Amiga
and Sendo announced tthat Amiga Anywhere and Amiga Anywhere content
will be shipped with, and extended content made available for the Sendo
multimedia Z100 Smartphone. The applications are being developed by
the highly talented Amiga Development Community and range from well-known
games to messaging services and business applications from Amiga's impressive
catalogue and its long standing position as a pioneer in multimedia
development.
More details on the Sendo Z100 Smartphone at foot of page.
The Z100 Smartphone's large color screen and the processing power of the device make it an ideal phone for games and multimedia entertainment. Amiga Anywhere Applications will be available for the Sendo Z100 via download as well as by SD based Game Card's known as Amiga Anywhere Entertainment Packs.
The first Entertainment Pack features four unsurpassed applications that are a testament to the innovation of the Amiga development community. A Casino Game pack and Arcade packs are to follow in short order. It is anticipated that hundreds more titles are to follow this year, with increased wireless functionality.
"Both Amiga and our development community look forward to working with Sendo to bring leading edge applications to operator partners and end users of the Sendo Z100. In Sendo, we have found a partner that will surely play a huge role in defining the mobile experience," said Bill McEwen, President and CEO Amiga Inc.
"Amiga and their development community are known for their innovation and multimedia capabilities. Sendo is excited to offer this content and services to our partners and customers," said Hugh Brogan CEO of Sendo.
The Z100 Smartphone will be available through premier carriers and partners throughout the world. The Z100 Smartphone is a true multimedia phone introducing the world to the next generation of mobile devices.
Sendo Z100 Smartphone
At approx. 100 grams and 99 cc, the Sendo Z100 Multimedia Smartphone will be one of the smallest and lightest GPRS tri-band smartphones. It will feature an impressive TFT display with up to 65,000 colors, comparable in quality to a high-end laptop display. The Z100 Smartphone will be able to play MP3 and Windows Media Audio and Video files and will include USB, IRDA and RS232 connectivity.
In addition, the Z100 Smartphone will have an integrated HTML, c-HTML and WAP browser. The Z100 Smartphone will be one of the first color smartphones that gives users access to e-mail, contacts and meaningful Internet content on the go. E-mail and contacts can be synchronized over the air, using IR or when directly connected to a PC running compatible software. It will incorporate the new Microsoft ® Windows® Powered Smartphone 2002 software. Sendo also plans to incorporate the Amiga Anywhere Content Engine.
Naturally, other features like voice dial and voice memo and a wide range of accessories, like a digital clip-on camera (VGA resolution), will be offered. The pictures taken with the camera may be immediately sent to someone in the form of a JPEG file or an MMS message. GPS navigation software combined with an in-car accessory will also be offered.
Sendo will add a number of features, in option packs, to those that come standard with Smartphone 2002, which may include, for example, a Java Virtual Machine, an advanced EMS/MMS messaging client, file viewers for popular document formats, and SyncML. A number of video and audio players will be available for the device. Sendo has previously announced that it is working with several video player companies.
The Z100 Smartphone will offer memory expansion capability with hot-pluggable MMC (Multimedia card) and SD (Secure Digital) cards. The memory slot is a key enabler to allow the downloading of information between the phone and other devices.
Sendo has announced Bluetooth support for the Z100 Smartphone, which will be enabled by a plug-in module into the memory slot. The SDIO (Secure Digital Input/Output) card is a small expansion card, which allows wireless connectivity to a Bluetooth headset or Bluetooth enabled devices.