Beatnik, Inc. - Enhanced Audio Solutions

BEATNIK GIVES VOICE TO JAVA PHONES

New 3GPP-compliant version of mobileBAE™ now supports all major audio formats and includes Mobile Media APIs for MIDP Java

San Mateo, CA – December 3rd, 2002 - Beatnik, Inc., a leading provider of standards-based structured audio software solutions for mobile devices, today announced the availability of the latest version of the Beatnik Audio Engine™ (BAE™). mobileBAE 1.1 allows handset manufacturers to bring rich audio to MIDP Java applications and integrate support for musical polyphonic ringtones, linear audio playback, user interface sounds, audio multimedia messaging and game sound effects.

Beatnik’s software technology – licensed to wireless industry leading handset manufacturers and already incorporated in well over one million Nokia mobile phones worldwide* – provides network operators and content providers with an industry standards-based capability for the deployment of audio services and applications on mobile phones.
mobileBAE 1.1 supports the real time synthesis of high quality polyphonic audio and provides handset manufacturers with a complete 3GPP-compliant audio subsystem, including a synthesizer, mixer, sample rate converter and digital audio player. It now supports playback of nearly every major ringtone and audio format, including MIDI, SP-MIDI, SMAF, iMelody, RTTTL, RTX, AIFF, RMF, XMF, WAV and raw PCM audio.

“Network operators are increasingly looking to Java applications and audio services to drive data revenues on their networks,” said Jeremy Copp, senior vice president, sales and marketing at Beatnik. “Providing customers with mobileBAE 1.1 enabled handsets enriches the applications that can be deployed on these phones, so enhancing the user experience and further encouraging customer uptake.”

mobileBAE 1.1 will also ship with the most comprehensive set of APIs on the market – more than 200 documented API calls for application developers, as well as a comprehensive platform abstraction layer for integration with embedded environments. The new product will support the playback of Beatnik legacy content, thereby providing current licensees with a smooth transition path for future product development.

The audio engine is optimised for the ARM architecture, the most prominent hardware platform used in mobile phones, to provide high quality audio output whilst using only minimal memory and processor resource on ARM-powered devices. Several standard configurations of mobileBAE 1.1 are available for key mobile operating systems and hardware configurations, such as the Symbian OS and ARM 9 platform, to simplify integration and help handset manufacturers cut their time to market.

About Beatnik, Inc.
Beatnik licenses scalable, structured audio software solutions for mobile devices that enable rich multimedia content delivery and an enhanced user experience for games and device interaction. Beatnik markets its core software technology and audio content development tools to mobile device manufacturers and a community of creative professionals. Incorporated in 1996, Beatnik was founded by musician and composer Thomas Dolby Robertson.

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* Nokia sales figures: see http://press.nokia.com/PR/200211/880194_5.html