Reading & Bournemouth, UK 28th February 2002 - For the first time ever, a special release of the Application Development Kit (ADK) for Tao's intent media platform is being made available to the general public. Version 1.3.1 of Tao's intent ADK is now available as an exclusive CD on the cover of digital magazine, volume 1 issue 4, released today.
The ADK will help developers gain early access to the intent platform prior to the release of Tao's full Software Development Kit (SDK) later this year, and gives everyone - not just developers - a chance to experience the future of compelling multimedia content which will run on the intent platform.
intent enables a new class of interactive content services across any number of devices from mobile phones to digital televisions. It is the supported software platform for the Open Contents Platform Association, a standards body with a membership of more than 60 companies including Hitachi, Sony, Kyocera, Intel, JVC, Fujitsu, Sharp, Epson, Pioneer, Metrowerks, Sega, Bandai and Capcom.
The ADK released with digital magazine runs on Personal Computers supporting Windows and Linux (RedHat 7.2) and incorporates intent media libraries, C and C++ compilers, a PersonalJava(tm) engine and various tools.
Volume 1, issue 4 of digital goes on sale in newsagents throughout the UK today. The magazine can also be ordered direct from the publishers, Active Media Group, via the magazine's web site at http://www.digitalmagazine.co.uk while stocks last.
Notes to Editors:
About Tao Group Limited
Tao has developed intent, a binary portable, language independent, high
performance, multimedia platform that is now used by many of the world's leading
OEMs in their client products for home and mobile networks. The technology allows
these companies to have a single strategy across all of their platforms, irrespective
of operating system, hardware and function. intent is now being used
in products including smart mobile appliances and digital television. Its technology
is a fundamental component for the Open Contents Platform Association (OCPA)
launched in Japan last October. Tao's range of products have been designed from
their inception to combine applications and content written in C, C++ and the
Java language with Tao's multimedia to run real-world content many times faster
than any alternative. The Company was founded in 1992, has offices in the United
States, Europe and Japan and counts Sony, NEC, Motorola, Sharp and Bowman Capital
amongst its investors. Tao has a growing and h igh value, global patent portfolio
and is the recipient of multiple industry awards, both for its technologies
and for the rate of corporate growth.
About digital magazine
digital is the only magazine dedicated to covering the universal, interconnected
nature of information and devices in today's increasingly digital world. digital
focuses on the technologies and companies behind the best consumer electronics
devices and showcases the best new hardware and software in all fields: from
portable computing devices like mobile phones and PDAs to fixed hardware such
as set-top boxes, games consoles and desktop PCs. Published by Active Media
Group, digital is a high quality, monthly title distributed throughout
the UK on the newsstands and worldwide on subscription.
For more information:
Tao Group Limited:
Jenny Orford, Companycare Communications, Tel. +44 118 939 5900, Fax. +44 118
959 9595, Email: jennyo@companycare.com
Graham Nice, Tao Group, Tel: +44 118 901 2999, Fax: +44 118 901 2963, Email:
Nice@tao-group.com
digital magazine:
Web: http://www.digitalmagazine.co.uk/
David Stroud, Editor. Email david.stroud@digitalmagazine.co.uk
intent is a registered trademark of Tao Group Ltd.
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