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        Windows Mobile 3G phones gain video telephony

        Doug | Date: Jun 12, 2007 | Comments: 1


        Windows Mobile device-maker HTC will integrate Spirit DSP's voice and video software into its tri-band 3G phones, branded as TyTN in Europe and HTC-Z in Japan. The "TeamSpirit Mobile Voice&Video Engine" adds "complete" video telephony functionalities to the HTC devices, Spirit DSP said.



        HTC's TyTN, first announced about a year ago, is a 3G device running Windows Mobile 5.0 on a 400 MHz Samsung processor. It features tri-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE 3G wireless connectivity, WiFi, and Bluetooth, and includes a front-facing digital camera for video telephony.


        Spirit DSP's video engine block diagram

        Spirit says the SIP-based Voice&Video engine can be used on any network, including WiFi, and "can be easily integrated with any communication/collaboration software and/or hardware platform," the company said. Additionally, the "highly optimized" video codecs are said to support real-time video-over-IP while fitting into 200 Mhz "performance footprint," making it possible to bring video telephony to mass-market, off-the-shelf devices.

        The TeamSpirit Mobile Voice&Video Engine is immediately available for licensing and targets both Windows Mobile and Linux on a "range of hardware platforms," Spirit DSP said.


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