November 10, 2009 (Tokyo, Japan)—VIVID UI®, VIVID Movie, and VIVID Avatar Maker™, respectively developed by Acrodea, Inc. (President: Junya Tsutsumi), headquartered in Meguro-ku, Tokyo, have been implemented to the 2009 Winter-Spring models being released by NTT DoCoMo, Inc. (CEO and President: Ryuji Yamada), headquartered in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo.
Under the master license agreement as announced in August 2007, all models (excluding a portion) of the 905i series adopted VIVID UI and VIVID Movie, and the cumulative implementation has reached 70 models to date. New handsets to be released as 2009 winter-spring models are also implemented. VIVID UI and VIVID Movie are compatible with the Kisekae Tool® service provided by NTT DoCoMo. In addition, VIVID UI is compatible with Direct Menu, as well as the latest i-Concier® and i-Widget® services by NTT DoCoMo. Starting with the winter-spring models, i-Concier® and i-Widget® have touch-screen compatibility (see Fig. 1), and i-Widget® also has landscape display support. The VIVID UI feature option VIVID UI Effect Framework has embedded striking screen-transition effects to the user interfaces (UI) on the handsets.
In addition, VIVID Avatar Maker, jointly developed by Acrodea and Eitarosoft, Inc. (President and CEO: Eitaro Nishijima), headquartered in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, has been implemented to the 2009 winter-spring models as “i-Avatar Maker,” which is also compatible with i-Concier®. The compatibility means that avatars created in i-Avatar Maker can be used as Machikyara®. Uploading avatar data created with i-Avatar Maker to the i-Avatar™ mobile site operated by D2 Communications provides a link for displaying such avatars on SNS, Deco Mail®, profiles, games, etc.
Plans call for the successive release of mobile handsets implemented with VIVID UI, VIVID Movie, and VIVID Avatar Maker in November and beyond.
Acrodea, Inc., is a software technology R&D firm involved in middleware technology for mobile terminals. The company is particularly focused on interface technologies connecting between the user and terminal, and currently provides UI (user interface) technologies and email enhancement technologies to the market. We are also applying R&D energy towards the enhancement of graphics performance, which is indispensable in facilitating usage of mobile platform interfaces. Listed on the Mothers Market (Code: 3823, TSE), Acrodea is headquartered in Tokyo, and maintains an overseas presence in Seoul, Korea; Helsinki, Finland; and Newport Beach, California, U.S.A. For more information, please visit http://www.acrodea.co.jp.
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IR-PR Group, Administrative Dept. at Acrodea, Inc.
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