Bitstream Offers Small, Fast Font Rendering Subsystem for Symbian OS Mobile Phones; Bitstream Joins Symbian Platinum Program.CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Bitstream Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : BITS) announced today that it has joined the Symbian Platinum Program to support the growing market for data-enabled mobile phones, also known as smartphones, based on Symbian OS An open standard operating system for data-enabled mobile phones (smartphones) from Symbian Ltd., London (www.symbian.com). It supports Java, PC synchronization, Bluetooth local wireless access and GPRS packet-switched data. (TM). As a Platinum Partner, Bitstream is extending font rendering technology and high-quality international fonts in industry standard and compact formats to Symbian OS, which powers today's most popular smartphones. Symbian OS is licensed by the world's leading mobile phone manufacturers. As of Q1 2005, cumulative shipments of Symbian OS phones exceeded 32 million and year-on-year phone shipments grew more than 180 percent compared to the same quarter last year. "This partnership reflects our commitment to the font technology market and our intent to build upon our mobile strategy. We are pleased to be working with Symbian, who supports open standards Specifications for hardware and software that are developed by a standards organization or a consortium involved in supporting a standard. Available to the public for developing compliant products, open standards imply "open systems;" that an existing component in a system can be replaced and drives innovation," said Anna Chagnon, President and Chief Executive Officer of Bitstream Inc. "Scalable font A font that is created in the required point size when needed for display or printing. The dot patterns (bitmaps) are generated from a set of outline fonts, or base fonts, which contain a mathematical representation of the typeface. rendering and international fonts add significant value to data-enabled mobile phones. Bitmaps are no longer acceptable, particularly since Bitstream's font rendering subsystem A unit or device that is part of a larger system. For example, a disk subsystem is a part of a computer system. A bus is a part of the computer. A subsystem usually refers to hardware, but it may be used to describe software. resides in a small footprint, provides font compression, and produces high-quality text. Bitstream technology provides a worldwide font solution that developers can implement quickly and upgrade at any time." As a Symbian Platinum Partner, Bitstream ensures the close integration of innovative font technology with smartphones based on Symbian OS. "We are delighted to have Bitstream join the Symbian Platinum Program and bring its award-winning font technology and global font solutions to the Symbian OS ecosystem," said Jerry Panagrossi, Vice President U.S. Operations, Symbian. "Bitstream's Font Fusion Bitstream Font Fusion is a small, fast, object-oriented font engine written in ANSI C capable of rendering high-quality text on any platform, any device, and at any resolution. The entire source code is portable, optimized, and executes independent of operating system and processor. technology enables developers to render high-quality characters in any format and resolution, thereby solving the issues with providing scalable text display on smartphones." About the Symbian Platinum Program The Symbian Platinum Program includes companies that have a technology or strategic position that is key to the success of mobile computing Using a computing device while in transit. Mobile computing implies wireless transmission, but wireless transmission does not necessarily imply mobile computing. Fixed wireless applications use satellites, radio systems and lasers to transmit between permanent objects such as buildings technology surrounding Symbian OS. As part of the program, Platinum Partners benefit from a range of commercial services, including technical support and joint marketing opportunities as well as privileged access to Symbian OS source code and a dedicated Partner Support team. For more information please see www.symbian.com/partners/platinum.html. About Symbian Symbian is a software licensing company that develops and licenses Symbian OS, the global open industry standard operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. for advanced, data-enabled mobile phones. Symbian licenses Symbian OS to the world's leading handset manufacturers. The following Symbian OS licensees have Symbian OS-based mobile phones in production and/or in development: Arima, BenQ, Fujitsu LG, Lenovo, Mitsubishi, Motorola, Nokia, Panasonic, Sendo, Sharp, Siemens, Samsung and Sony Ericsson For an arrangement of Sony Ericsson products, see list of Sony Ericsson products Sony Ericsson is a joint venture established in 2001 by the Japanese consumer electronics company Sony Corporation and the Swedish telecommunications company Ericsson to make mobile phones. . In the first quarter of 2005, more than 6.75m Symbian OS-based mobile phones were sold worldwide, taking the installed base of Symbian OS phones to more than 32 million. Symbian has its headquarters in London, United Kingdom with offices in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , Europe, Israel, Australia and Asia (Bangalore, Beijing, Seoul and Tokyo). For further information about Symbian: http://www.symbian.com/. About Bitstream Bitstream Inc. (NASDAQ: BITS) is a software development company that makes communications compelling. Bitstream enables customers worldwide to render high-quality text, browse the Web on wireless devices, select from the largest collection of fonts online, and customize documents over the Internet. Its core competencies A core competency is something that a firm can do well and that meets the following three conditions specified by Hamel and Prahalad (1990):
Bitstream and Font Fusion are registered trademarks and the Bitstream logo is a trademark of Bitstream Inc. Symbian OS is a trademark of Symbian Software Ltd. Other technologies and brand names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. |
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