experience. A poorly designed chipset will corrupt the sound with pops, clicks or dead air.
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This 'Buffer' 's 4seconds of signal... analogious to, but not yet 'on-the-fly' like our 'write-back' will be capable of doing with data and its storage. We could be involded here - imho, or will be.
''The second circuit handles decompression and encryption. Relying on subscription-paying customers, XM, Sirius and Global Radio scramble their signals so that they cannot be heard free of charge. The second circuit also buffers four seconds' worth of incoming data, so that tunnels, underpasses or other blind spots do not hinder reception.''
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Hmmmm - This is interesting - Orbitational Achustic algorythmic multiplexing .... Beyond tPAC. lol
That is because, instead of limiting broadcasts to fixed bit rates, Sirius continually fine-tunes its audio quality—a practice called “statistical multiplexing”.
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As mentioned - 3Com may have faild, but TI/Maycom could be smacking at this with it portable internet radio...
And record it on the road :)
Some audiophiles will not wait that long. They will tune in to the Internet instead. At present, there are some 4,000 radio stations offering together more than 100,000 streaming audio channels online. However, the only way to enjoy such programming today is with a PC and a broadband connection such as DSL (digital subscriber line) or cable modem. But what if there was a wireless device that could tune into thousands of Internet stations, but small enough to fit in a mobile receiver?
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Unified because they both want/need the high quality codec's -
As part of a settlement to end litigation filed by Sirius in 1999, which charged XM with patent infringement, the two firms have decided to share various aspects of their technology—with the intention of developing a radio that will, one day, let listeners buy one receiver that can recognise either signal.
And Agere brings with it:
The second circuit handles decompression and encryption. Relying on subscription-paying customers, XM, Sirius and Global Radio scramble their signals so that they cannot be heard free of charge.
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Who Leads In The Mobile Race?
4/3/2002 Author: Andrew Darling, Editorial Director,
I have seen European mobile technology executives smirk and laugh as they told stories of how their American counterparts, when given mobile telephones for their visits to Helsinki, had failed to turn them on and only used them for outgoing calls. The reason was fairly simple – in the US a user is charged for both receiving and making calls. However, the anecdotes also went a long way towards explaining some of the reasons why Europe considered itself technologically ahead of the US in the development of a mobile society. However, this is no longer the case….
It was the case once. For a while Europe did lead the world in wireless technology. However, network operators borrowed heavily on short-term debt to stump up more than $150bn to pay for third-generation licenses and the debacle of WAP arrived to poor consumer response.
The result was that operators, strapped for cash, put the brakes on further investment in new software and network technologies. The hundreds of new wireless start-ups, initially feted by network operators, found themselves starved of much needed revenues as they failed to find customers, often finding the door of operators slammed in their faces. With next to no new wireless services emerging, the traditional saviour of new technologies – corporate IT departments – shelved new wireless projects.
Where Europe has been playing the first to market game plan, over the pond the US has been a fast follower and the gap in market development has decreased steadily over the past two years. While the European wireless industry was taking some rough knocks, the US was rolling out and developing its own technologies. Going far beyond the basic email-type applications, the most innovative, richer new wireless applications are now coming out of North America. In 2001, venture capitalists invested $12bn into US wireless start-ups compared to $4bn into European firms.
Forrester reported that in 2001 50 percent of large US corporations had rolled out wireless data applications, and 16 percent of consumers owned a mobile data device such as a Blackberry or PDA.
Both these devices run on pager networks, which although running at similar speeds to GSM, have one major advantage – a packet-based network delivering and always-on connection.
It’s clear that the US has caught up fast in wireless technology while Europe has been trying to get over the worst of its own excesses. However, who will win in the end is still up in the air. Realistically, both continents will probably develop along similar lines as 3G comes on line and greater convergence of other wireless technologies, such as Bluetooth and Wi-Fi occurs.
DoCoMo To Expand 3G Coverage To All Cities
2/22/2002
BWCS Staff NTT DoCoMo has announced plans to extend the coverage of its 3G service FOMA to all major Japanese cities by the end of April. The company has also set itself a target of achieving 90% population coverage by the end March 2003. In the first phase of the FOMA service expansion the regional operators DoCoMo Tokai and DoCoMo Kansai will increase their service areas, while DoCoMo Hokkaido, DoCoMo Tohoku, DoCoMo Hokuriku, DoCoMo Chugoku, DoCoMo Shikoku and DoCoMo Kyushu will launch FOMA services in major cities within their franchise areas from 1 April.
