Dolby Laboratories will demonstrate how its technologies deliver premium entertainment experiences to mobile devices at the 2011 GSMA Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, Spain, from February 14–17.
Dolby technologies will display some of the latest handsets to support Dolby technologies. These handsets include the new Nokia E7 with Dolby Digital Plus discreet 5.1 audio output, as well as devices such as the new LG Optimus Black smart phone with Dolby Mobile, handsets from HTC, Acer, and Fujitsu, and the ZTE Light Tab—the first tablet to feature Dolby Mobile.
“There are now over 80 handsets worldwide that use Dolby technologies to enhance the mobile entertainment experience,” said Andreas Spechtler, Regional Vice President, EMEA, Dolby Laboratories, “and we are working with leading mobile device manufacturers including Acer, Fujitsu, HTC, Lenovo, LG, NEC Casio, Nokia, Pantech, and ZTE.”
Dolby also will show how it enables the mobile industry to deliver its technologies by working with content aggregators and distributors. The latest version of Dolby Media Generator helps companies to format and deliver high-quality music and video content for mobile and PC consumption and already drives a range of leading content services from companies such as Audiotube, PacketVideo, Deezer, Omnifone, Faith Wonderworks, and Rhapsody. Most recently, Saffron Digital added Dolby Media Generator to its class-leading cluster encoder to deliver multichannel audio. At the MWC Dolby stand, cloud aggregator Nativ Limited will demonstrate how Dolby Media Generator can be incorporated into Nativ Limited’s Mio media management platform to create highly scalable and secure cloud-based media processing and delivery for Dolby Digital Plus and Dolby Pulse encoded content.
Complementing Dolby’s suite of audio technologies at Mobile World Congress is Dolby Voice, which brings clear, consistent voice communications to the Bluetooth headset market.
Dolby Technologies at MWC
- Dolby Digital Plus brings the sound of high definition to the mobile consumer. Dolby Digital Plus helps transform the mobile device into an uncompromising HD mobile entertainment device. For consumers, it means high-definition content with premium audio performance when listening over headphones—and full 5.1-channel surround sound output when their mobile devices are connected to home theater systems via HDMI.
- Dolby Pulse combines the efficiency of High-Efficiency Advanced Audio Coding (HE AAC) with Dolby’s proven quality and audio expertise, ensuring an optimal combination of quality, efficiency, and integrity of content. Dolby Pulse offers rich stereo sound at bit rates of 48 kbps and lower, making it ideal for bandwidth-constrained applications such as mobile.
- Dolby Mobile helps transform the personal entertainment experience on mobile devices. Dolby Mobile delivers rich, full-impact audio, from any type of video and music content. Dolby Mobile also provides a virtual surround sound experience in video content and optimizes the playback of music for an outstanding experience over headphones.
- Dolby Media Generator provides content service providers and operators the ability to deliver premium content efficiently and with superior quality to mobile devices including mobile phones, laptops, and tablets. Offering quality control, metadata creation, and high-quality bandwidth-efficient video and audio content preparation and packaging algorithms, Dolby Media Generator optimizes content for faster delivery and higher playback quality via industry-standard formats. It enables mobile entertainment services to deliver the promise of premium-quality Dolby audio to consumers making choices about their source of mobile entertainment.
- Dolby Voice is a suite of voice technologies that helps provide clear, consistent voice communications regardless of environmental noise.
