deviceprofiles.net, service providing ringtone developers with detailed information about device audio capabilities

December 12, 2004. Announcing the launch of www.deviceprofiles.net, a service providing ringtone developers, mobile media developers, mobile game developers and mobile content providers with detailed information about the audio capabilities of today's phones, PDAs and handheld devices.

Due to the audio centric nature of phones, audio development has become a significant part of the mobile media industry. End users expect a high quality audio experience from ringtones, mobile multi media and games. Unfortunately, the device audio arena is complicated by competing formats, and different means to integrate sound into mobile media. As many developers can attest, finding information about device audio capabilities is a difficult and time consuming process.

Deviceprofiles.net addresses developer's needs by providing detailed and often hard to find information in a single easy to use resource. The searchable online database at www.deviceprofiles.net contains detailed profiles for more than 100 devices. Each profile lists audio specifications such as polyphony, supported sound formats, supported mime types, digital rights management, and file transfer support. The database is regularly updated to with new profiles as phones appear on the market. Access to the database is available through a subscription or license.

Subscribers can search the online database to find audio capability of specific devices or groups of devices. The online database enables developers to search for devices by sound format support, polyphony support, model, manufacturer and other means.

Licensees can use the database to enhance an existing ecommerce system to list ringtones from a content provider's catalog that are compatible with a user's phone and determine the appropriate mime types to use for SMS/WAP transfer. Consulting and market analysis firms can use the database to research and analyze audio technology trends in the phone market such as "true tone" support, sound format market share, and digital rights management adoption.