Crucially the Japanese operator has also unveiled plans to introduce dual-network FOMA/PDC services early in the third quarter of 2002. This will allow mobile users to have a single number for their FOMA and second generation PDC handsets. Prior to the availability of single number services DoCoMo is offering a range of discounts to subscribers with two mobile subscriptions. While the launch of a single number service represents a step in the right direction, many analysts believe that 3G services will not be widely adopted unless dual-mode handsets, which allow subscribers to roam seamlessly between 2G and 3G networks and to be charged via a single bill, are made available.
In a further development DoCoMo has introduced a second 3G videophone handset. As well as enabling mobile users to view each other while they talk, the new device also contains a second camera which allows them to record and transmit digital photos and video clips using DoCoMo’s i-motion service. Subscribers will also be able to download streamed video clips from the 37 content sites affiliated to the i-motion service
Sendo And Packetvideo Cooperate to Provide Mobile Operators with A Unique Mobile Multimedia Package; Sendo`S New Z100 Multimedia Smartphone to Ship with Packetvideo`S Pvplayer
9/4/2001
Sendo and PacketVideo Corporation announced today that Sendo has selected PacketVideo`s leading mobile multimedia player software, as an application for its new Z100 GPRS Smartphone enabling mobile users to access advanced rich media applications such as video messaging, interactive games, and news or sports highlights.
The Z100 Multimedia Smartphone is Sendo`s first data phone; a new generation of color mobile phones that include advanced mobile Internet and personal information management (PIM) functionality. The Z100 is GPRS tri-band and based on Microsoft`s "Stinger" mobile phone platform. The GPRS tri-band phone operates on GSM 900, 1800 and 1900 networks across Europe, Asia and the Americas. The Smartphone features a 65,000-color TFT display, which complements PacketVideo`s multimedia capabilities. The Z100 will also be able to play MP3 and WMA audio files, as well as MPEG-4 video
"Our aim is to deliver on the needs of today`s mobile operators. Based on feedback from them on how we can help them to increase their revenues, we believe that services such as video will help drive consumer usage over the GSM and 2.5G networks," said Hugh Brogan, chief executive officer of Sendo.
"Together with PacketVideo, we can offer our mobile operator customers an integrated software services and phone package which offers rich mobile multimedia features over 2.5G networks."
PVPlatform `s error-resilient technology recognizes and conceals the transmission errors that are prevalent in wireless networks, enabling mobile wireless devices to receive enhanced streaming video and audio at transmission speeds as low as 9.6 kbps. In addition, PVPlatform maintains interoperability with all major digital wireless telephony standards as well as next-generation wireless networks currently being developed.
The PVPlatform enables a variety of services for users ranging from video-based news and weather clips, remote web cam monitoring of their children at school or home surveillance, to music clips and sports highlight replays.
"The Sendo Z100 is a mobile phone that points the way to the future," said Kathleen Peters, vice president of worldwide embedded solutions, sales and business development for PacketVideo.
emit... edig better get on the ball
OT - But shows we should be doing more than just music n telematics... imo back to medical.
Conxo (Say Cun-Ex-Oh!)
7/1/2002 Author: Andrew Darling, Editorial Director,
Wireless solution for the largest Industry in the WorldE The Construction Industry is a US$300 Trillion (Yes Trillion, Not Billion) Industry worldwide. If there is one vertical market that needs a wireless solution, it is this! With Project Managers, Engineers, Architects, Foremen, and Supervisors being mobile most of the time, huge productivity gains and cost savings can be garnered with the right wireless solution. Conxo aims to fill this need rapidly and then move on to other verticals
Launched in November 2001, This company is moving fast to ensure competition is at least 6 months to a year behind. Conxo announced the construction industry wireless solution, aptly named the Conxo Mobile Toolbelttm. With live demos available now, Beta tests scheduled in February, and the first release in Late March, we are talking supersonic speeds here. The Mobile Toolbelttm, is a 3 tier solution: The forms and reports available on handhelds and PDAs, the middleware that allows for data translation, security, workflow, etc., and the connectors that allow companies to hook into their existing applications.
