ClearSky Mobile Media Enables Consumers to Simply Ask Their Phone for a Favorite Ringtone Using the New "Talk2Me" Application.Voice Search Enables Consumers to Quickly Find and Purchase Their Favorite Downloadable Content Right on the Handset ORLANDO, Fla. -- ClearSky Mobile Media, Inc., a leading provider of entertainment content and services for the wireless industry, today announced the availability of a vastly improved way to shop for ringtones and images through a new product called Talk2Me(TM). Talk2Me interprets the consumer's voice to quickly and easily locate content for purchase. With just a few simple clicks, shoppers can listen to a preview of a ringtone The audible sound made by a telephone to announce that a call is coming in. The traditional ringtone was in the 440-480 Hz range, but as cellphone usage grew, it became obvious that ringtone differentiation would become important. or view a thumbnail A miniature representation of a page or image that is used to identify a file by its contents. Clicking the thumbnail opens the file. Thumbnails are an option in file managers, such as Windows Explorer, and they are found in photo editing and graphics program to quickly browse multiple of an image and then make a purchase. Talk2Me is a downloadable BREW application that connects to ClearSky's centralized cen·tral·ize v. cen·tral·ized, cen·tral·iz·ing, cen·tral·iz·es v.tr. 1. To draw into or toward a center; consolidate. 2. repository of downloadable ringtone and wallpaper content. Talk2Me uses a patented, speaker-independent voice search technology from partner V-ENABLE to search ClearSky's content catalogs. When a consumer speaks the name of their favorite artist or says a keyword for an image, Talk2Me lists the best matches on the phone's screen and allows the consumer to listen to a preview or view a thumbnail of their selection. Then, with two clicks, the content is purchased and downloaded. The time consuming task of scrolling (chat, games) scrolling - To flood a chat room or Internet game with text or macros in an attempt to annoy the occupants. This can often cause the chat room to be "uninhabitable" due to the "noise" created by the scroller. Compare spam. through vast content catalogs on a small screen is completely eliminated. Based on previous deployments, consumers have shown a preference for voice search over text. Over 70% of V-ENABLE's 25 million searches to date are completed with voice input compared to 30% for text. The first carrier to launch Talk2Me is Movilnet in Venezuela. For Movilnet specifically and the Latin market in general, Talk2Me's voice interpretation engine is configured for Spanish. These innovations make Talk2Me the first mobile content speech recognition application on the South American continent. "Merchandising is the art of making things easy to buy and Talk2Me is all about radically improving the merchandising of mobile content," says Dean Fresonke, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of ClearSky Mobile Media. "Talk2Me completely changes the mobile content buying experience and opens up the world of downloadable content to a much larger audience." About ClearSky Mobile Media ClearSky Mobile Media is redefining how wireless data can be applied to the mobile media market in order to facilitate revenue growth, brand exposure and richer content. With its innovative, high-quality portfolio of mobile data and entertainment solutions for carriers and MVNOs, ClearSky Mobile Media is providing relevant, market-specific, mobile content solutions to the mobile media marketplace. Since 1995, ClearSky Mobile Media has pioneered mobile data offerings with its carrier-grade one-stop-shop that includes downloadable content, mobile web browsing, MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service) An enhanced transmission service that enables graphics, video clips and sound files to be transmitted via cellphones. Developed as part of the 3GPP project, MMS phones are generally backward compatible with SMS and EMS. services and managed data services across all wireless technologies. Today, ClearSky Mobile Media supports 60 million subscribers with content through its carrier customer base. To learn more about ClearSky Mobile Media, please visit www.csky.com. About V-ENABLE V-ENABLE is the leading provider of mobile search and enhanced Directory Assistance solutions, offering the fastest and easiest search available in the mobile environment. V-ENABLE was founded by wireless experts from Nokia, Motorola, PacketVideo and Cisco. Its patented mobile voice search technology allows mobile users to search using their voice and receive personalized per·son·al·ize tr.v. per·son·al·ized, per·son·al·iz·ing, per·son·al·iz·es 1. To take (a general remark or characterization) in a personal manner. 2. To attribute human or personal qualities to; personify. content and information in a visual format on their mobile phone. The V-ENABLE mobile voice search interface software is a unique client-server solution, available for carriers, application developers and publishers using BREW, JAVA, SYMBIAN, WAP (1) (Wireless Access Point) See access point. (2) (Wireless Application Protocol) A standard for providing cellular phones, pagers and other handheld devices with secure access to e-mail and text-based Web pages. and xHTML platforms. Founded in 2001, V-ENABLE is headquartered in San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. , CA. Mobile voice search applications powered by V-ENABLE technology are currently available from Verizon Wireless Cellco Partnership, doing business as Verizon Wireless, owns and operates the second largest wireless telecommunications network in the United States, based on total wireless customers. , ALLTEL, U.S. Cellular U.S. Cellular (NYSE: USM) is a super-regional cellular telephone provider, serving 5.8 million customers in 189 markets in 26 U.S. states. The company was created in 1983 as a subsidiary of Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. Since April 2000, John E. and Leap Communications. For more information, visit www.V-ENABLE.com. |
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