Streamezzo announces support for the BlackBerry Storm Smartphone, Taking Advantage of its "Clickable" Touch-Screen

Streamezzo becomes the first software publisher to provide a platform for developing Rich Media-based applications on the BlackBerry Storm Smartphone

Mobile World Congress 2008 (Hall 7, Stand 7C18) – Barcelona, Spain – 16 February, 2009. 
Streamezzo today announced that its Rich Media Client (RMC), the rendering client and core technology behind Streamezzo Mobile Open Development Platform, is fully compliant with the BlackBerry® Storm™ smartphone from Research In Motion (RIM) (Nasdaq: RIMM; TSX: RIM).

Streamezzo RMC offers a low memory footprint, high performance and compelling features for creating and deploying innovative Rich Media Application on the BlackBerry Storm smartphone. Developers can now create a Rich Media application once and deploy it easily on the BlackBerry Storm, taking advantage of its unique “clickable” touch-screen and virtual keyboards.

Streamezzo RMC takes advantage of the latest technological features of the BlackBerry Storm smartphone including:
• Touch-Screen with SurePress™ – Allow Rich Media to take full advantage of this innovative interface including taps or slides.
• Virtual Keyboard – Hide or show virtual keyboard within an application
• Video Streaming – Enable an application to support video streaming
• Audio Capabilities  – Integrate the sound effects or play your favourite hits
• Web – Connect your application to the web

“This announcement demonstrates Streamezzo's know-how in extending its Rich Media Client compatibility with the latest most innovative devices on the market” said Oliver Avaro, Streamezzo’s Executive Vice President and CTO.  “Here is another example of our consistent commitment to deliver the industry’s most interoperable software environment for truly “write once, run anywhere” rich media applications.” Streamezzo RMC also supports BlackBerry smartphones that come with a physical keyboard, including the BlackBerry® Bold™, and BlackBerry® Curve™ and BlackBerry® Pearl™ series smartphones.

Thanks to Streamezzo Mobile Open Development Platform, service providers and mobile operators can extend the deployment of their Rich Media Application portfolios to all major mobile operating systems: Android™, BlackBerry®, Brew®, iPhone™, Java®, Linux®, Symbian® S60 (including last 5th Edition) and Windows Mobile®.