Picsel Launches Content Platform for Nokia Series 60 and Series 80 Smartphones

Strategic Insights -

Picsel, a leading provider of solutions that enable intuitive interaction with rich content on small screen devices, has launched its Content Platform for Nokia Series 60 and Series 80-based devices. The Picsel Content Platform includes Photo Viewer, File Viewer, and Browser applications, which will deliver a rich user experience to owners of Nokia smartphones, allowing them to manipulate pictures, read full email attachments, and surf the Internet intuitively through a single user interface.

Key Takeaways:

  • Picsel's Content Platform is now available for Series 60 and Series 80 smartphones, providing users with a rich user experience, including photo viewer, file viewer, and browser applications.
  • The Series 60 and Series 80 smartphone architecture provides users with basic and advanced cellular phone functions in a compact device characterized by a large color screen, rich communications, and enhanced applications.
  • Picsel's applications will be delivered through various distribution channels and partnerships, with further details to be announced later this year.
  • The Picsel Content Platform has been launched in partnership with Nokia, leveraging the company's Series 60 and Series 80 platforms.
  • Imran Khand, Picsel CEO, stated that the market opportunity for Picsel's Content Platform on the Nokia Series 60 and Series 80 Platforms is significant and has the potential for a successful relationship between Picsel and its customers.
  • Brad Brockhaug, Senior Director of Business Development and Channels at Nokia, noted that Picsel's Content Platform with its browser, file viewer, and photo viewer applications is a great example of how an innovative developer can enhance the product offering of a mobile phone manufacturer or operator.

Statistics:

  • Over 25 million Symbian OS-based devices are already in the market, providing a significant platform for Picsel's Content Platform.
  • The Nokia Series 60 and Series 80 phone architectures are designed to deliver a rich user experience to users, with large color screens, rich communications, and enhanced applications.
  • Picsel's applications will be delivered through various distribution channels and partnerships, with further details to be announced later this year.
  • Nokia's Series 80 platform devices feature large screens, full QWERTY keyboards, and multi-way scroll for easy user interface navigation.

Sources:

  • Business Wire, "Picsel's Photo Viewer, File Viewer and Browser Applications Enables Smart Phone Owners to Access Pictures, Email Attachments and the Internet" (March 14, 2005)
  • Picsel website, "Picsel Content Platform"
  • Picsel website, "Picsel Photo Viewer"
  • Picsel website, "Picsel File Viewer"
  • Picsel website, "Picsel Browser"