Orb Networks Collaborates With Kinoma To Bring Live TV To Users Of The Palm Treo 650
Emeryville, CA – April 25, 2006 – Orb Networks today announced their collaboration with Kinoma to bring Palm® Treo™ 650 users on any mobile network instant enjoyment everywhere of their all their home and Internet television, music, and videos.
Right from the Treo 650’s native Blazer® Web browser, users will be able to select home or Internet TV, music, or video content of any media format to stream to the Kinoma™ player. The free, award-winning Orb™ application installed on the user’s Windows® XP PC transcodes the original content’s media format when necessary and provides a stream at the appropriate bitrate for the user’s mobile data connection.
"With worldwide demand exploding for instant, not synced-in-advance, mobile access to TV, music and video from home and on the Internet, the Kinoma Player’s upcoming support for RTSP streaming couldn’t be more timely," said Ian McCarthy, Vice President of Product Marketing at Orb Networks. "With Orb on their home PCs and the Kinoma Player on their Palm handsets, the millions of Treo 650 users will be able to play any song from their home music collection whenever the mood strikes them or to watch the crucial moment of a FIFA World Cup™ match wherever they are."
The collaboration with Kinoma enables Orb to extend its industry-leading support for the instant enjoyment everywhere of home and Internet TV, music, and video to the millions of users of Palm Treo 650s.
"Kinoma is pleased to be working together with Orb Networks to allow users of Palm OS 5 connected devices to enjoy their home media while on-the-go." said Mitchell Weinstock, Vice President of Business Development, Kinoma, Inc. "By enhancing the next release of Kinoma Player to be compatible with Orb, Kinoma is again demonstrating its commitment to bringing innovative new digital media capabilities to the Palm OS platform."
Orb is available now for free download at www.orb.com.
About Orb Networks, Inc.
Orb Networks is the pioneering developer of software and services that give people secure, free, and instant access to all their digital media everywhere. The award-winning Orb software makes it easy for consumers to enjoy their home and Internet TV, music, videos, photos, podcasts, and other digital content from mobile phones, PDAs, and laptops everywhere. Orb is a member of the DLNA and is a privately held company in Emeryville, California. For more information about Orb, please visit www.orb.com.
About Kinoma, Inc.
Kinoma, Inc. is a privately held company dedicated to bringing outstanding digital media capabilities to handheld and mobile devices. Founded in 2002 by Peter Hoddie, former Chief Architect of QuickTime at Apple Computer, together with Brian Friedkin, Michael Kellner, and Mitchell Weinstock the Kinoma team has over 40 years combined experience designing and building industry leading digital media solutions and standards. For additional information visit Kinoma's Web site at www.kinoma.com.
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