We decided it made more sense to tackle the video first because the Palm speaker is only capable of a few beeps and chimes. One criticism of handheld devices is that they are great for things like email and storing telephone numbers, but they are far behind the curve for things like multimedia and streaming video. Firepad Inc . The Mountain View-based company says it can now provide video on an Internet connected handheld device without audio.
Video is ten times more difficult than audio to engineer.
We decided it made more sense to tackle the video first because the Palm speaker is only capable of a few beeps and chimes. Depending on a Palm user's Internet connection speed, Firepad's software can display color video at up to 25 frames per second. Visor is somewhat pointless. However, Grenier says there is still a great market right now for video-only on a handheld. With our servers, you could tap into the company's video database and find your answer.