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Mobile Quicktime

Wednesday May 14, 2003 5:00 pm PDT by Arnold Kim
eWeek reports that Apple is extending into mobile devices with its Quicktime software.



    Apple Computer Inc. is reportedly preparing to extend the reach of its QuickTime multimedia software to mobile devices. According to sources, the company this month is expected to wrap up development on QuickTime 6.3, code-named "Sidecar."



Some support of such devices was first announced last year by Apple. eWeek details other improvements coming with Quicktime 6.3, including improved support for iApps, MIDI and streaming.



In potentially related info, one previous unconfirmed rumor claimed that Apple was working with Ericsson.

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Einherjar
114 months ago
Might this, perhaps be related in any way to the CGI interface Apple uses for QT's current downloads section? ;-)

......w-sidecar.apple.com, etc
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synergy
114 months ago
Apple should have had something ready to run a while back.
I would love to see QT in Palm OS as well as the Phone OSes.
Heck make it for the wincrap phone OSes so Apple has the presence.
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makkystyle
114 months ago
I remember reading on here that there was some reason why the P800 didn't work with iSync. But, it just seems wierd all these rumors of working with Ericsson and the one true PDA replacement phone that the company (well, SonyEricsson) comes out with isn't even compatible with iCal, Address Book and iSync. At least my T68 is :D
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MrMacMan
114 months ago
I read this like 2 hours ago when the issue came to my door, I didn't think it was really relevent.

bah.
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gwuMACaddict
114 months ago
excellent

a palm-ish, 770 driven handheld... just what i've been waiting for

:D
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Jimong5
114 months ago
Sounds pretty nifty...
Why do I think that the flood of iPads and Newton 2 speculation is gonna come pouring down.....?

and isnt a newer Quicktime supposed to add streaming? this could be useful and potentally groundbreaking feature for phones and PDAs....
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Freg3000
114 months ago
I definitely believe that Apple is working closely with Ericsson. Look at the iSync supported phones.....all Ericsson (at least in version 1.0). Me thinks Apple has something up their sleeves. :)

But then again, when haven't they? :)
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Chef Ramen
114 months ago
theyve always got something up their sleeves :D
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york2600
114 months ago
sidecar.apple.com has been around for years. You used to be able to log in and order Apple promotional materials for free. I have a big box of iMac 29.95 banners, commercials on DAT, and even sealed packs of G3 pamphlets. That didn't last too long though. Now it looks like it's their misc crap server. There's a few things that run off of it if you look around their site.

-Tim
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york2600
114 months ago
BTW QT 7.0 better include a viewer that isn't the worst in the industry. Quicktime Player is a pretty MoviePlayer and MP was horrible. It's time to just rewrite the app.
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