ARM Leads the Mobile Market Into Console-Quality 3D Gaming

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ARM announced at the Game Developers' Conference, San Francisco, Calif., the ARM(R) Mali-JSR297(TM) software for 3D graphics, the first product to enable developers of Java applications to take advantage of the latest hardware graphics features found in OpenGL ES 2.0 graphics processing units (GPUs), such as the ARM Mali200(TM) GPU. With the established Mali-JSR184 software (formerly Swerve Client), ARM is uniquely positioned to offer a complete software and hardware graphics stack and is one of the leading suppliers of middleware that enable 3D graphics to be used in Java games. Ericsson Mobile Platforms are the lead Partner for the Mali-JSR297 software, complementing the Mali200 GPU and ARM graphics middleware in the groundbreaking HSPA-enabled mobile platform,U500, bringing console class gaming to 2009 feature phones.

With the ARM Mali-JSR297 software, game developers now have complete control over the visual appearance of their games, enabling the creation of graphics displays on mobile phones that are similar to those seen on high-end gaming consoles and PCs. The Mali-JSR297 software demonstrates a leap in graphics quality that meets consumer demands for advanced-content entertainment on mobile phones.

Palm Centro Smart Device From AT&T

Answering the growing demand for affordable smart devices, AT&T and Palm announced the availability of the Palm Centro smart device from AT&T. Centro offers customers more choices to stay in touch with friends, family and coworkers, using voice, text, instant messaging, email or the web, at a price of just $99.99 (with two-year service agreement and available discounts and promotions).

Centro's touch screen and keyboard, combined with the simplicity of Palm OS, make it easy to use with key features such as one-touch speakerphone, conference calling, ignore a call with text messaging, and Bluetooth connectivity.

The Palm Centro smart device from AT&T offers services such as XM Radio Mobile, AT&T Mall, Push to Talk and MusicID. Initially, the Palm Centro from AT&T is available in new Glacier white with green keypad accents, and in approximately one month, AT&T will debut a second color -- Obsidian black.

Mobile TV: Business Models and Opportunties

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report related to the industry is available in its catalogue.

Mobile TV: Business Models and Opportunties

Television is already a mass media and is also currently made available through the Internet Protocol (IP). Marrying the two most popular services in the world may sound like a great idea but there are still several issues which must be carefully addressed before mobile TV becomes a safe investment.

Who is going to pay for the network deployment What will be the underlying business model Are appropriate regulation policies necessary How new regulation may affect the market What are the opportunities for mobile operators, broadcasters and content owners There are currently no straight answers to those questions but several options exist. They must be deeply investigated in order to make appropriate decisions for mobile TV to become successful.

The purpose of this report is to offer an understanding of the fundamental aspects of the mobile TV market past present and future with regards to the technology choice and local context. This report also analyses the mobile TV market from the views of different players in the value chain.

Key findings:

The mobile TV market will be worth over €4.4bn in 2011 in Asia, North America and Western Europe combined

Subscription business models will dominate, generating more than 90 per cent of revenues in 2011

The most impressive growth will be experienced in North America where the broadcast mobile TV market is set to grow by 350 per cent between 2008 and 2010.

A key obstacle to overcome is the lack of spectrum and appropriate regulation

Although free to air services drive customer growth in Asia, the business model lacks proven monetisation methods, therefore undermining its deployment in other markets.

Mobile TV will generate more revenues than mobile music and mobile games combined

In Europe, mobile TV will represent 27 per cent of total pay TV subscriptions.In the report:

Forecasts of mobile TV subscriptions, viewings and consumer revenues to 2011

Background of technology standards and spectrum.

Overview of the current state of the market.

Analysis of the regulation impact on mobile broadcast TV deployments.

Review and history of business models for unicast and broadcast mobile TV services.

Description and comparison of value chain structures.

Market sizes by technology and business models.

Analysis of the impact of mobile TV on the TV and mobile content industries.

Comparison of mobile TV ARPU with other pay TV platforms.

Analysis of the major key players in the industry including mobile operators, broadcasters, technology enablers and service providers.

Data profile for each of the leading markets in Asia, North America and Europe

Mobile TV: Business Models and Opportunties