Andy Sjostrom
04-15-2002, 01:47 PM
<a href="http://www.icestream.com/">http://www.icestream.com/</a><br /><br />Icestream, a Norwegian mobile media company, has a video player optimized for low bandwidth networks, such as the GSM network. Their compression technique is three to four times more efficient than the mpeg-4 (according to the company). Peter Lindblom, Developer Manager, demonstrates Icestream Video Player running on an GSM enabled iPAQ Pocket PC.<br /><br />One of the popular "real world" shows in Swedish TV today is called "Big Brother". By sending a <a href="http://www.bigbrother.se/index.html?SM=0&URL=http://www.bigbrother.se/misc/icestream.html">premium SMS</a> that costs US$1 you get a pass key that lets you watch the show right on your Pocket PC for 30 minutes.<br /><br /><img src="http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/images/ice_jpg.jpg" /><br /><br />Source: <a href="http://computersweden.idg.se/text/020415-CS24">Computer Sweden</a>