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[April 10,
2002]
HelloSoft Demos VoIP On Microsoft Windows CE
For Handhelds
HelloSoft, Inc. announced
the successful demonstration of HelloVoice Voice over Packet
software on the Microsoft Windows CE 3.0 real-time operating system
(RTOS).
This demonstration was conducted on a Compaq iPAQ Pocket PC,
which uses Windows CE 3.0 as the underlying operating system. This
enables mobile and handheld device manufacturers and application
integrators who want to incorporate voice communication capabilities
in their products to extend the functionality of these devices for
real-time voice communication over IP networks. This also provides
great value to the end users who will use their future and existing
handheld organizers as Web phones.
HelloVoice on the Windows CE 3.0 operating system provides the
unique capability of running all the DSP software on popular RISC
CPUs (e.g. StrongARM, MIPS, ARM, ARC), which are all supported by
Windows CE 3.0. This demonstrates HelloSoft's implementation of the
G.729A/B vocoder on a StrongARM processor, the heart of the iPAQ.
This iPAQ device is fitted with a standard 802.11b modem and enables
voice communications with another similarly fitted iPAQ. The iPAQ
also communicates with a Pentium-based laptop running HelloSoft's
G.729A/B vocoder running on Microsoft Windows 98, Windows 2000 or
Windows NT operating system.
"HelloSoft has established a unique combination of relationships
with both Microsoft (for VoIP over Windows CE 3.0) and with Intel
(for VoIP on StrongARM). With the help of an excellent team of
implementation engineers, HelloSoft has implemented VoIP over
Windows CE 3.0 on StrongARM," said Ashok Setty, vice president of
Marketing and Business Development at HelloSoft. "This is a
compelling demonstration of HelloSoft's capabilities to add 'soft
voice' on the existing vast array of handhelds without adding
separate DSP hardware."
"With the proliferation of IP telephony, companies are looking
for ways to quickly integrate this functionality into their Windows
Powered smart devices," said Scott Horn, director of the Embedded
and Appliance Platforms Group at Microsoft Corp. "The rich
application support of Windows CE 3.0 allows OEMs to easily expand
the capabilities of their Windows Powered smart devices by including
innovative applications, such as HelloSoft's HelloVoice."
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