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Microsoft Portrait 3.0 released, now supports built-in cameras and standard camera API ! January 25, 2007 [Pocket PC phone] | By Edward J. R. It is strange that Microsoft's own employees use outdated invalid term "Window Mobile 2005" instead of valid one "Windows Mobile 5.0" (haven't they looked into "About" dialog of the device yet?), but it is good to see that Microsoft's own implementation of video calling, or rather video conferencing at last supports standard camera API, what means: now it works with any Windows Mobile 5.0 powered phone! Please note: UMTS (on which also HSDPA is based) includes 3G video calling but it is done through special cellular network infrastructure - at premises of mobile operator and can't be carried out for example over Wi-Fi. Microsoft Portrait runs over any Internet connection (but you can't video-call a phone number, just special ID)! Version 3.0 Beta for Pocket PC has been released. It is for devices running Microsoft Window Mobile 2005 with ARM series CPUs. Now it can support any built-in or plug-in cameras and even choose one from among multiple cameras. Microsoft Portrait technology is available for commercial licensing. Microsoft Portrait is a research prototype for mobile video communication. It supports .NET Messenger Service, Session Initiation Protocol and Internet Locator Service on PCs, Pocket PCs, Handheld PCs and Smartphone. It runs on local area networks, dialup networks and even wireless networks with bandwidths as low as 9.6 kilobits/second. Microsoft Portrait delivers portrait-like video if users are in low bandwidths and displays full-color video if users are in broadband. In low bandwidths, portrait video possesses clearer shape, smoother motion, shorter latency and much cheaper computational cost than do conventional video technologies. Microsoft Portrait pursues providing presence notification, chat/voice/video functions anytime, anywhere, on any device. To learn more or to download click here. Maybe somebody from Windows Mobile division of Microsoft could inform Microsoft Research division of Microsoft (where Microsoft Portrait is being developed) that there is no such thing as "Windows Mobile 2005" and that now it is called "Windows Mobile 5.0"?  Post your comment (free registration is required to post, but if you register you can edit your posts later) [ 4 Comments ]
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