New Pictavision(R) 6.0 Enables Mobile Photo & Video Sharing With Major Digital Media Sites.Pictavision([R] )6.0 leverages interest in social networking See social networking site. social networking - social network and photo sharing Photo sharing is the publishing or transfer of a user's digital photos online, thus enabling the user to share them with others (whether publicly or privately). This functionality is provided through both websites and applications that facilitate the upload and display of images. by uniting phone, camera, and Web capabilities into a powerful posting tool consumers love MONTEREY, Calif. -- Today Pictavision([R]) 6.0, the next generation of photo-sharing applications for mobile phones, was launched by Exclaim ex·claim v. ex·claimed, ex·claim·ing, ex·claims v.intr. To cry out suddenly or vehemently, as from surprise or emotion: The children exclaimed with excitement. v. (SM), a leading branded platform provider of innovative wireless and Web applications. Pictavision 6.0 instantly converts any BREW([R])-, Java[TM] -, and SYMBIAN[TM]-powered camera phone from major carriers in the U.S. and internationally into a powerful photo and video upload, download, and messaging tool that automatically distributes images to major digital media Web sites, including photo sharing services, blogs, photoblogs, and Web sitesCoall with just a few simple pushes of a button. Pictavision 6.0 will debut in November on major wireless carriers 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. , Mexico, and the Caribbean, followed by a December rollout in Europe, Central America Central America, narrow, southernmost region (c.202,200 sq mi/523,698 sq km) of North America, linked to South America at Colombia. It separates the Caribbean from the Pacific. , and South America South America, fourth largest continent (1991 est. pop. 299,150,000), c.6,880,000 sq mi (17,819,000 sq km), the southern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . "Pictavision 6.0 helps carriers exploit three principal trends in the digital photography space: better camera and video phones, social networking, and the proliferation of photo-sharing and storage services," says Jiren N. Parikh, Vice President and General Manager of Wireless for Exclaim. "Camera phone users can choose from among the industry's widest array of destinations to share images, due to Pictavision's multi-portal wireless connectivity. It's a viable, turnkey solution for carriers that delivers the power of social networking to every camera phone made, and empowers consumers to leave their digital fingerprints everywhere online." Pictavision 6.0's advanced features make the shoot-and-share experience a snap for camera phone shooters: * Multi-portal and wireless capabilities make sharing, uploading, downloading, and saving camera phone photos and videos easy and instantaneous. The integrated camera control immediately connects photos and videos with a variety of messaging options, giving users the ability to go from taking photos and videos to easily sharing them with friends and groups. Already available for KODAK EASYSHARE Kodak EasyShare is a sub brand of Eastman Kodak Company products identifying a consumer photography system of digital cameras, snapshot printers, printer docks, accessories, camera docks, software, and online print services. EasyShare was first introduced in 2001. Gallery[TM], Fotki[TM], Webshots, dotPhoto([R]), Typepad([R]), Flickr[TM], Adobe([R]) Photoshop([R]) Showcase, and SmugMug, Pictavision 6.0 will continue to increase integrated digital media portals monthly. Newly supported sites will automatically be accessible via existing users on their handsets. * Its text and voice tagging functionality allows users to upload photos and videos with text and voice annotations for supporting sites. * The automatic account creation feature allows users that do not have a photo sharing service account to automatically create an account through their mobile phones, and get started immediately without having to create one via the Web. * The intuitive interface uses simple icons to help digital shooters share memories, control available camera features, including lighting, focus, and resolution, and select popular digital media posting sites. * The background upload of photos and videos reduces the time waiting for high-resolution digital content to transmit on wireless networks. * An affordable subscription-based model starts at $3.99 in the United States. Camera phone photographers can easily sign up for Pictavision 6.0 through the deck of a handset model's menu, or through links on a portal partner's Web site with directions on downloading the application off-deck (available in early December). * Its multi-lingual support includes English, French, Spanish, and Portuguese. Additional European and Asian languages are slated for roll-out in 2007. Pictavision 6.0's extensive global footprint and innovative design offers several lucrative benefits for carriers, too, including: * Embedded advertising The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. “Embedded Advertising is not about recall. Radio, TV and other media enjoy greater recall. and marketing promotional engines, automatically supported by complete client/server side management for ad rotation See rotating ad. , promotional code tracking, sponsorship, and more. This cutting-edge function can also view demographics by phone model, carrier, or country, to better target carriers' ads and marketing material. * Fully integrated 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. (Multimedia Messaging Service See MMS. ), which enables MM1 connectivity from the handset application to a carrier MMSC to drive MMS revenue, or HTTP HTTP in full HyperText Transfer Protocol Standard application-level protocol used for exchanging files on the World Wide Web. HTTP runs on top of the TCP/IP protocol. support, which offers carriers another choice for transporting the photo messaging Taking a picture with a cellphone and sending it to someone. A photo messaging phone enables the user to aim it, take a picture and transmit it. If recipients do not have photo-enabled cellphones, they are directed to a Web page where they can view the images. and photo uploads, in addition to MMS. * Compatibility on BREW, Java, and SYMBIAN platforms, making Pictavision 6.0 available and accessible for popular camera phone models, launching on over 30 popular models, and increasing to more than 75 by early 2007 with added support for Windows Mobile The Windows platform from Microsoft for handheld devices, including PDAs, cellphones and Portable Media Centers. See Pocket PC, Pocket PC Phone Edition, Smartphone and Portable Media Center. ([R]) devices. For more information on Pictavision 6.0 or Exclaim, please contact Kathryn O'Connor at 610-642-8253 ext.154, or Kathryn@GregoryFCA.com. About Exclaim(SM) Exclaim is a leading branded platform provider of innovative Web and wireless applications that allow advanced sharing of digital images, video, and rich media. The new Exclaim platform enables wireless and Web providers to easily extend and offer digital imaging services to their customers, to better engage online audiences, increase wireless network traffic, and boost revenue. The Exclaim platform seamlessly integrates and moves rich media from wireless handsets to Web applications to devices in the home providing the most complete rich-media solution on the market today. Pictavision is a registered trademark of Exclaim. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners. |
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