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Smartphone supports efficient compression

A Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS product story

Edited by the Electronicstalk editorial team Jun 12, 2006

Fraunhofer IIS MPEG-4 audio and video coding technology is helping Palm enhance its multimedia offerings in the new Palm Treo 700p smartphone.

Fraunhofer IIS MPEG-4 audio and video coding technology is helping Palm enhance its multimedia offerings in the new Palm Treo 700p smartphone.

With MPEG-4 advanced video coding and MPEG-4 audio coding, the new Treo 700p smartphone supports the most efficient compression schemes standardised by MPEG and the ITU.

They offer optimal audiovisual quality at lowest bit rates and transmission costs.

Harald Popp, Head of the Multimedia Realtime Systems Department at Fraunhofer IIS, stated: "This MPEG-4 technology is a must have for any multimedia capable handheld device, and we are glad to see Palm including it in its new Treo 700p smartphone".

As the first Palm OS based Treo smartphone, the Treo 700p uses its fast data connection to speed streaming multimedia content.

It ships with Palm's first built-in streaming application.

Treo 700p users also can take advantage of broadband-like speeds on their laptop computers by using the new smartphone as a wireless modem via USB or Bluetooth wireless technology.

By using SD memory cards in addition to the 128Mbyte of built-in memory (60Mbyte available to the user), users have plenty of room to download and carry important documents and multimedia content.