Pocket PC sales: 1 million and counting
News In related news, Microsoft on Tuesday announced the availability of the its streaming audio and video player, Windows Media Player 7.1, for Pocket PC. Handhelds using Microsoft's Pocket PC operating system marched to the million-unit sales mark in...
[May 23, 2001, 9:38]
Apple updates QuickTime, iSync for mobile support
News Version 6.3 of the QuickTime streaming media software, meanwhile, gains support for new mobile phone multimedia standards. In January, Apple released version 1.0 of iSync, which supported four phones as well as handhelds running the Palm operating...
[June 4, 2003, 8:20]
Singaporeans tout all-in-one operating system
News And the low data requirements of MXI wireless communications allow the system to be used with slower GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) cellular communications, although improved responsiveness and richer streaming media will be possible with...
[September 5, 2003, 8:40]
Flash 8 Professional review
Reviews To better compete in the streaming-video arena, Macromedia renovated the Flash Player from the ground up, using On2 Technologies' VP6 audio and video compression codec. Mobile-content developers will enjoy the Professional version's support for...
[September 15, 2005, 8:30]
New Memory Stick forgets older devices
News The new removable flash memory cards are also designed to allow for higher performance levels than the previous format, so devices should be better able to perform high-end functions, such as playing streaming video.
[December 12, 2002, 14:37]
Microsoft's new handheld OS review
Reviews On the digital media front, we have Windows Media Player 9, among whose enhancements are a dedicated button for accessing streaming media and a mute button. All Pocket PC 2002 handhelds have flashable ROM, and Windows Mobile 2003 is not noticeably...
[June 23, 2003, 7:22]
New chip to bring talkies to handhelds
News New handheld computers and cell phones using the chip and offering streaming media are expected shortly thereafter, Burt said. MPEG-4, short for Moving Picture Experts Group, tends to introduce fewer errors into a streaming audio-video file than...
[January 15, 2001, 13:02]