Conxo has made the decision to support the best of breed technologies and devices, announcing their support for J2ME, and XML, and devices including PalmOS devices (including Palms, Handspring – including the exciting Treo, and the new Samsung I300), RIM Devices, PocketPC, and J2ME phones like Nextel.
Founders
With a career spanning 12 years in the technology business, as former NASA engineer, co-founder of MediaMagic, Manager of Gapfs online stores, CTO of TeamWorks Technology, and Gravitatefs Director, Product Development, Shashi Seth is back as CEO and co-founder of this exciting new company.
Joined in this venture are co-founders Koray Ergur & Redgee Capili. Koray is a veteran of the construction industry, having built several successful companies. Redgee is a veteran of the software industry, with management tenures at companies like Siemens, Gig, and Gravitate.
Finance
In a departure from the traditional VC and Angel funding route that many Silicon Valley entrepreneurs take, Conxo is funded entirely by private capital, and that too from Investors in the Construction Industry. Shashi firmly believes that if the industry veterans are behind the idea, and some of them may be the first customers of the product, then little can go wrong. After all, this is the best attestation from a customer on the validity of the product!
Management Team
Shashi Seth is at the helm as CEO.
Koray Ergur is the Chairman of the Board.
Redgee Capili is the VP, Engineering.
Market Opportunity
What an opportunity! Talk about a US$300 Trillion Market, of which the US alone has a US$365 Billion Share. Conxo plans to start in the North America, and then quickly move to Japan, Korea, and other Asia-Pacific giants like Hong Kong and Singapore. Europe and Latin America will be developed in Parallel.
The plan is to offer the service in a ASP model, ranging from $50-100 per month per user. This way the customers donft have any expensive equipment, and support personnel to deploy before being able to take advantage of this service.
Business Model
The distribution of the Mobile Toolbelt will initially come through internal business development and sales professionals. However, broad business alliances with software companies established in these vertical niches are contemplated.
Marketing will focus on internet and print media focused on these vertical segments. Viral marketing through word of mouth, beta-test customers, and other means are also planned.
The management describe their operations as fast, and very result oriented.
Revenues
Monthly subscription revenues are expected, along with support, and training fees. A siginificant portion of revenue is also expected from integration with customers existing applications and environments. When asked about projected revenues, Shashi said gI fully anticipate that revenues will hit the gMillions of dollarsh mark by Year end 2002, and that we will be able to break even at the same time.h
Competitive Landscape
Competition in this space is almost non-existent. We found many companies that offer bits and pieces like filling time sheets using your phone, and estimation using PDA devices, but a comprehensive solution simply does not exist. This fact, and the speed at which Conxo is moving, makes them a hard target to aim at.
General
A good idea, coupled with a solid management team, financing, and focus, should make for a successful recipe. This is one company to watch for.
www.conxo.com
Alcatel Demonstrates 3G Streaming Video
2/21/2002
BWCS French equipment supplier Alcatel, in cooperation with Thomson Multimedia, has unveiled its streaming video solution for 3G phones at the 3GSM conference in Cannes. Alcatel says its new content-delivery solution uses MPEG4 Part 10 compression, designed to improve the bandwidth efficiency of mobile video services.Alcatel and Thomson have formed a venture called Nextream to develop their multimedia content services and have previously cooperated on the provision of video services over DSL connections. The partners claim the new solution is a step forward in the development of mobile video services. Etienne Fouques, President of Alcatel’s Carrier Networking activities, said: “The advent of personal entertainment marks a major evolution for mobiles that will generate new revenues for 3G.”
DoCoMo and Nissan To Develop 3G Telematics Services
2/19/2002
BWCS StaffTwo Japanese giants, mobile operator NTT DoCoMo and car manufacturer Nissan, are teaming up to develop vehicle-based mobile multimedia services. The companies have launched a joint study into the feasibility of a host of telematics services that can be accessed seamlessly within cars and away from them. DoCoMo and Nissan intend to make their findings available to other service providers in an attempt to create an industry standard for mobile telematics services.
The telematics study will focus on the development of in-vehicle devices, information platforms based on DoCoMo’s 3G network (FOMA), multimedia telematics services and potential business models. Following the completion of the study later this year Nissan and DoCoMo will rollout a series of advanced telematics services in 2003. These will include location-based navigation services offering traffic information, weather reports, parking options and information on hotels, restaurants and other points of interest. Drivers could also be offered tailored location-based services offering digital maps of the local area with places or routes of interest to them highlighted.
