mobile multimedia platform developing

[amphibian]

This sounds like the kind of stuff I want a nicer phone for

And if you are wondering like I was
if OMAP might appear on CDMA handsets as well as GPRS
this first quote at least addresses that


http://www.cdg.org/applications/ind...5Fresources.asp

The CDG provides the developer community a single place to learn about the development and test resources available. Following is the growing list of companies providing resources to help bring applications to market on CDMA systems
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Texas Instrument's OMAP Developer Network <http://www.ti.com/sc/omapdevelopers>
TI's OMAP platform and the OMAP Developer Network are designed for developers interested in creating differentiated wireless applications for the broadest possible market opportunity. Developers who create applications on TI's family of OMAP processors will benefit from access to today's leading wireless manufacturers including OMAP endorsers Nokia, Ericsson, Sony, Palm, Sendo and others.

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http://www.wirelessweek.com/index.a...reless+Internet

Pulse to Offer Interactive 3D Characters for Enhanced Messaging Applications On 2.5G and 3G Mobile Devices Using TI's OMAP(TM) Processors;
Mobile Device Users to Interact With Pulse Veepers(TM) 3D Personalized Characters for MMS, Enterprise Applications

Monday May 6 12:00am
PR Newswire

Pulse announced today it is working with Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) to offer personalized interface technology on 2.5G and 3G mobile devices that use TI's OMAP application processors. Pulse Veepers on TI's OMAP processors will enhance mobile device users; experiences as they interact with multimedia messaging, enterprise, entertainment and instant messaging wireless applications. Personalized characters such as celebrities or other personalities will help to present information in more intuitive, visually engaging ways on 2.5G and 3G mobile devices.

"Rendering true interactive 3D images on mobile devices powered by TI's OMAP processors creates new opportunities for the leading content providers and the service providers who support them," said Mark Yahiro, president of Pulse. "The ability to transparently access TI's digital signal processing (DSP) functionality in the OMAP 1510, and the substantial support of the OMAP platform by major wireless device manufacturers make TI's offering the most attractive processing platform on the market today. From online commerce and customer service to e-learning and email, TI and Pulse will offer new innovations in engaging wireless applications."

Beyond its proprietary rendering, compression and streaming capabilities, Veepers has the ability to create realistic 3D people and other characters with automated text-to-speech and built-in lip-synching functionality. Pulse's Veepers technology for 2.5G and 3G devices using TI's OMAP processors will allow mobile device users to interact with 3D characters to obtain e-mail, voicemail, news, games, driving conditions and directions, sales and product information and more.

Pulse technology supports RealNetwork's RealPlayer, Apple QuickTime 5 and the leading browsers for Microsoft Windows and Apple Macintosh PC platforms.

"With Pulse's Veepers technology running on TI's OMAP processors, mobile device users will enjoy exciting interactive multimedia capabilities without sacrificing performance and battery life in a 2.5G and 3G device," said Paul Werp, worldwide director of marketing for TI's OMAP platform. "Wireless device manufacturers will have the opportunity to offer Veepers personalized characters to make it easier for their users to interact and multi-task with high-performance mobile device applications they provide to their subscribers."

Pulse is a member of TI's OMAP Developers Network, a group of software developers writing wireless applications for mobile Internet devices. OMAP developers enjoy a variety of tools and support to enable rapid application development for leading operating systems and programming languages plus the opportunity to collaborate with a range of developers designing applications such as multimedia, security, location based services, mobile commerce and gaming. OMAP developers also benefit from TI's fully open, high-performance and power-efficient OMAP platform, which has been selected by Nokia, Ericsson, Sony, NEC, Matsushazzbuta, Palm, Fujitsu, Hewlett Packard, Sendo, HTC and others for their 2.5 and 3G wireless devices. For more information about the OMAP Developers Network, please visit http://www.ti.com/sc/omapdevelopers.


About Pulse

Based in San Francisco, Pulse is a privately funded provider of emotive interface technologies for online learning, training, CRM, medical visualization/instruction, and other visual forms of online communication. With investments from Softbank, AOL/TimeWarner, Autodesk and El Dorado Ventures, Pulse was named a Red Herring Top 50 Private Company. The company's growing client base and strategic partner list includes Apple, AMD, Anheuser Busch, Boeing, Texas Instruments, Toyota, Cisco, Volvo, Microsoft, RealNetworks, MTV, Motorola, and AOL/Time Warner. Pulse Entertainment is located at 654 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA 94105, 415-348-4000, or www.pulse3d.com.

NOTE: Pulse Veepers and the PULSE logo are trademarks of Pulse Entertainment, Inc. OMAP is a trademark of Texas Instruments. All other trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners, without intent to infringe.


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