<div dir="ltr">Nice - sounds like a really interesting project - Hopefully there will be some video available of the thing in action.<br><br>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.<br>
<br>Warren<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 5:41 PM, Michael Shiloh <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:michael@openmoko.org">michael@openmoko.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
I'd like to bring to your attention an amazing project. From their website:<br>
<br>
"The Mobile Multimedia Broadcasting (MMB) team of the Communications<br>
Research Centre Canada (CRC) will showcase its new broadcasting handset<br>
prototype called openmokast in Amsterdam at the IBC 2008 exhibition this<br>
week. The prototype, based on the Openmoko FreeRunner manufactured by<br>
FIC Inc., is the first open handset to integrate the reception of live<br>
digital radio, video and data services with typical smart phone<br>
functions such as mobile telephony, wireless internet and GPS<br>
<br>
Some details:<br>
<br>
* A functional USB DAB/DMB receiver inserted inside a case extension,<br>
the design of which was based on the Openmoko CAD files<br>
<br>
* Custom software that can now receive live DAB/DMB radio and<br>
decode different types of services such as:<br>
- Musicam audio<br>
- DAB+ audio<br>
- Slideshow<br>
- Journaline text news<br>
<br>
(The software is available as a package from the download section on<br>
their website but it can be used only with input files because the<br>
hardware receiver is not available to the public.)<br>
<br>
Moreover, this OpenMoko based DAB/DMB receiver will be shown at the<br>
International Broadcasting Conference (IBC2008) in Amsterdam later this<br>
week.<br>
<br>
More details at <a href="http://openmokast.org/" target="_blank">http://openmokast.org/</a><br>
<br>
Thanks to Jean-Michel Bouffard for making this possible and for bringing<br>
it to our attention!<br>
<br>
Michael<br>
<br>
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