From 2004 the Japanese telematics venture plans to deploy vertical telematics services integrating offerings from vehicle-related businesses such as garages, insurance companies and security businesses. Some of these will utlilise short-range local area networks to provide kerbside autopayment and even audio and video multimedia downloads.
A Brave New World
3/14/2002
The mobile Internet market is in a state of flux. From collapsing share valuations of debt-burdened telcos to the ever-increasing number of small, content and application provider start-ups emerging, it is clear that long-term predictions are risky, if not foolhardy. Nevertheless, some recognisable trends are emerging from the chaos that operators must carefully scrutinise if they are to capitalise on the potentially huge revenue opportunities to be made from a pervasive network that affects almost every aspect of consumer and business life
Over the past two or three years analysts have released research and figures suggesting the market for mobile Internet services will very significant and will grow at a rapid rate. Gartner believes that there will be over one billion wireless Internet subscribers by 2005 and that almost 60 percent of all new Internet-enabled devices will be wireless.It is not hard to draw one’s own conclusions from figures like these. But no one can really estimate how big the mobile Internet will really be. Like fixed line Internet, adoption of the mobile Internet will be driven by three main factors: function, content and relative cost to the end-user.
An increase in functionality is directly proportionate to the increase in bandwidth. With 2G technology, it is possible to stream 9.6Kbps over a GSM network. With GPRS, operators will be able to deliver 57Kbps, ultimately leading to 2Mbps with 3G. This evolutionary path will allow for the exchange of new data types, including full email services for business users and high quality audio and video services for consumers.Accessing content on the mobile Internet will be a very different approach than it is with the fixed line Internet. Mobile Internet content will not be free – users will pay for content that is of intrinsic value to them personally via micro-payments to their phone bills and online banking mechanisms for larger payments.
Entertainment and information management applications may well become the biggest content ideas on the mobile Internet as operators develop both their own, and co-branded content which captures users’ imaginations.Cost is the major inhibitor to any market adoption, however, there are powerful market forces working together to ensure that mobile Internet connectivity will be affordable. Competition between European service providers, for example, will help drive down prices. The other determinant is massive investment in backbone infrastructure should ensure that there is no capacity constraint to drive up prices.Mobile Internet technology must be open and transparent if it is to succeed and achieve mass-ubiquity.
Partnerships which offer sustainable value propositions and close relations between service providers, content owners and major IT companies will see the mobile Internet emerge into a working reality over the coming years. Major players in the technology world, such as HP, have recognised this need and are committed to promoting common, open standards through partnerships between the major players in the infrastructure and device worlds, and the applications and content environments. An environment such as HP’s mobile e-services bazaar fits this mould perfectly as it brings together many different parties to work on services and solutions to cater for operators in this brave new world of telecoms.And it is a brave new world.
2001 marked the end of the beginning for the telecoms industry. It marked the end of the first 125 years of telecoms and heralds the transition to a new phase in market development. The underlying problem today is with legacy behaviour and structure of an outdated and mature industry. The old business models clearly no longer work in the emerging ‘Infocomms’ sector, however, as yet few companies have really recognised this and acted upon it. The longer they wait, the worse off they will be. Telcos continuing with the old model of cutting debt and operating costs in the hope that they will survive this recessionary period are fooling themselves. This is not enough: they must embrace the new realities and adjust their structures and models in line with the new market conditions if they are to survive.Sue Uglow, principal analyst at Ovum, thinks telcos and investors have failed to realise that the telecoms industry has changed forever.
“It’s taken a year or so for competitors to realise that such conditions require a fundamental re-focus of their activities, not just a tweaking at the edges. At last, we are seeing some significant changes in the supply environment, as telecoms faces up to the reality that the old world has gone forever.”Uglow believes a new Infocomms industry is emerging that is centred on five key elements: content/information; applications platforms; transport; delivery and service. In addition, functions such as systems integration, operational support systems and software are becoming increasingly important as networks and content are integrated across multiple platforms.
