New Windows Mobile-Based Portable Media Centers Show Off Latest Features, Popular Movies and Sleek New Devices "In his keynote address today at the 2006 International CES, Microsoft Corp. Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates announced three new partners — Toshiba America Inc., Tatung Co. and LG Electronics — delivering Windows Mobile®-based Portable Media Centers this year and highlighted a mobile version of Vongo, the new movie service from Starz Entertainment Group LLC that offers premium full-length movies and other video selections for playback on new Portable Media Centers. These next-generation devices are packed with features such as extended battery life, support for new higher-resolution displays and wide screens, direct audio/video recording, and direct connections to digital cameras; prices begin at $299 (U.S.) MSRP. The new devices and the mobile version of Vongo, coming first to Portable Media Centers, will be available in early 2006.
According to JupiterResearch, 58 percent of online consumers would prefer to watch full-length movies (owned or rented) on portable media players and 23 percent of consumers would also be interested in watching prerecorded television shows on such a device.1 Vongo gives people a full-length and premium mobile-movie experience for Portable Media Centers, with more than 1,000 first-run movies and video selections via a subscription service that provides unlimited access for $9.99 (U.S.) per month, plus additional pay-per-view movies from the largest provider of premium movie services in the United States."
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