From James- "I wanted your readers at PDA-247 to know that this weekend for our launch, we've got free downloads for our new SeeqPod Mobile for Windows Mobile. http://www.seeqpod.com/mobile."

EMERYVILLE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SeeqPod Inc., the Playable Search™ company, today unveiled the only application for Windows Mobile devices that allows users to play search results from any Windows Mobile powered device. The application, developed especially for the Windows Mobile operating system, taps an infinite amount of media available in the ‘Cloud,’ making millions of search results, podcasts, Wikipedia content and other playable data throughout the Internet, accessible for a one-time fee, which is currently offered at the introductory rate of $9.95 US.

SeeqPod for Windows Mobile can be downloaded from the SeeqPod website at http://www.seeqpod.com/mobile/ (And in the future, it will be available in the Microsoft Windows App Marketplace.) The company, which is known for its R&D 100 award winning biomimetic search and discovery technology, in conjunction with Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, is currently working on applications for the Blackberry and Google’s Android to be released in 2009. In 2007, an adaptation to the full-function SeeqPod engine was made for the Apple iPhone and iPod touch, which can be found here: http://www.seeqpod.com/mobile/iphone.php

“Amid the massive and growing mobile market, there are a handful of emerging, promising platforms and operating systems begging for innovative development,” said Kasian Franks, founder and CEO, SeeqPod Inc. “We think that Microsoft and others will benefit from third-party applications developed at SeeqPod for Windows Mobile, by adding tremendous value to the customer experience and enabling wider distribution of handsets.”

FEATURES

    * Search the Internet for individual playable search results including audio, text, related Wikipedia articles and music discovery and recommendations
    * Easy access to thousands of SeeqPod's daily updated Featured PodLists
    * Quick-link to purchase media, via Amazon.com, iTunes, etc.
    * Best of class graphics, with interchangeable color themes and player skins
    * Easy-to-use, one-handed controls (and touch, stylus, and gestures on PocketPC devices)
    * Bluetooth ready for enabled or adapted players, home audio, and car stereos

REQUIREMENTS:

    * Internet enabled Pocket PC or Smartphone running Windows Mobile 6.0, or greater
    * Broadband Internet connection for best performance
    * Compatible with the following display sizes: QVGA (320 x 240), WQVGA (240 x 400), Square QVGA (320 x 320), VGA (640 x 480)

“We built this application from the ground-up, knowing that people want more control over their mobile search experience related to digital media and entertainment,” commented Steve Doss, VP Mobile Products, SeeqPod Inc. “Version 1.0 of SeeqPod Mobile for Windows is just the first step among many development efforts in the future that will address global markets, any operating system or form factor – this is the beauty of our core algorithm, it’s adaptable.”