In future, the transportation and delivery elements of the Info-comms supply chain will decline in importance, and content/information and service provision will become the central elements around which customer-centric solutions will be built.Info-comms players have to realise that that users do not demand technology, they demand solutions enabling them to do things more effectively, or to do new things altogether. Horizontally focused organisations need to identify sources of expertise outside their own environment – and maybe outside telecoms – to unlock new revenue sources and achieve rapid time to market, lower capital expenditure commitment and lower operating costs.Another issue facing both mobile and fixed network operators is that end-user ownership is changing.
The companies that best understand end-user behaviour are the one best placed to manage the end-user relationship and these are often not the telcos themselves, but other specialist players like system integrators, large software companies, retail chains or utility companies.“Everything will become a service,” says Peter Vesterbacka, global leader of business development at HP’s mobile e-services bazaar. “From games to healthcare solutions, to whatever, it’s all about services.”Vesterbacka and HP regard the issues and challenges facing operators as a significant opportunity for the company to promote its e-services division. HP has a global sales force with relationships to operators, service providers and utility providers. “Mobile e-services will be the biggest market ever. There will be one billion mobile phones in 2002.
That’s a huge opportunity and operators cannot afford to miss the boat,” he says.HP envisions a new kind of mobile experience – a world where users draw on all the resources that surround them in each new environment that they encounter, not just a single mobile device. Mobile services should be delivered in a world where the ‘always on’ capability of networks ensures that e-services can be rapidly deployed, easily managed, and scaled to meet the demands of the mobile market.This new paradigm promises to transform how businesses operate and serve their own customers, as well as change the way consumers lead their lives on the go. The key to servicing this new market, as we have seen, lies at the intersection of appliances, infrastructure and e-services.HP fuels development of some of the most useful mobile e-services through its Mobile e-Services Bazaar.
The Bazaar represents a business model that is unique to HP. Located in centres around the world, the Bazaars are centres of innovation for emerging mobile technologies, and are, in essence, e-service business creation hubs. They act as a resource for companies that want to build their own e-services and for customers who wish to leverage the ecosystem that the Bazaar offers in order to turn ideas into reality. Currently, there are more than 450 companies around the world that are Bazaar members.Dale Vile, service director at analyst firm Quocirca, says that the opportunities for operators lie within the provision of end-to-end services for consumers or for businesses.
“It’s a new sales proposition and suppliers must get the route to market right.” He believes that IT solutions companies, like HP, can be big help to operators in this endeavour. “It’s an IT solutions sale, not a comms sale. Someone has to knock on the IT director’s door and this is where the strength of someone like HP lies because of its existing communities and channels to market,” says Vile.One of the ways in which HP can assist operators create value within their networks without shouldering the burden of a huge IT deployment and management project is to outsource aspects to HP partner companies like End2End.End2End are a Wireless Application Infrastructure Service Provider (WAISP) that build and manages service solutions on behalf of operators allowing them to develop hosting and content aggregation services, applications development without over extending the management, investment and technical skills set of the operator.
An example of this exercise can be seen in the alliance between the UK operator One2One, End2End and HP last year to provide innovative wireless data services and solutions to One2One’s customers. End2End delivered a turnkey, carrier class solution for the hosting, managing and supporting of wireless e-services to the small and medium business sector of One2One’s customer base. In addition, consumer services such as games and personalised entertainment products can now be delivered to mobile handsets via SMS and the emerging wide variety of wireless devices and PDAs can also be expected.This has assisted One2One in generating income from the provision of wireless services – a theme that will become increasingly important as the UK operator’s business model embraces 3G mobile technologies.
Atta Miettinen, chief applications officer for End2End, says there is a gap between the application and content provider and the network operator. “From our point of view, we can facilitate this access from our build out of data centres across Europe.”As operators seek to expand the revenue-generating potential of applications and content they face two choices: do it themselves or outsource it. End2End can build the connection to the network and billing system so only one system integration is required. For example, Swedish operator Telia Mobile is running services from many different application providers which End2End host on its own platform. “Telia have one agreement with us and we partner with the leading application programs like Nokia Forum and HP’s mobile e-services Bazaar,” says Miettinen.End2End have a fairly good understanding of what operators are looking for in mobile data services.
