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Pictavision(R) DMM Connects Mobile Users to World of Digital Media.


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.

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 launches Pictavision([R] )DMM See multimeter.

DMM - Digital Multimeter
 connecting consumers to virtually any Web, retail, home, and print service for uploading, sharing, viewing, and merchandising user-generated content The production of content by the general public rather than by paid professionals and experts in the field. Mostly available on the Web via blogs and wikis, user-generated content refers to material such as the daily news, encyclopedias and other references, movie and product reviews as  from camera phones

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.  -- Exclaim(SM), a leading branded platform provider of innovative wireless applications that allow advanced sharing and managing of images, video, and rich media, today launched a scalable platform to monetize consumers' content on mobile devices: Pictavision([R]) DMM (Digital Media Management), the industry's first user-generated, content exchange platform for wireless carriers and handset vendors.

Pictavision DMM has been powering user-generated content exchange for more than three years for some of the leading mobile photo and video sharing See video sharing site.  applications including Pictavision, KODAK Mobile Link, and CNET (body) CNET - Centre national d'Etudes des Telecommunications. The French national telecommunications research centre at Lannion.  Webshots Pictavision. Now carriers and handset vendors have the ability to integrate a scalable platform into their wireless consumer offerings to easily connect camera phones, PDAs, and even digital cameras to virtually any digital media exchange point. Exchange points include Web services (1) Loosely, any online service delivered over the Web. Such usage appears in articles from non-technical sources, but not in IT-oriented publications, because definition #2 below describes the correct use of the term. , such as blogs 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.  portals; as well as social networks, like KODAK Gallery, Flickr[TM], Typepad([R]), Google Picasa, CNET Webshots, MSN (1) (MicroSoft Network) A family of Internet-based services from Microsoft, which includes a search engine, e-mail (Hotmail), instant messaging (Windows Live Messaging) and a general-purpose portal with news, information and shopping (MSN Directory). ([R])Spaces, Facebook([R]), and others. Other exchange points include photo printers and merchandisers, retailers such as Walgreens, desktop computers, enterprise systems and public safety applications.

Additional DMM capabilities include automatic correction of uploaded photographs; carrier-branded mobile blogging, photo and video sharing portals; self-service consumer provisioning tools; free-form video viewing; and tagging of uploaded content. DMM has a compelling roadmap to increase the value proposition of exchanging user-generated content over wireless networks, including content synchronization with home media systems, adaptors for enterprise and professional applications, and enhanced content tagging for search.

"Pictavision DMM is a highly scalable solution that creates new revenue opportunities for wireless carriers and handset vendors," says Jiren N. Parikh, Vice President and General Manager of Exclaim. "Clearly, consumers are taking more pictures and videos with their mobile devices, and they want to share, store, and print that content with a myriad of brands and services, both large and niche."

The DMM platform can be provisioned on BREW([R]), Java[TM], and SYMBIAN[TM] handsets with Pictavision's customized core device client for all leading brands, including Motorola, SAMSUNG, Nokia, LG, 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.
. Alternatively, handsets and wirelessly enabled digital photography and video cameras can be connected without a client application by utilizing the DMM mobile device API.

"Carriers and handset vendors can now support consumer demand with a single solution that not only connects camera phones, but can also be extended to WiFi-enabled digital capture devices without a dedicated application on the mobile device," says Ivan Ruzic, 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 Exclaim.

Wireless carriers and handset vendors can choose which exchange points to offer their customers and then develop the most effective billing plans to increase revenue. It also offers unique benefits, including:

* Reduced costs and time to market. New Digital Media Exchange Points (DMEPs) can be easily integrated, so carriers and handset vendors don't have to create standalone applications or integration points into their networks.

* Scalable deployments. DMM can be deployed carrier-wide for existing and new subscribers, for post and pre-paid with integrated client, downloadable client, short-code and client-less provisioning options.

* Increased messaging revenue. By integrating camera phones into a large branded ecosystem of digital exchange points, carriers can increase data and 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.  revenue by giving their consumers access to services that drive usage from mobile devices.

ABOUT EXCLAIM

Exclaim is a leading branded application publisher and platform provider of innovative wireless and Web applications that allow advanced sharing of digital images, video, and rich media. The Pictavision DMM platform enables wireless carriers and handset vendors to easily extend and offer digital imaging services to their customers, 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, retailers, and the home, providing the most complete rich media solution on the market today. For more information visit www.Exclaim.com.
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