PALO ALTO, CA November 1, 2006 - Kinoma today introduced Kinoma Player 4 EX, the first network-centric media player for Treo smartphones and Palm Powered handhelds.
Kinoma Player 4 EX provides the most complete support playback of internet digital media available on Palm - including Windows Media 9, Flash Video1, MPEG-4, 3GPP, MP3, and RTSP (Real Time Streaming Protocol) - giving customers access to the broadest range of streaming content possible.
Kinoma has long been the leader for video on Palm devices, most recently providing the streaming media player for Palm’s acclaimed Treo 680 and 700p smartphones.
Kinoma Player 4 EX continues that tradition with several important “firsts.” Kinoma is the first to deliver support for Microsoft’s Windows Media Video 9 on Palm OS, allowing Palm users to see the wealth of high quality content available in the Windows Media format for the first time. Kinoma is also the first to bring support for the wildly popular Flash Video format to Palm OS, allowing playback of video from some of the hottest video sites. And RTSP, the industry standard streaming protocol used in many industrial and commercial applications, is another Kinoma first on Palm OS.
Kinoma Player 4 EX sports a sleek new all-black user interface, completely redesigned to put the focus on the media. On Treo smartphones, Kinoma Player 4 EX can be operated with one thumb, making it faster than ever to operate.
While viewing video and photos, Kinoma Player 4 EX provides real-time pan and zoom - even while playing - providing a closer look at the content. Kinoma Player 4 EX works together with the Blazer 4.5 web browser on Treo smartphones, so selecting a supported link on a web page launches Kinoma Player 4 EX to play the media. Kinoma Player 4 EX can bookmark any playing stream, allowing users to build a collection of their favorite media links - and for easy sharing, bookmarks can be beamed to another device. Kinoma Player 4 EX still supports playback of audio, video, and photos from internal memory or a memory card. Supported digital media file formats include MPEG-4, M4A2, 3GPP, Flash Video, MP3, Windows Media Audio3, Windows Media Video, ASF, QuickTime movies, QuickTime VR, MQV, and JPEG.
Today Kinoma also introduced the Kinoma Media Guide, a well organized catalog of hundreds of feeds linking to thousands of free streams around the internet. The content in the Kinoma Media Guide is carefully selected to ensure compatibility with Kinoma Player 4 EX on most major mobile networks. The Kinoma Media Guide is built into Kinoma Player 4 EX at no additional charge, so users always have new and interesting audio and video at hand. Browsing the Kinoma Media Guide customers will discover great music, entertaining videos, live webcams, radio stations, news, photo feeds, and podcasts.
Pricing & Availability
Kinoma Player 4 EX can be purchased through the Kinoma Web site for $24.99. Kinoma Player 4 EX may be purchased directly over-the-air using Treo smartphones or using a Windows or Mac OS X personal computer. Kinoma Player 4 EX is compatible with all Palm Powered handhelds running Palm OS 5.
Kinoma wants to make sure you've got all the facts about our products. Digital media can sometimes be confusing, but we hope the following information will help you understand more about what our products can do. Please see our product documentation and frequently asked questions page for additional details.
1 Kinoma Player 4 EX supports Flash Video (.flv) files containing the Flash H.263 variant and MP3 audio. Kinoma Player 4 EX does not support Flash vector graphics or interactivity.
2 Kinoma Player 4 EX plays unprotected M4A audio files, but not protected audio files purchased from the iTunes Music Store. Kinoma Player EX displays album art compressed using JPEG.
3 Kinoma Player 4 EX plays unprotected WMA audio files, but not protected audio files purchased from on-line music services.
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Palm, Palm OS and Treo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Palm, Inc. or its affiliates. Apple, iPod, iTunes, Mac OS X and QuickTime are registered trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. Adobe and Flash are registered trademarks of Adobe, Inc. Microsoft, Windows and Windows Media are registered trademarks of Microsoft, Inc. smarTVideo is a registered trademark of smarTVideo, Inc. All other brands, product names, company names, trademarks and service marks are the properties of their respective owners. All rights reserved.
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