Miettenen says the company has a dialogue with 35 out of 57 operators in Western Europe. “We are updating our product roadmap now and talking to handset manufacturers in Europe to understand the form and function of future devices. We’ll use that roadmap as a basis for creating a relationship with our customers in the future.So what of the future? If we wind the clocks forward, what do we find? Quocirca’s Dale Vile, says that individual companies and well known brands will want to be at the centre of the wireless web and the mobile channel will become one of the dominant channels, like the Web or TV, for reaching consumers. Companies like Coca Cola and McDonalds will seek to exploit that through SMS and WAP services.Operators need to work with early adopters in order to be capable of delivering richer and more sophisticated services.
“Consumers do business with business,” says Vile. “Operators should not be arrogant that they will be the prime point of contact for consumers in this respect. They need to understand the importance of working with third parties and IT solution providers to deliver this access to consumers, thus ensuring they are not left out of the equation.”Most of all, mobile operators need to stimulate the consumer mobile market by helping companies to exploit this channel. IT suppliers can help operators in this respect by helping them sell to enterprise companies and thereby creating a valid place for themselves within the value chain, other than just as access provider.
Operators have a brand for voice but little else Branded content provides trust and that is what consumers are confident with so operators must learn to work with merchants, applications and content providers and figure out how to add value. Unless they do figure this out by working with the likes of HP and End2End, the merchants and other providers will do it for themselves, relegating the operator to mere ‘carrier’ in this new world order.
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Oct 31, 2001 - HP Delivers Digital Entertainment Center to Retail Stores
Natio HP Delivers Digital Entertainment Center to Retail Stores Nationwide Easy creation of personal playlists and custom CDs and easy
transfer of music to select portable MP3 players and compact
flash cards;
http://ragingbull.lycos.com/mboard/boards.cgi?board=EDIG&read=816927
Remember CPQ & HP Merger and our tie to Lu VR in portables.
Mar 12, 2002 - Network designer Lucent Technologies and technology and solutions provider Compaq Computer Corp have entered into an agreement to accelerate the availability of wireless device capabilities.Compatibility will provide Compaq device users with high-speed mobile data solutions such as wireless web browsing, mobile e-mail and video streaming
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http://www.skyreport.com/skyreport/nov2001/110201.htm
Vogel Offers Insight into DBS Combination
Charter's top executive offered his opinion on the proposed merger between EchoStar and Hughes Electronics Thursday. And while most cable CEOs will undoubtedly have something to say about the pending transaction, the MSO's president and CEO has a connection to the companies involved in the blockbuster satellite TV deal like no other cable executive.
Charter's Carl Vogel was once president of EchoStar, working for the company under Chairman and CEO Charlie Ergen when it launched the DISH Network DBS service in 1996. He also headed PrimeStar prior to its acquisition by Hughes' DirecTV unit in 1999.
In a conference call detailing Charter's third quarter results, Vogel, named the cable operator's president and CEO last month, said, "bottom line, it's great for Charlie." What he's looking forward to is the regulatory scrutiny the deal will get in the nation's capital. "I will enjoy watching the Washington gymnastics on this one," Vogel said.
Vogel said the pending EchoStar/Hughes transaction won't have much of an impact on Charter. "If there are one or two satellite competitors, it may or may not be relevant to us," he said. "At the end of the day, it's about delivering digital television."
Charter said digital cable customers totaled 1.951 million at the end of third quarter. Vogel said Charter's target is to end the year with more than 2.15 million digital cable customers, representing a 30 percent penetration of the company's basic customer base. Total customers numbered 6.97 million at the end of September.
Charter also continues to promote video-on-demand. Vogel said Charter expects to pass some 2.2 million homes by the end of 2001 with VOD service.
Two-way high-speed data service was available to 56 percent of Charter's homes passed as of Sept. 30. At the end of the third quarter, Charter served 545,900 data customers, adding more than 102,000 Charter Pipeline customers during the three-month period.
Third quarter revenue increased more than 13 percent, to $1.04 billion, and operating cash flow increased more than 10 percent to $467.5 million, when compared to pro forma results for third quarter 2000.
Current Endevors -
Look good...
record ability coming to auto
MTV/Evolution - Operating System being upgraded for wireless and who knows what other feature-sets... maybe mercury
Highest quality divx internet portability coming.
Collier's experience with GI's STBs and Billion dollar deals.
Super Asain OEMs
IBM/MD, all our PARTNERS
IMHO - We be purged for growth
Stay stong -
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Danl... On2 has a codec but it's to/for PC/TV - this is sorta analogious tho the bloatware syndrone.... when you go to quicker downloads with higher quality full screen ability plus more content therin, both can also increase ability to handhelds n portable modes such as DP n MD n CF n SD then the difference may come out... IMHO.
