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Dolby Mobile, designed to dramatically improve listening enjoyment, is a set of digital audio processing features built on Dolby's extensive portfolio of technologies that have been optimized for on-the-go applications. Dolby Mobile includes:
Sound Space Expander, a sound stage enhancer, which produces a wide stereo image and improves the separation of instruments without diminishing the center of the mix
Sound Space for Headphones, a sound stage enhancer for stereo headphones, which eliminates "inside the head" and listener fatigue effects
Natural Bass, a bass enhancement system, which provides up to an octave of downward extension in the base response of most speakers
Sound Level Controller, a peak limiter and expander, which makes it possible to listen to audio sources that have a large dynamic range without having to make continual volume adjustments
Mono-to-Stereo Creator, a mono-to-stereo audio converter, which converts mono sources to stereo, thus making it possible to use the other features to enhance the audio
At the end of November, NTT DoCoMo and Sharp will offer the FOMA SH905i, the first phone with Dolby Mobile technology, to customers in Japan. NTT DoCoMo and Sharp will offer an additional phone with Dolby Mobile technology, the FOMA SH905itv, to customers in Japan in the January-February 2008 time frame. Both phones will integrate Dolby Mobile technology to deliver more vivid and engaging sound from mobile entertainment content and will support multiple NTT DoCoMo mobile services including OneSeg, Music, SD Audio, Music Channel, i-Motion, and Internet Movie Player.
"We're honored to be working with two of the most visionary and innovative mobile companies in the world to expand the possibilities of entertainment on the move," said Max Taylor, Director, Dolby Mobile Business. "Dolby Mobile delivers outstanding sound for music, movie, television, and game content, and we're confident people who purchase the Sharp 905i will be amazed by the experience this phone delivers."
Dolby Laboratories will also make Dolby Mobile technology available to NTT DoCoMo and Sharp for use in future products and services for Japan. To support its partners in the mobile industry, Dolby has formed a dedicated mobile group.
About Dolby Laboratories
Dolby Laboratories (NYSE: DLB) develops and delivers products and technologies that make the entertainment experience more realistic and immersive. For more than four decades, Dolby has been at the forefront of defining high-quality audio and surround sound in cinema, broadcast, home audio systems, cars, DVDs, headphones, games, televisions, and personal computers. For more information about Dolby Laboratories or Dolby technologies, please visit www.dolby.com.
Certain statements in this press release, including statements regarding the performance, capabilities, and impact of Dolby Mobile technologies in general and in the Sharp FOMA SH905i and FOMA SH905itv in particular, the anticipated or potential benefits that mobile phone users may derive from these technologies, and the possible inclusion of Dolby Mobile technologies in additional Sharp and NTT DoCoMo products and services, are "forward-looking statements" that are subject to risks and uncertainties. These forward-looking statements are based on management's current expectations. The following important factors, without limitation, could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements: risks that Dolby Mobile technologies may not perform as anticipated; risks associated with building market acceptance for digital audio technologies in the mobile market in general and Dolby Mobile in particular; competition in the market for digital audio technologies; rapid changes in technical requirements for digital audio technologies in general and for the mobile market in particular; the development of the market for mobile entertainment; and other risks detailed in Dolby's Securities and Exchange Commission filings and reports, including the risks identified under the section captioned "Risk Factors" in its most recent Periodic Report on Form 10-Q or 10-K. Dolby disclaims any obligation to update information contained in these forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.-Dolby
Posted November 5th, 2007 by harminka
