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RealNetworks and Palm Announce RealOne
Player Mobile for the Palm Tungsten T Handheld
Based on Helix DNA Client, RealOne Player Mobile Enables RealAudio and MP3 Support for Palm Handhelds
November 19, 2002 -- RealNetworks(R), Inc. (Nasdaq: RNWK) and Palm, Inc. (Nasdaq: PALM) today announced a strategic alliance that will enable consumers to use their Palm(TM) Tungsten(TM) T handhelds as digital audio players. RealOne(TM) Player Mobile, which is based on the Helix(TM) platform, will deliver audio multimedia playback and storage for both RealAudio(R) and MP3 files on Palm's newest handheld, enabling users to play and store music wherever and whenever. RealOne Player Mobile will enable consumers to:
• Transfer personal audio media collections from their
RealOne Player on the PC onto their Palm Tungsten T handhelds
• View full display of current tracks playing, including
song name, album and artist
• Select and playback songs from sound device cards
• Easily access content with the Tungsten T handheld's
5-way navigation
• Run multiple tasks while listening to RealAudio or
MP3 programming
• Conserve battery power through the auto-dimming capability
"Our recently introduced Palm Tungsten T handheld empowers
users to efficiently manage information with business-critical
functionality in an industrial-strength handheld computer,"
said Ken Wirt, Palm's senior vice president of marketing
and product management. "Now with the added audio multimedia
feature from RealNetworks' RealOne Player, users will
be able to download, store and play back news, entertainment
and music -- an exciting element for Palm's innovative
new handheld."
The RealOne Player Mobile for the Tungsten T handheld is based
on the Helix DNA Client, a software engine that device manufacturers
and software developers can use to build a multiformat media
player for any device. RealNetworks is working with the Helix
Community to make the Helix DNA Client available for the Palm
OS(R) 5 platform, which will enable other media applications
to be developed for the Tungsten T handheld and other Palm
handhelds.
"We are delighted to enable Palm's customers to
enjoy portable music on their Tungsten T handheld,"
Dan Sheeran, vice president, Media Systems, RealNetworks,
Inc. "This is a great example of how the Helix platform
enables new media experiences for today's mobile consumers."
Availability
Palm Tungsten T handheld users will be able to download the
RealOne Player Mobile for free at www.real.com/player/mobile or at www.palm.com/realoneplayermobile.
The RealOne Player Mobile also will be shipped with select
future Palm handhelds.
About Helix
Helix is a platform and a community for the standardisation
and expansion of digital media. The Helix DNA platform consists
of source code developed by RealNetworks over the past eight
years for the creation, delivery and playback of digital media,
as well as a set of interfaces for building media-enabled
applications. Helix Community members use this source code
to build media-capable products with industry-leading technology,
intellectual property and commonly used interfaces. The Helix
Community offers source code of the Helix platform under commercial
community and open source licenses available at www.helixcommunity.org.
About RealNetworks
RealNetworks, Inc., based in Seattle, is the global leader
in Internet media delivery. It develops and markets software
products and services designed to enable users of personal
computers and other consumer electronic devices to send and
receive audio, video and other multimedia services using the
Web. Consumers can access and experience audio/video programming
and download RealNetworks' consumer software on the
Internet at www.real.com.
RealNetworks' systems and corporate information is located
on the Internet at www.realnetworks.com.
About Palm, Inc.
With shipments of 19 million PalmTM handheld computers, many
carried in pockets, purses and briefcases around the world,
Palm delivers devices that make it easy for people to use
and keep track of what matters to them.
Information about Palm, Inc. is available at http://www.palmone.com/aboutpalm.
Palm OS is a registered trademark of Palm, Inc. Palm, Zire,
and Tungsten are trademarks of Palm, Inc.
