VTap
VTap is a video search engine launched on 10 September 2007 and designed for broadband-enabled phones[1] and developed by venture capitalist firm Veveo;[2] a funded startup headquartered in Andover, Massachusetts. The company claims Vtap has a huge index of web videos comparable to the biggest video portals,[3] providing a search-and-browse system that enables finding videos from a huge network database even using devices such as phones and televisions.[4] Videos can be played on a number of phones including iPhones, Windows mobile phones , several Nokia phones. and the BlackBerry wireless device.[5] [6][7][8] Veveo's network servers convert the original format on-the-fly into a format that can stream and play on the specific phone in question.
VTap's basic search technology is not specific to videos. The service also provides a phone-enhanced Wikipedia search service. The same technology can also be used to enhance remote-control based TV Listings and VOD search offered by IPTV and cable television operators.[9]
[edit] References
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- ^ "First look: cool cell phone video app". Scobleizer. http://scobleizer.com/2007/09/08/first-look-cool-cell-phone-video-app/.
- ^ "Vtap, easy mobile search". Venture Beat. http://venturebeat.com/2007/08/23/vtap-easy-mobile-search/.
- ^ "Possibly the best iPhone Web app yet: vtap trumps built-in iPhone YouTube app". iPhoneAtlas. http://www.iphoneatlas.com/2007/11/02/possibly-the-best-iphone-web-app-yet-vtap-trumps-built-in-iphone-youtube-app.
- ^ "Profile: Veveo Simplifies Mobile Video With Vtap". Contentinople. http://www.contentinople.com/author.asp?section_id=429&doc_id=133394.
- ^ "Killer iPhone (and other Mobile phone) video search". Scobleizer. http://scobleizer.com/2007/08/24/killer-iphone-and-other-mobile-phone-video-search/.
- ^ "Interview with Veveo's VP/GM on vTap for BlackBerry". Pinstack.com. http://blackberryforums.pinstack.com/47079-interview_veveos_vp_gm_vtap_blackberry.html.
- ^ "Veveo Powers IPTV Content Search". Daily IPTV. http://www.dailyiptv.com/features/veveo-iptv-content-search-100807/.
