Dazzboard opens iTunes to all mobile devices
Presenting at the MindTrek conference today, is worldwide famous Finnish startup Linkotec and its Dazzboard service described as “the open iTunes for 2.2 billion mobile devices.”
“It’s the first time ever that you have been able to build a global mobile service. Earlier you needed to have a contract with all the carriers in all the countries. Now any one service can be mobile service,” explains Linkotec CEO Tero Salonen.
Linkotec claims that its Web browser plug-in for Internet Explorer and Firefox (Windows only) can detect any mobile devices and extract/copy multimedia content (audio, video and applications) from and to it without the need to install a proprietary device manager software that usually comes with a device (iTunes, Ovi…).
“Instead of installing a 90MB media manager, you will get a 1MB browser plug-in… the way we track and connect to a device can not be prevented by the device vendor,” adds Salonen.
Android smartphones to gain iTunes access
Dazzboard is first targeting Google Android smartphones – it expects 50 million devices 2010 – which do not come with a multimedia content manager – I can’t believe Google forgot about that!
“We can provide the iTunes shop for Android devices,” claims Salonen.
Next is a video excerpt of Salonen’s presentation at MindTrek:
And the question and answer session that followed:
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