ComVu launches live Windows Mobile video broadcasting application

- Gary Thayer, Editor

September 19, 2005 -- (MobileVillage) -- Startup company ComVu today launched its flagship product, a mobile broadcasting service that enables owners of camera phones to transmit live video broadcasts of any length and to any size audience.

ComVu's service lets owners of camera-equipped smart phones broadcast live events to people, who can then watch the live video feed on mobile devices or PCs with Windows Media compatible players. The service integrates "one button" live video streaming capabilities, video archiving on ComVu's servers, and a personal broadcast page directly accessed by viewers.

ComVu allows for instant notification to groups of contacts (family, friends, colleagues) via SMS, IM or email. Users can also include tags and other video information to help categorize and search for videos; capture geo-position data in video stream to allow viewers to locate transmission point on map; and immediately post a video to a blog.

ComVu is available in beta release for any Windows Mobile 5 device, as well as the Axia A108 PDA phone, Asus 730W media handheld, and Windows Pocket PC XScale devices with VEO SD camera.

A free trial of the ComVu software can be downloaded from comvu.com. Broadcast packages begin at US $10/month or $80/year that allow for about 8 hours of broadcasting or playback, and 100MB of storage. Consumers must have access to a data services network.

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