This innovative handset is designed around the high performance DVB-H (Digital
Video Broadcast- Handheld) standard, the Microsoft Windows Mobile 5.0
platform and Microsoft Windows
Media platform to supply mobile users with a feature-packed mobile entertainment
and productivity solution.
Development of the new DVB-H handset marks the latest stage in the evolution
of Modeo's mobile television service, building on proven capabilities of the
company's world class mobile broadcast operations center in Pittsburgh and its
nationwide satellite distribution capabilities. The handset incorporates features
and functionalities identified and honed through Modeo's ongoing consumer pilot
testing.
Based on the Windows
Mobile 5.0 platform, the handset is optimized to receive and playback Modeo's
DVB-H mobile broadcasts delivered using Windows Media technologies, including
Windows Media Video and Windows Media Digital
Rights Management. The handset also uses Windows Media Player 10 Mobile to
playback video and music stored in multiple formats, with Windows Media Audio
(WMA), MP3 and AAC to be the supported file types. The Windows Mobile 5.0 platform
also enables use of popular Windows applications on the go, including mobile
versions of Microsoft Office programs such as Internet Explorer Mobile and Outlook
Mobile. Users will be able to surf the Internet and synchronize calendars, contacts
and email messages with an office or home computer, all in a real-time mobile
environment.
While the new handset is designed to provide an unmatched TV, digital music and
Windows applications experience, Modeo and HTC also included the telephone features
and benefits that consumers expect from a traditional handset. The handset utilizes
quad-band GSM services (850/900/1800/1900 MHz) to provide international communications
capabilities. The handset is expected to support GPRS/EDGE services, enabling
high speed data access and file downloads.
At the core of the handset is the Texas Instruments OMAP850 200 MHz digital processor,
which furnishes high performance video and audio capabilities, and facilitates
Bluetooth, wireless LAN and other popular mobile device features. The Modeo mobile
TV architecture includes a DiBcom Proven-Performance DVB-H Demodulator, Microtune
Mobile MicroTuner MT2260 and an NVIDIA Go-Force 5500 handheld graphics processing
unit, all functioning in a single, seamless device compliant with DVB-H open
standards.
Design of the phone includes a standard stereo headphone jack, a 1.3 mega pixel
camera and a micro-SD expansion card slot that allows the user to add up to 1
gigabyte of memory for storing hundreds of songs, video clips, games, even full
length movies. TV broadcasts and other video are shown on a 2.2- inch QVGA landscape
display at up to 30 frames per second. The device operates on an 1150 mAH lithium-ion
battery, furnishing projected battery life of up to three hours of TV viewing,
four hours of talk time or six days of standby time. Of equal importance, the
Modeo handset has a sleek, lightweight design, measuring just 4.1" x 2.2" x 0.6" in
size, with a total weight of just 4.23 ounces.
The new Modeo DVB-H integrated smartphone is expected to be available during
the second half of 2006.
