PixSense Joins Symbian Platinum Program
Santa Clara, CA, September 11, 2007 PixSense today announced that it has joined the Symbian Platinum Program to support the growing market for Symbian smartphones, by extending the PixSense PSP (Preserve, Share, Publish) Platform to the Symbian 7.x, 8.x, 9.x OS. PixSenses PSP Platform streamlines and simplifies mobile media management, enabling monetization of user-generated content on smartphones. It will give Symbian smartphone end-users the power to easily preserve, share, publish, and manage their digital mobile media and data.
Joining the Symbian Platinum Program was a very important step for us, as many mobile operators we work with on a global scale have selected Symbian OS as their preferred technology platform, said Scott Ritchie, VP of business development for PixSense. The open standards and flexibility of Symbian OS are driving the kind of innovation that allows PixSense to fully demonstrate the power and value of our PSP Platform on smartphones.
Symbian develops and licenses Symbian OS, the market leading operating system for smartphones. Symbian OS is licensed by the worlds leading mobile phone manufacturers and, as of Q2 2007, over 145 million Symbian smartphones have shipped worldwide to
over 250 mobile network operators.
Symbian enables a thriving ecosystem of partners, handset vendors, operators, developers and other key mobile players that create value for the growing smartphone market. This value is cultivated by the continuing development and commercialization of new software solutions and award-winning applications for Symbian OS and its user interface platforms including MOAP, S60 and UIQ.
PixSenses PSP Platform provides an extremely simple, yet feature-laden application that enables smartphone users to easily store and share media generated from their mobile phone or uploaded from their PC. Now, every music clip, photo, and video captured by a user is automatically uploaded online to a secure private account and can be shared with
other mobile phone and PC users.
Smartphones are now integral to peoples everyday lives and are used commonly as digital camera, camcorder, DVD player and MP3 replacements as well as for Web surfing and office-type applications, said Jerry Panagrossi, VP of US operations, Symbian. PixSenses PSP Platform enables operators to differentiate their services mix and further highlights the emergence of a smartphone lifestyle, where end users can easily share digital mobile media.
PixSense effectively bridges the gaps between advanced camera phone capabilities and consumer underutilization of these features. Its multimedia and persona management solutions incorporate advanced, patent-pending media compression technology, which dramatically reduces the file size of photos and videos by up to 90 percent and optimizes network transmission with no loss in media quality. Additionally, users can share large media files to other mobile subscribers across regions and networks. PixSense PSP platform is available as a white label service for mobile operators to offer to their subscribers.
About the Symbian Platinum Program
The Symbian Platinum Program includes companies that have a technology or strategic position that is key to the success of mobile computing technology surrounding Symbian OS. As part of the program, Platinum Partners benefit from a range of commercial services, including technical support and joint marketing opportunities as well as privileged access to Symbian OS source code and a dedicated Partner Support team. For more information please see http://www.symbian.com/partner/platinum/platinum.html
About Symbian Limited
Symbian is a software licensing company that develops and licenses Symbian OS, the market-leading open operating system for advanced, data-enabled mobile phones known as smartphones.
Symbian licenses Symbian OS to the world's leading handset manufacturers and has built close co-operative business relationships with leading companies across the mobile industry. During Q2 2007, 18.7 million Symbian smartphones were sold worldwide to over 250 major network operators, bringing the total number of Symbian smartphones shipped up to 30 June 2007 to 145 million.
Symbian has its headquarters in London, United Kingdom, with offices in the United Kingdom, United States and Asia (India, P.R. China, Korea, and Japan). For more information, please visit www.symbian.com
PR Contacts:
Symbian US
Valerie Breslow
V. Breslow Communications
+1 858 337 4217
valbreslow@earthlink.net
About PixSense
PixSense provides mobile media management and convergence infrastructure, software, and services for mobile operators. PixSenses technology enables digital media management and rich-media messaging services to mobile subscribers who increasingly rely on their mobile phone as their primary media device. PixSenses technology also includes patent-pending, on-device media compression technology and network optimization technology that ensure fast transfers, and significantly reduces costs to both end users and wireless operators. PixSense is funded by ATA Ventures, Innovacom, and Qualcomm Ventures. For more information on PixSense or to try the solution, visit http://pixsense.com/.
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[Source: Just Another Mobile Phone Blog]
