OpenPeak Thinking Homes Software Provides Industry's First Remote Control Solution For Apple iTunes.LAS VEGAS Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. & BOCA RATON Boca Raton (bō`kə rətōn`), city (1990 pop. 61,492), Palm Beach co., SE Fla., on the Atlantic; inc. 1925. Boca Raton is a popular resort and retirement community that experienced significant industrial development in the 1970s and 80s. , Fla. -- Thinking Homes Software Enables Users of Apple iTunes To Browse, Select and Enjoy Music in iTunes Library Anywhere in the Home OpenPeak Inc., a leading provider of software enabling control of digital content, consumer electronics and systems in the Digital Home, today announced the company's flagship Thinking Homes software provides the industry's first remote control solution for Apple iTunes. "Now, consumers using controllers powered by OpenPeak software can view and select play lists and songs without being tied to the PC that hosts the Apple iTunes library," said Andrew Lona, OpenPeak's Chief Marketing Officer. "This remote control software solution enables playback on an Apple AirPort Express with AirTunes or on a PC," Lona added. The full solution will be commercially available later in 2005. The solution offers unprecedented convenience and simplicity for users and is being introduced at a time that Apple iTunes digital content is being rapidly adopted by consumers as part of their Digital Homes. Apple iTunes can play files in MP3, AIFF AIFF - Audio IFF , WAV, MPEG-4 formats, and Apple Lossless formats, including protected AAC files from the iTunes Music Store and audible.com audio books. "By supporting yet another quickly-growing component of the Digital Home, such as Apple iTunes, OpenPeak's software continues to provide simplicity and convenience to consumers as they increasingly link consumer electronics, PCs and digital content together to form a Digital Home," said Lona. "The OpenPeak concept of solutions for simple control of digital content - as well as control of all networked and legacy devices and home systems - is the essential glue to hold the Digital Home together and make it a reality for the everyday consumer," said Tricia Parks, President and Founder of Parks Associates, a leading market research firm. About OpenPeak OpenPeak Inc. creates innovative software that enables a simple user interface for WiFi control of consumer electronics, digital media, computers and home systems. The company's consumer-friendly software applications are designed for use by original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) in their products. Using devices equipped with OpenPeak's unique interface software, consumers are able to wirelessly control and distribute digital content as well as control consumer electronics and home systems. OpenPeak also creates hardware reference designs for devices that enable the Digital Home, such as WiFi-IR and WiFi-Serial bridges. The company's software has been licensed to Philips Consumer Electronics Philips Consumer Electronics is a part of Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (usually known as Philips); and is one of the largest electronics companies in the world. In 2005, its sales were € 30.4 billion (US$38. and other OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and partners will be announced soon. The privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. is based in Boca Raton, Florida Boca Raton ("bōkə rə-tōn") is a city in Palm Beach County, Florida incorporated in May 1925. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 74,764; the 2006 population recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau was 86,396. . Additional information about the company is available at www.openpeak.com. OpenPeak is a member of: WiFi Alliance, UPnP Forum, Intel Developer Network for the Digital Home, Digital Living Network Alliance Wikipedia is not the place for advertisement or self-advertising. The Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA), (formerly: Digital Home Working Group and Apple Developer Connection The Apple Developer Connection, or ADC, is Apple Computer's developer network. It is designed to make available resources to help software developers write software for the Apple Mac OS X platform. . (C) 2005 OpenPeak Inc. All rights reserved. OpenPeak and Thinking Homes are registered trademarks of OpenPeak Inc. Apple, iTunes, iTunes Music Store, Apple AirPort Express and Apple AirTunes are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. audible.com is a registered trademark of Audible Inc. All other marks are property of their respective owners. |
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