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What are the chances DataPlay will utilize the smaller higher quality DivX codec to get full-length movies and more on a disk to facilitate transportability between handheld and auto systems.
Hey they're multi-codec :)
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murgirl... yes and also note..
Q: Which operating systems support DivX™ software?
A: We are currently developing DivX™ video to work on multiple platforms. Today it works on Windows 98/ME/2000/XP, Linux, and the Pocket PC platforms. We are currently alpha testing the latest version for the Mac OS and hope to have the final version released soon.
Q: What media players can I use?
A: Windows Media Player 6.4, 7, and 8; Real Player; BS Player, and The Playa, among others. We recommend using the DivX Player. You can download it as part of the DivX Bundle.
Q: What PocketPC PDA's does the Pocket DivX Player support?
A: Currently we support the following PDA's running the PocketPC Platform:
iPAQ
Jornada 680
Jornada 720
Jornada PocketPC
Casio E10x
Casio PocketPC
PocketPC 2002
Another which I can't find again states - DivX provides the higest quality video for Windows Media at smaller codec size but emphises no direct relationship to Microsoft.
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In regards to 'Record' see -
http://ragingbull.lycos.com/mboard/boards.cgi?board=EDIG&read=937963
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Mar 12, 2002 - Network designer Lucent Technologies and technology and solutions provider Compaq Computer Corp have entered into an agreement to accelerate the availability of wireless device capabilities.Compatibility will provide Compaq device users with high-speed mobile data solutions such as wireless web browsing, mobile e-mail and video streaming.
Nov. 5, 2001 - The consumer launch of the MXP 100, the first portable product to feature an interface based on our speech recognition engine, could create a new market and other opportunities for Lucent's speech recognition technology,' commented Monte Stimmel, licensing manager in the Technology Licensing Solutions group at Lucent. ``Drawing on e.Digital's expertise in low power, small footprint applications, we are able to support more than 100,000 words and names in their music player, plus flexibility for English words or sounds not in the dictionary. We expect this to be the first of many voice recognition applications for portable devices, and we are enthusiastic about the potential to work with e.Digital on additional product opportunities.
March 19, 2001 - Verizon Wireless, the nation's largest wireless carrier, and Lucent Technologies today announced a three-year, $5 billion contract which positions Lucent to become the largest supplier of Verizon (3G) mobile network infrastructure. Verizon will purchase multiple products and systems from Lucent's designed to expand wireless coverage, increase capacity, and support high-speed data and mobile Internet applications.
http://ragingbull.lycos.com/mboard/boards.cgi?board=EDIG&read=640314
Lucent Technologies supplies equipment to Verizon Wireless for first commercial 3G wireless network launched in United States
FOR RELEASE WEDNESDAY JANUARY 30, 2002
Verizon Wireless Express Network to deliver new high-speed wireless data services using Lucent infrastructure Murray Hill, N.J. -Lucent Technologies (NYSE: LU) said today it has supplied the third generation (3G) mobile network infrastructure for Verizon Wireless's Express Network which was launched earlier this week in significant East and West Coast markets. The work completed for this project is part of the $5 billion agreement the two companies announced in March 2001. The Express Network is the first wireless network in the United States to be powered by 3G1XRTT advanced technology, and will enable Verizon Wireless to offer its customers new high-speed mobile data services such as audio streaming, e-mail and Internet access at speeds of up to 144 kilobits per second (kbps).
Though streaming is not downloading - imo the underlying structure for mobile security n usability is coming of age - remember 'record'.
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At issue is the non-reusability of chips designed for any one standard. The digital radio standards are completely different from one another, designed to operate in different frequency spectrums using different modulation schemes and different audio compression algorithms
MOS does this - on the unit with/for codecs. Specifically for handhels n portables. However, an auto unit could easily use bloatware to achieve a programmable platform that is download upgradable similar to what TI-DSPs are able to do now with our handhelds.
IMO
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Works for me Sent... hel piracy has pretty much crashed artist rights. Would it of been against the law if software developers could of done this to unotherized copying... imho it would stand because it's illegal.
I'm actually suprised the labels havn't already devised an MP3 Worm.
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