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.
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