dotMobi Device Atlas new Mobile Development Tool

by: Bena Roberts Friday, August 22nd, 2008

dotMobi, the company behind .mobi has announced the inclusion of Mobizoft video content adaptation data into DeviceAtlas.

What is DeviceAtlas?
It is the handset content bible for mobile content developers.

From the press release
“Adapting video content for mobiles has traditionally been difficult due to wide variations in device capabilities,” said Paul Nerger, Vice President of Advanced Services and Applications, dotMobi. “I’m thrilled to see Mobizoft join the growing number of companies providing bulk data to DeviceAtlas. Mobizoft brings unique capabilities in regards to media streaming, which is at the cutting edge of the mobile web. DeviceAtlas users will benefit tremendously from Mobizoft’s innovation.”

“We are constantly working to improve the experience of developing mobile Web video broadcasting and advertising, which is often made difficult by the variety and capabilities of devices,” said Maria Christensen, CEO of Sweden-based Mobizoft. “In working with dotMobi, we are able to provide DeviceAtlas users with information for creating rich mobile content for nearly every video-capable device on the planet.”

What we think?
So I just had a look at DeviceAtlas and you have to pay for it. But it is cheap and if it helps me like ready.mobi does. I mean for my seo services ready.mobi has its ups and downs but it is a great benchmark (case study on that being made now for Mobile SEO News). Then I would pay for it.

One Response to “dotMobi Device Atlas new Mobile Development Tool”

Vance Hedderel, Director of PR & Communications, dotMobi Said:

Just to clarify one small point:

dotMobi provides each developer who is a member of the http://dev.mobi Developer Forum with a free license for DeviceAtlas.

If you want to use DeviceAtlas data in production applications, dotMobi offers a subscription service that allow companies to download a copy of DeviceAtlas data to store locally, and to install a small software component to access that data easily. Pricing — from US$99-299 annually is based on desired frequency of updates.

But — to recap my point above — for development use, the subscription is completely free.

Comment made on August 26th, 2008 at 2:39 am