Nice - sounds like a really interesting project - Hopefully there will be some video available of the thing in action.
I actually did a couple of co-op work terms at the CRC many years ago - glad to see they are still doing innovative stuff. Warren On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 5:41 PM, Michael Shiloh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > I'd like to bring to your attention an amazing project. From their website: > > "The Mobile Multimedia Broadcasting (MMB) team of the Communications > Research Centre Canada (CRC) will showcase its new broadcasting handset > prototype called openmokast in Amsterdam at the IBC 2008 exhibition this > week. The prototype, based on the Openmoko FreeRunner manufactured by > FIC Inc., is the first open handset to integrate the reception of live > digital radio, video and data services with typical smart phone > functions such as mobile telephony, wireless internet and GPS > > Some details: > > * A functional USB DAB/DMB receiver inserted inside a case extension, > the design of which was based on the Openmoko CAD files > > * Custom software that can now receive live DAB/DMB radio and > decode different types of services such as: > - Musicam audio > - DAB+ audio > - Slideshow > - Journaline text news > > (The software is available as a package from the download section on > their website but it can be used only with input files because the > hardware receiver is not available to the public.) > > Moreover, this OpenMoko based DAB/DMB receiver will be shown at the > International Broadcasting Conference (IBC2008) in Amsterdam later this > week. > > More details at http://openmokast.org/ > > Thanks to Jean-Michel Bouffard for making this possible and for bringing > it to our attention! > > Michael > > _______________________________________________ > Openmoko community mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community >
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