Samsung Announces New Full Touch Line Mobile Phones With DivX Certification(TM)
February 16 2009 - 6:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
Samsung's Ultra Touch, OMNIA HD, and BEAT DJ provide seamless
playback of high-quality DivX(R) video on the go and in the living
room SAN DIEGO, and BARCELONA, Spain Feb. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/
-- DivX, Inc. (NASDAQ:DIVX), a digital media company, and Samsung
Electronics Co., LTD, a leading mobile provider, announced today at
GSMA Mobile World Congress its newest full touch phone product line
with DivX(R) Mobile certification -- Samsung's Ultra Touch, OMNIA
HD, and BEAT DJ. These new cutting-edge DivX Certified(R) mobile
phone devices offer consumers seamless playback of high-quality
DivX video on the go and in the living room. DivX technology
produces highly compressed video suitable for mobile platforms that
require minimal storage for the highest quality experience
possible. (Logo:
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20081124/LA48153LOGO) "Our
customers see mobile devices as an important place to enjoy
high-quality video, and adding DivX support ensures that our
handsets provide a cutting-edge media experience," said Younghee
Lee, Vice President of Samsung's Digital Media & Communications
business. Samsung Ultra Touch (S8300) allows consumers to enjoy
DivX video on its full touch display with anti-reflection and
anti-scratch surface. Other compelling features include an
8-megapixel camera with Dual Power LED, GPS with navigation,
TouchWiz UI with Mobile Widget, and Auto Rotation with a 3x4 inch
keypad. Samsung OMNIA HD (i8910) boasts its HD brilliance with 3.7"
AMOLED full touch screen. The product enables consumers to play
DivX videos from the phone directly on their televisions using the
OMNIA HD's TV-Out feature--effectively turning the phone into a
powerful portable media player. In addition to DivX video playback,
Samsung's OMNIA HD features generous internal memory (8GB /16GB)
with the addition of a 32GB microSD card. Equipped with Symbian S60
5.0, the OMNIA HD offers innovative technology such as an
8-megapixel camera, the fastest network with HSDPA 7.2 Mbps, and
advanced features such as geo-tagging and widgets. With support for
DivX video, Samsung's BEAT DJ (M7600) empowers consumers to
playback DivX video stored on the phone's 50MB internal memory or
up to 16GB with an external microSD memory card. The BEAT DJ also
offers an enhanced music experience including full touch Music
Evolution with Spin Wheel Touch and DISC UI--an advanced music play
user interface, and BEAT DJ--a DJ'ing music application with music
filters, scratching features and DJ mix recording. "Samsung
continues to recognize the value that DivX provides for its
customers, and we are pleased to be a key feature in Samsung's new
line of mobile phones," said Kevin Hell, Chief Executive Officer at
DivX, Inc. "The Samsung Ultra Touch, OMNIA HD and BEAT DJ are
superior multimedia phones, and now users will be able to watch
their favorite videos absolutely anywhere, enjoying the
high-quality that DivX video is known for." In addition to the
three newly DivX Certified mobile phones with Samsung, DivX also
announced a new certification profile--DivX Mobile Theater. Now
available to DivX IC and OEM licensees, DivX Mobile Theater Profile
helps mobile licensees ensure that their phones are certified to
support studio requirements for premium DivX video playback,
provide true DVD-like quality, and offers an improved user
experience. Products that bear the DivX Certified(R) logo have
undergone a rigorous testing program to ensure a high-quality DivX
media experience, including reliable video creation and playback,
interoperability with other DivX Certified devices and the visual
quality users expect from DivX. For more information about
Samsung's new products, visit http://www.samsungmwc.com/. For more
information about DivX video, visit http://www.divx.com/. About
Samsung Electronics Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. is a global
leader in semiconductor, telecommunication, digital media and
digital convergence technologies with 2007 consolidated sales of
US$105 billion. Employing approximately 150,000 people in 134
offices in 62 countries, the company consists of two main business
units: Digital Media & Communications and Device Solutions.
Recognized as one of the fastest growing global brands, Samsung
Electronics is a leading producer of digital TVs, memory chips,
mobile phones and TFT-LCDs. For more information, please visit
http://www.samsung.com/. About DivX DivX, Inc. is a digital media
company that enables consumers to enjoy a high-quality video
experience across any kind of device. DivX creates, distributes and
licenses digital video technologies that span the "three screens"
comprising today's consumer media environment--the PC, the
television and mobile devices. Over 100 million DivX Certified
devices have shipped into the market from leading consumer
electronics manufacturers. DivX also offers content providers and
publishers a complete solution for the distribution of secure,
high-quality digital video content. Driven by a globally recognized
brand and a passionate community of hundreds of millions of
consumers, DivX is simplifying the video experience to enable the
digital home. Forward-Looking Statements Statements in this press
release that are not strictly historical in nature constitute
"forward-looking statements." Such statements include, but are not
limited to, statements regarding DivX's visibility within the
investment community. Such forward-looking statements involve known
and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause
DivX's actual results to be materially different from historical
results or from any results expressed or implied by such
forward-looking statements. These factors include, but are not
limited to: the risk that customer use of DivX technology may not
grow as anticipated; the risk that anticipated market opportunities
may not materialize at expected levels, or at all; the risk that
the Company's activities may not result in the growth of profitable
revenue; risks and uncertainties related to the maintenance and
strength of the DivX brand; risks associated with DivX's ability to
penetrate existing and new markets; risks regarding the effects of
competition; the risk of DivX's dependence on its licensees and
partners; risks related to the effect of intellectual property
rights claims; and other factors discussed in the "Risk Factors"
section of DivX's most recent report filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission. All forward-looking statements are qualified
in their entirety by this cautionary statement. DivX is providing
this information as of the date of this release and does not
undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statements
contained in this release as a result of new information, future
events or otherwise.
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Jennifer Baumgartner, +1-503-901-5371, , or Investors, Karen
Fisher, +1-858-882-6415, , both of DivX, Inc. Web Site:
http://www.divx.com/
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