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AllLinuxDevices: Sharp’s Linux-based PDA’s Will Include Streaming Multimedia Component

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Mar 21, 2001

“A little more information on the planned Sharp Linux-based
Zaurus PDAs came to light today as the company announced it is
partnering with Hannover, Germany-based PacketVideo to introduce
wireless multimedia capabilities to the devices, slated for arrival
third quarter of this year.”

“According to the company, PacketVideo will provide its PVPlayer
software for the new line. PVPlayer is a streaming multimedia
package, already distributed for PocketPC-based devices, that
provides MPEG4 video wirelessly. The software that serves PVPlayer
content can accept WAV audio, AVI and MPEG streams.”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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