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SolidStreaming's Latest News SolidStreaming Puts On Sensible Shows For PCIA CHICAGO - With all the hype surrounding third-generation services, it's difficult to avoid hearing the same song about streaming video from players all vying for the multimedia spotlight. SolidStreaming is differentiating itself from PacketVideo and other competitors by launching SolidStream System, a service that provides streaming video for all wireless devices via existing cellular digital packet data networks. SolidStreaming also stays away from wireless video applications that seem more pompous than realistic, said Edward Bronson, SolidStreaming's president and co-founder. "It's not for entertainment, it's to benefit the user's life," Edwards told CT Wireless here at the Personal Communications Industry Association's Global Xchange conference. "Are you going to watch the matrix on three frames or five frames? MPEG-4 is not going to give you effective frame rates for a long time." PacketVideo made an announcement of its own this week. Sprint PCS [PCS] will deliver wireless video applications to its customers through wireless media technology vendor. In addition, the companies said they will develop initial commercial vertical market applications later this year that feature live- camera, remote-viewing capabilities. And last week, PacketVideo said its wireless media software would be integrated into Qualcomm's [QCOM] future products, beginning with the MSP1000 system-on-chip and system software. SolidStreaming also is developing technology and applications for 3G services, but doesn't expect the market for the next generation of multimedia to open up for several years. The New York-based company, which was founded in 1998 and is now in the middle of a second round of financing, focuses on creating value-added multimedia wireless services that will be gulped by carriers once consumer demand increases. SolidStreaming this week is demonstrating applications, such as traffic video, which show live footage from major roadways in New York City, to illustrate how users can find the fastest route to work by checking out real- time rush-hour conditions. "We're focusing on value-added services for carriers," Bronson said. "We focused on creating applications that the carrier can sell." Other applications include "nanny cam" to enable parents to wirelessly monitor their kids and babysitters, and e-mail that sends photo attachments via wireless devices. Although SolidStreaming hasn't announced any carrier partnerships, it is beautifying its image by partnering with high-profile wireless portal companies, such as OracleMobile.com [ORCL] and InfoSpace [INSP]. |