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The Digital Audio Voice Experience (D.A.V.E (News - Alert).) technology is now available from Seagate Technology. Previously code-named “Crickett”, the technology has already created significant buzz in the mobile phone community.

 

The DAVE platform is an enabling technology that delivers 10-20 GB of wireless storage in an accessory smaller than many common slim-line mobile phones. DAVE technology is designed to store, play and share digital files on mobile phones, PCs, and other wireless-enabled devices.

 

Through the use of Bluetooth or WiFi connections, DAVE provides substantial storage capacity without impacting the design or cost of mobile handsets. The DAVE platform is built for portability as it is about the size of a centimeter-thick credit card and can slip conveniently into a shirt pocket, purse or backpack.

 

The mobile storage platform is an open source, enabling third party software developers to create new applications for the mobile phone utilizing the hard drive’s unmatched capacity and performance. The DAVE technology is offered to mobile handset OEMs for sale under their respective brand names.

 

“Mobile telephony is undergoing a multimedia revolution, and the DAVE mobile content platform will provide even more fuel for the growth of new music and video services over mobile networks,” said Patrick King, senior vice president and general manager of Seagate’s consumer electronic business unit.

 

“Products using DAVE technology will enable digital content, whether for business or entertainment use, to be stored, moved, and connected in ways never before possible. Mobile carriers can use this technology for creating value from their investments in high-bandwidth networks, and mobile handset manufacturers have another tool for turning the multimedia phone into the center of the mobile consumer’s digital life.”    

 

New service offerings worldwide have been the result of the push to monetize massive investments in high speed wireless networks. These new services include mobile TV, digital music, digital video, personal blogging and more.

 

Frost & Sullivan predicts that the number of mobile video download subscribers will jump to nearly five million in 2010 as compared to roughly 250,000 mobile video download subscribers in 2006.

 

Interested parties can visit the Seagate website for more information on the DAVE platform as well as specifications and configurations.

 

The more mobile that we become, the more services we demand to have at our fingertips no matter where we are or what we are doing. We don’t want to be limited just because we are mobile. It is because of these desires in this “always-on” society that the demand has grown for platforms such as the DAVE technology.

 

Beyond meeting the growing needs of consumers, Seagate has done well to respond to the needs of OEMs by providing innovative technology without innovative prices. This will enable these organizations to appeal to a wider customer base and drive growth in their own segments.

 

 

Susan J. Campbell is a contributing editor for TMC (News - Alert) and has also written for eastbiz.com. To see more of her articles, please visit Susan J. Campbell’s columnist page.

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