Shoutmail Email Service for Wireless Web Phones to be Demonstrated in RealNetworks' Keynote at the Consumer Electronics Show.Business/Technology Editors CES 2000 LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 7, 2000 RealNetworks 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. Rob Glaser Rob Glaser (born January 16, 1962), is the founder of RealNetworks (1994) which produced RealAudio, RealVideo, RealPlayer, Helix, among other products and services. Before RealNetworks, he became a millionaire by working for Microsoft for 10 years. to demonstrate the ability to send and receive voice-email messages from new WAP-based wireless Web phones using RealSystem(R) G2 Shoutmail.com, Inc., a provider of Internet-telephone services, announced that its Shoutmail email service See Internet e-mail service. for wireless Web phones will be demonstrated during RealNetworks' Chairman and CEO Rob Glaser's keynote speech keynote speech n. See keynote address. Noun 1. keynote speech - a speech setting forth the keynote keynote address keynote - the principal theme in a speech or literary work at CES today. Shoutmail offers free email and instant messaging Exchanging text messages in real time between two or more people logged into a particular instant messaging (IM) service. Instant messaging is more interactive than e-mail because messages are sent immediately, whereas e-mail messages can be queued up in a mail server for seconds or that are accessible by phone, including new devices based on the Wireless Application Protocol (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. ). Using RealSystem G2, Shoutmail is able to offer WAP users the first email service that not only displays email text messages on the phone's screen, but converts them to voice and allows WAP users to reply by recording and sending a streaming RealAudio(R) voice message. This platform eliminates the need to type email messages on miniscule min·is·cule adj. Variant of minuscule. Adj. 1. miniscule - very small; "a minuscule kitchen"; "a minuscule amount of rain fell" minuscule keypads by enabling users to reply or send new email messages with their voices. A user simply records a voice message on the phone, and Shoutmail converts it to a RealAudio file and sends it to any email address in the world. "Shoutmail.com is introducing a new communication and remote access paradigm into the current messaging workflow that connects the phone and the Internet. Shoutmail has seamlessly integrated streaming RealAudio voice messaging with emerging "smartphones" based on WAP and wireless Web connections," said Shoutmail.com President and CEO Jacob Guedalia. "With the Shoutmail.com infrastructure and streaming RealAudio messaging, the WAP phone truly becomes an Internet messaging appliance. The new messaging paradigm provides remote WAP access to make email pervasive. RealPlayer users have greatly enhanced their Web experience with RealNetworks streaming media technology; now they can also enhance their wireless communications." Shoutmail.com uses RealAudio, patent-pending XML-based protocols and sophisticated text-to-speech technologies to convert HTML HTML in full HyperText Markup Language Markup language derived from SGML that is used to prepare hypertext documents. Relatively easy for nonprogrammers to master, HTML is the language used for documents on the World Wide Web. email into HDML (Handheld Device Markup Language) A specialized version of HTML designed to enable wireless pagers, cellphones and other handheld devices to obtain information from Web pages. HDML was developed by Phone. files and voice messages to enable WAP-phone access to email. Shoutmail converts a recorded voice .wav file into a streaming RealAudio file and attaches it as a Web link to an email or instant message. Recipients with the RealPlayer client software do not have to wait for the file to download (as with .wav files), but can listen to the RealAudio streaming voice email message immediately. Anyone with a RealPlayer client can listen to streaming audio voice messages through their email service using a phone, wireless device, or PC. Users can register for the Shoutmail service at www.shoutmail.com. About Shoutmail.com, Inc. Based in Boston, MA, Shoutmail.com was founded in 1998 to become the premier provider of Internet-telephone applications and content, providing solutions for everyone: from the Web user to the ISP (1) See in-system programmable. (2) (Internet Service Provider) An organization that provides access to the Internet. Connection to the user is provided via dial-up, ISDN, cable, DSL and T1/T3 lines. , the telco and the enterprise. Shoutmail.com solutions connect the telephone and wireless devices with networked databases and the Internet, effectively transforming the phone into an Internet messaging appliance. For more information about the Shoutmail Application Gateway for email providers and the enterprise to phone-enable their email services, contact business@shoutmail.com or call 617-713-6377. Individual users can register for their free accounts at www.shoutmail.com and by dialing 1-877-WMYMAIL. Shoutmail.com and Shoutmail.com are the trademarks of Shoutmail.com, Inc. RealNetworks, RealAudio and RealPlayer are trademarks or registered trademarks of RealNetworks, Inc. Other brands and products are trademarks of their respective owners. |
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