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| Press Release 11/30/06 |
| ComVu PocketCaster Harnesses Power of
MarvellŪ PXA32x Processor for Optimized Live Video Webcasting
on Mobile Devices |
| Marvell's 624MHz PXA32x processor enables
high quality, real-time video encoding and streaming from consumer
phones |
| Vancouver, November 30, 2006 - ComVu, a developer
of innovative mobile software and automated video delivery technologies,
today announced an optimized version of its award winning live
video Webcasting application, PocketCaster, for the Marvell
PXA32x processor family. |
| ComVu has delivered many industry firsts, including the world's
first live Webcasting solution from a mobile device to a global
audience over wireless networks (EV-DO, HSPDA, WiFi, WiMax,
DVB-H), and the first to deliver an automated "do-it-yourself"
video streaming network. ComVu remains committed to pushing
the edge of what mobile phones can deliver for multimedia applications
in terms of video quality, features and ease-of-use. ComVu is
working closely with Marvell to ensure it takes full advantage
of accelerated technology advancements in mobile processors. |
| PocketCaster further empowers users to: |
- Instantly notify viewers via SMS, email or instant messaging
- Single button publishing of videos to favorite Web communities,
video sharing sites or blogs
- Automatic geo-tagging of video streams with GPS data,
allowing viewers to track a transmission on a map
- Add tags and other video information to help categorize
and search for videos
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| "Real-time video encoding represents the ultimate challenge
for a mobile processor, and the incredible power of the Marvell
PXA32x has allowed us achieve a quantum leap forward in video
quality enablement for live broadcasting from a mobile phone"
said William Mutual, ComVu CEO. |
| ComVu PocketCaster now takes full advantage of the Marvell
PXA32x accelerated processing power by optimizing Windows Media
9 encoding of live video streams. This optimization results
in a much higher quality stream transmitted from PocketCaster
during user-generated mobile broadcasts. |
| "We selected ComVu as a launch partner for the PXA32x because
its mobile Webcasting technology is the kind of application
that users are now expecting to see on the latest mobile devices,"
said Gary Forni, Director of Platform Enabling, Marvell Cellular
& Handheld Group. "It's this kind of compelling application,
with its needs for higher processing power, that will drive
the deployment of Marvell's PXA3x application processor technology
in mobile devices." |
| ComVu sits at the forefront of converging developments in
wireless and entertainment, where mobile phones are gaining
high-end cameras and powerful processors, and where everyday
people are creating and sharing their own content. |
| For further information, please contact: |
Jennifer Blome
Tel: 604.844.2263 ext 2#
Email |
