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Nokia to put Microsoft PlayReady onto S60 & S40 cellphone platforms
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Nokia to put Microsoft PlayReady onto S60 & S40 cellphone platforms | Nokia to put Microsoft PlayReady onto S60 & S40 cellphone platforms |
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| Telecommunications - Technology | |
| by Stuart Corner | |
| Monday, 06 August 2007 | |
Nokia is to support Microsoft's PlayReady content access technology into the Nokia S60 and Series 40 mobile device platforms, starting in 2008.Featured Whitepaper
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The technology is claimed to make it easy for content owners and service providers to deliver virtually any type of digital content in a flexible manner. As part of the agreement, Nokia and Microsoft will also collaborate on expanding and simplifying consumer scenarios for accessing, experiencing and moving digital content using mobile devices. According to Nokia, "for consumers, PlayReady brings flexible ways to manage their digital content between online, home and mobile devices. For example, a consumer could purchase content directly from their Nokia device and then transfer the content to enjoy on other designated devices, such as PCs or mobile devices." "People are increasingly using their mobile devices for enjoying digital content, such as music, games, videos and photos," said Ilkka Raiskinen, senior vice president of Multimedia Experiences at Nokia. "By adding support for Microsoft PlayReady technology, we are enabling service providers to offer a wide range of content and create truly compelling experiences across mobile devices, personal computers and online services." Amir Majidimehr, corporate vice president of the Consumer Media Technology Group at Microsoft, said: "Through our collaboration with Nokia, we aim to deliver a compelling platform that offers consumers seamless access to virtually any type of digital content they want." Microsoft released the PlayReady Porting Kit for mobile devices in early August 2007, and expects the first services using Microsoft PlayReady technology to appear in 2008. PlayReady is claimed to be fully backward-compatible with Windows Media DRM 10, which means that devices supporting PlayReady can access existing Windows Media DRM-based content as well as new PlayReady content services. {moscomment} |
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