conVISUAL Enables Every Mobile Phone to Send Mobile Picture Postcards / conVISUAL unveils new Visual Messaging applications for current and next-generation mobi

Oberhausen (PROTEXT/ots) - For the first time, multimediapicture messages can be sent from every mobile phone. At theNokia "Mobile Communications Seminar" (taking place from March 5to 10 in Zell am See, Austria), conVISUAL is presenting the firstmessaging application that permits multimedia postcards to besent on the basis of current and future messaging formats: theMobile Picture Postcard. Dr. Thomas Wolf, CEO of conVISUAL: "With the Mobile PicturePostcard, conVISUAL paves the way for a new level of messagingquality. Our objective is to offer applications that illustratethe advantages of the coming GPRS and UMTS networks." Networkoperators and service providers can thus implement services thatare already geared to the multimedia mobile communications futureand that deliver the best possible result for all mobile phones -both for today's mobile phones and the devices of tomorrow. The Mobile Picture Postcard can be used very simply via SMS:The mobile greeting messages are triggered with a text command.conVISUAL's Multimedia Message Broker uses the text to generate avisual message that is fully compatible with the recipient'smobile phone: On current Nokia phones the image is displayed as aPicture- SMS (Smart Messaging format). The new Enhanced Messagingphones to be unveiled at the CeBIT computer fair will display thegreetings as an animated postcard - for example, love messageswith a pounding heart. With its Mobile Picture Postcard for the new NokiaCommunicator 9210, conVISUAL is providing a glimpse of things tocome in the world of multimedia communications. The text commandtriggers a colour postcard that can be turned at the click of abutton. The personal greeting text is displayed on the back ofthe high-resolution picture postcard. The first steps into themultimedia future are thus already a reality. conVISUAL - the home of Visual Messaging Services. conVISUAL is the first Wireless Application Service Providerfocusing on the realization of Visual Messaging Services. Throughan innovative product portfolio conVISUAL creates opportunitiesfor network operators, service providers, ISPs and mediacompanies to expand their businesses by leveraging theextraordinary potential of multimedia messaging services.conVISUAL's Multimedia Message Broker (MMB) is the intelligentplatform for the creation, personalization, conversion anddistribution of mobile multimedia messages. Using the MMB,conVISUAL operates numerous messaging applications, that aregrowing concurrently with the emerging multimedia facilities ofmobile devices: The MMB supports all of today's common messagingstandards, such as SMS, Smart Messaging, Enhanced MessagingService (EMS) and WAP, as well as future GPRS and UMTStechnologies such as the Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS). Pictures Pictures accompanying this press release are available fordownload in the picture gallery in the press area on theconVISUAL website. conVISUAL Essener Strasse 2-24 46047 Oberhausen, Germany E-mail: info@convisual.com www.convisual.com Media Contact Sandra Wiewiorra Media Relations Manager E-mail: press@convisual.com Phone: +49 (208) 85 96 - 807

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