Verizon Wireless Offers New Samsung Phone With Immersion's VibeTonz System
8 June 2006
Immersion Corporation (Nasdaq:IMMR), a leading developer and licensor of touch feedback technology, announced that its VibeTonz(R) System, which provides dynamic vibrations, is embedded in the new feature-rich Samsung SCH-a930 mobile phone from Verizon Wireless. VibeTonz touch effects, in combination with sight and sound cues, make content more realistic and fun and operation more intuitive. The new VibeTonz-enabled phone will be made available to Verizon's more than 53 million wireless subscribers.
The new SCH-a930 CDMA handset with EVDO broadband networking, V CAST music, 1.3 megapixel camera with flash camcorder, video on demand, Bluetooth technology, TransFlash memory slot, internal antenna, stereo speakerphone capability, and advanced speech recognition also includes VibeTonz-enhanced ringtones that help keep users informed when in noisy environments or when sound is turned off. Consumers can assign these ringtones to particular callers, and unique vibrations can also be assigned to various types of messages. In addition, the phone has the ability to play downloaded VibeTonz-enhanced applications from Verizon's Get It Now service.
Leading mobile game publishers Indiagames and Pulse Interactive are offering games with embedded VibeTonz effects for the new phone. Punch Entertainment, SkyZone Entertainment, and Sonic Branding Solutions recently signed agreements with Immersion for use of VibeTonz technology in their downloadable SCH-a930 games.document.write('');
Sonic Branding Solutions' award-winning Name That Tune! uses polyphonic music based on songs from the world's most popular artists, provided under license from the world's leading music publishers. "Our Name That Tune!, the leading wireless music subscription game in the country, just gets better with VibeTonz effects," said Kenny Engels, vice president, Wireless, Sonic Branding Solutions. "On the SCH-a930, you not only hear the tune in stereo, VibeTonz effects make it feel like you turned up the subwoofers. The VibeTonz System adds another dimension that makes Name That Tune! even more fun and entertaining."
Online Information
Verizon Wireless, www.VerizonWireless.com
Immersion's VibeTonz System, www.immersion.com/mobility
VibeTonz support for developers, developer.immersion.com
VibeTonz-enabled content and phones, www.vibetonz.com
Indiagames, www.indiagames.com
Pulse Interactive, www.pulsemobilegames.com
Punch Entertainment, www.punch-entertainment.com/
Skyzone Entertainment, www.skyzonemobile.com
Sonic Branding Solutions, www.SonicBrandingSolutions.com
About Immersion (www.immersion.com)
Founded in 1993, Immersion Corporation is a recognized leader in developing, licensing, and marketing digital touch technology and products. Bringing value to markets where man-machine interaction needs to be made more compelling, safer, or productive, Immersion helps its partners broaden market reach by making the use of touch feedback as critical a user experience as sight and sound. Immersion's technology is deployed across automotive, entertainment, medical training, mobility, personal computing, and three-dimensional simulation markets. Immersion's patent portfolio includes over 600 issued or pending patents in the U.S. and other countries.
Source: dmnnewswire
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