Helsinki – July 24th, 2006
Movial, the company providing the user experience of IP communication, announced today the availability of its enhanced Connect PC 6.1, Connect Mobile 2.5 and Connect CE PocketPC 1.0 clients. With these new releases, operators can now offer even better integrated converged communication with a consistent user experience across devices.
Building on its already established cross-platform communication clients launched, amongst others, by Orange, the enhanced releases display a variety of new IP, SMS, and user experience functionality.
Connect PC 6.1 provides the best user experience for integrated communication. In order to increase the ease-of-use and converged communication, Connect PC 6.1 adds the possibility to send, receive, and manage SMS messages. Another convergence feature is the possibility to create mobile to PC and PC to mobile video calls. Other new functionality includes email notifications, updated skins, and enhanced standards support.
In addition to the desktop client, Connect CE PocketPC 1.0 offers the best VoIP quality services on Windows Mobile based PDA devices. The contacts and groups are managed through Outlook, and calls can be made from the client, but also through the Outlook plugin, making it easy for the user to communicate. The user interface can be fully branded, and new functionality such as Presence and Multimedia Instant Messaging can be easily enabled as it is based on the Connect IMS application framework. Other functionality includes status information on the Today screen, dial pad, quick-dial and contact list filter, and multiple numbers support.
Connect Mobile clients for Symbian, Windows Mobile, and Linux now have the capability to utilize standards based protocols such as SIP based on IETF and 3GPP standards, XMPP, and OMA IMPS for Presence and Instant Messaging. Furthermore, the User Interface is so advanced, that it can dynamically adjust the feature set based on what functionality the server provides, allowing easy management and launch of new features to an operator’s customer base.
“We are receiving more and more feedback from operators that highly appreciate the user experience, integrated converged communication features, and high-quality of our clients across desktop, mobile, and consumer electronics devices”, says Victor Donselaar, Unit Manager, Movial. “In additional to a number of high-profile customer launches to be announced this quarter, Movial continues to add unique features to its client portfolio to add value and usability to our customers and their end-users.”
The Movial Connect product family consists of an IMS application
framework, and off-the-shelf client applications on the broadest range
of PC, Mobile, and Consumer Electronics devices in the industry. A wide
range of services can be deployed such as Presence, Instant Messaging,
Group List Management, Multimedia Messaging, Push-to-Video, Music and
Video Sharing, VoIP and Video Telephony. With SDK's and a unique user
interface, Movial Connect clients offer seamless branded user
experience of these services across devices.
Movial provides IP communication software, embedded Linux engineering and user experience services to device manufacturers and operators. Software developed by us is easy-to-use and helps customers launch products to market in shorter time. The Connect product suite enables creation of converged IMS communication services. Movial’s deep understanding of open technologies and commitment to our customers have been recognized by Nokia, HP, Orange and Telefonica. Headquartered in Helsinki, Finland, Movial was founded in 2001 and employs over 100 employees.