>X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3.2 >Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2000 13:18:09 -0300 >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >From: Javier Massetto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Fwd: Nokia - Nokia brings Internet to the living room with > Linux-based ... > > >>X-Mailer: MIME::Lite 1.123 (B1.09; Q1.09) >>From: Nokia Press Office <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>To: Nokia E-mail subscribers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Subject: Nokia - Nokia brings Internet to the living room with >>Linux-based ... >>Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2000 12:28:56 +0200 (CEST) >>Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >>NOKIA PRESS RELEASE >> >> September 08, 2000 >> >>Nokia brings Internet to the living room with Linux-based home product >> >> >> >>Nokia today launches its Media Terminal, a powerful infotainment >>center for the home combining the Internet and digital broadcasting. >>Based on open Internet technologies such as Linux, Mozilla, HTML and >>Intel's x86 computer architecture, the product makes it possible to >>have access to the rich entertainment offerings of the Internet via >>any display device in the home, e.g. the TV or a computer screen. >> >>Nokia has taken the lead and based its new product on open Internet >>technologies for which there is already a wide range of services and >>applications available, thus adding value to the interactivity >>development in the broadcasting environment. The Internet technology >>of the Media Terminal has been developed in cooperation with Intel. >> >>"The combination of Internet and digital TV brings consumers a new >>Internet-based media experience in the living room. Based on open >>Internet technologies, including Linux, the Media Terminal will bring >>consumers true interactivity from the very start. The Nokia Media >>Terminal enables new digital services which will bring clear benefits >>to all players in the value chain," says Hanno Narjus, Head of Sales >>& Market Creation, Nokia Home Communications. "Our unique background >>in IP technologies, mobile telephony and digital broadcasting allows >>us to offer our customers the most innovative home communications >>products available." >> >>The Media Terminal is the first in a range of products that Nokia is >>introducing for the Connected Home. It will be available for >>broadcasting networks as well as for ADSL enabling media over IP. >>Features of the Nokia Media Terminal include full, fast Internet >>access in the living room which provides for interactive digital >>services including home shopping and banking, as well as the >>possibility to pause and replay live broadcasts or split the screen >>between TV and the Internet. Consumers can also watch digital TV and >>record to the integrated hard disc, play 3D network games, order >>video on demand, send and receive email with attachments, listen to >>and store MP3 files and connect a printer, digital camera or other >>device. >> >>The Media Terminal features Nokia Navi(TM)bars, a user interface that >>has been especially developed to provide an easy and user-friendly >>interface in the home environment. Consumers can easily manage and >>navigate the multitude of offerings available via digital TV and the >>Internet. >> >>The Media Terminal will support standards such as MHP and ATVEF and >>will evolve together with the Internet components Linux and Mozilla. >>It will be available in the market in the 2nd quarter 2001. >> >>Nokia Home Communications, part of Nokia Ventures Organization, >>develops home products for communication, entertainment and wireless >>networking through combining Nokia's expertise in IP technologies, >>digital broadcasting and mobile telephony. >> >>Nokia is paving the way to the Mobile Information Society with its >>innovative products and solutions. The company is the leading mobile >>phone supplier and a leading supplier of mobile, fixed and IP >>networks, related services as well as multimedia terminals. In 1999, >>Nokia's net sales totaled EUR 19.8 billion (USD 19.9 billion). >>Headquartered in Finland, Nokia is listed on the New York (NOK), >>Helsinki, Stockholm, London, Frankfurt and Paris stock exchanges and >>employs more than 60 000 people >> >>Further information: >> >>Katarina H�gg >>Nokia Home Communications >>+46 709 93 83 57 or +46 8 793 83 57 >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >>www.nokia.com >> >> >> >> >> >> >>This press release was brought to you by Nokia. >> >> >>To unsubscribe, please go to: >> http://press.nokia.com/unsubscribe.html >> >>Copyright Nokia 2000
