TheKompany Releases DivX Software For Zaurus

An anonymous reader writes: "InfoSync has an article on DivX for the Zaurus. Finally, you can watch movies on the go!" Between this and theKompany's ogg player, the Zaurus looks cool. It's a little chunkier perhaps, but another reader points out that Archos is now taking pre-orders for its do-everything Jukebox Multimedia device, which might be another option for those seeking a portable anything box.

Comments

Chunkier?

[dmorin]

Ummm...let's not forget that it has a builtin compact flash and SD slot in that footprint, shall we? How big do the other guys get when you add the special sleeves and adapters to do that? Not to mention the integrated keyboard.

Playlist in picture

[scott1853]

I saw bourne-identity listed in the playlist on the picture. Has this movie been released on DVD yet?

Re:Playlist in picture

[JabberWokky]

All it is is a camcorder pointed at a bash prompt and a guy typing "who am i". Bourne Identity.

--
Evan "A bun is the lowest form of bread, and a pun is the lowest form of humor"

Someone needs to think of the long-term effects

[krog]

It seems like everyone in the world, particularly the US and Japan, is looking towards more and more sensory overload for happiness. I mean, seriously, do we need a cell phone, PDA, pager, and a DivX player all vying for our attention every moment of our day? Will this make us any happier, or will it push us further into becoming the attention-less, cynical pricks we silently feel ourselves becoming?

All these stimuli are really going to do a number on us in the long run, mark my words. I fear for two generations from now, who will grow up in a world of stimulation we can't even currently dream of.

Saleman

[Zapdos]

This is just the thing for a small portable sales demo tool. It has one of the best screens.

Why no demos from these people?

[dmorin]

I've noticed that theKompany's got the best Zaurus software, but they don't offer demos on anything. Does anybody know why? Particularly on a device like the Z, where there is effectively no commercial competition, I'd like to be able to evaluate their software before I buy it. After all, it could stink, who would know? Not saying it does, just saying that unlike in the Palm world, for instance, theKompany doesn't have 10 competitors breathing down its neck and making sure the quality stays high.

Re:Why no demos from these people?

[Anonymous Coward]

it's always just been a matter of time and resources, we do have a demo for tkcRekall, and at some point things will slow down and we'll find a reasonable way to do demo's for the other apps.

Shawn Gordon
President
theKompany.com

Mplayer ( %100 GPL ) already runs on Zaurus

[unixmaster]

Here is a Mplayer-Zaurus Howto

Now to make some movies!

[IceFox]

To go with this I have put up a howto for making videos that can play on the Zaurus.

mpeg_encoding_howto

Enjoy

Benjamin Meyer

Re:The Kompany?

[ivan256]

I don't know about The Kompany in particular, but usually it has to do with guaranteeing trademarkability of your name. Anything that is sufficiently arbitrary is trademarkable, so the idea is to come up with something that is arbitrary enough to be undisputably trademarkeable, and at the same time try to create an association with something specific in the mind of the person reading it.

I took some intellectual property law classes when I was still in school in hopes that it would help me know what to steer clear of when working with open source, and software in general. One week our homework every night was to come up with 10 company or product names that were sufficiently arbitrary to be trademarkeable, yet still understandable. We then spent the class time that week trying to "overturn" the other student's trademarks. $1900 in credits well spent. (Well, it was better then the environmental law class. I don't know what I was thinking taking that one.)

Re:And this is news, how?

[bflong]

>So, a company releases a proprietary DivX player
-Yes... tckPlayer is propriatary

>for a proprietary window system
-Nope... The windowing system and toolkit are GPL. For an entirely GPLed enviroment that will still run standard Zaurus apps (minus Java for now, sorry) see Opie which is the UI for OpenZaurus. We're building a player for all these formats as I type this.

>running on hardware that's mostly used in Japan
-Nope again. The Zaurus 5500 is a US/EU product.