Amiga to Deploy AmigaDE
on Infotainment Device for the Home
02-Feb-2002, Snoqualmie, WA - Amiga Inc, an emerging leader in media
delivery, today announced the pre-installation, for the Swedish market,
of AmigaDE on the Nokia Mediaterminal. The Nokia Mediaterminal, an innovative
"infotainment' device for the home, recently launched in Sweden, combines
digital video broadcast (DVB), gaming, streaming and downloadable digital
media, full Internet access, and personal video recorder (PVR) technology.
A Linux-based version of the AmigaDE has been incorporated into the Nokia
Mediaterminal.
"Today's announcement is yet another significant step forward in our vision
of enabling Amiga users to access their favorite applications from any
device and on any platform,' said Bill McEwen, President/CEO, Amiga Inc.
"The deployment of the Amiga on the Nokia Media terminal will give consumers
an array of gaming and entertainment content from a central device attached
to their televisions.'
By using AmigaDE on the Nokia Mediaterminal, consumers will be able to
download, store and have access to the latest gaming applications, MP3,
MPEG4, Universal Chat, and streaming video, turning the family TV into
a multifunctional entertainment center.
About Amiga
Amiga Inc. established itself in 1985 as the premier provider of multi-media
technologies to the world. Today Amiga continues leading the way in multi-media
by providing language independent technologies to developers for writing
and porting applications to a new multi-media platform that is hardware
agnostic. Its AmigaDE powered with intent(TM) from Tao Group enables applications
to run unchanged on a broad range of processors including ARM,StrongARM,
Intel X-Scale, MIPS, Intel x86, Motorola 68K and Hitachi SH. It can run
hosted on a wide variety of operating systems including Linux, Embedded
Linux, Windows 95, 98, 2000, NT, and Pocket PC. AmigaDE Player and applications
for the AmigaDE Environment can be purchased at The
AmigaDE Website. Amiga is based in Snoqualmie, WA, and has offices
worldwide. Amiga can be reached at (425) 396-5660 or visit Amiga on the
web at The Amiga Website.
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