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Comverse Introduce Lifelog

Comverse are releasing a product called Lifelog that sounds very similar to Nokia's Lifeblog product.

Comverse, a unit of Comverse Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: CMVT), and the world’s leading supplier of software and systems enabling network-based multimedia enhanced communication services, announced today the availability of LifeLog, a network-based storage solution of mobile-oriented personal data. With LifeLog, subscribers can easily upload user-generated mobile content such as pictures, video clips, contacts and messages, to a network-based storage system, creating a personalized 'life log' that can be easily managed and shared. The end-to-end telco-grade solution ensures a secure personal multimedia user experience that is designed to enhance loyalty, and boost traffic.

Leveraging Comverse's expertise in providing comprehensive data and content solutions, LifeLog makes use of a device's native capabilities to provide subscribers with network storage, and easy, intuitive message and content management. LifeLog provides full sharing functionality, sending automatic notifications by email or SMS to pre-defined groups following the uploading of new content. With its ability to store all user information, such as contact lists, found on a mobile phone, LifeLog serves as insurance for lost or upgraded devices. LifeLog is easily integrated into Comverse's Open Services Environment, InSight, which provides a single, open, modular architecture for hosting a wide variety of multimodal advanced messaging and infotainment services.

"LifeLog enables subscribers to easily create a personal log of their lives anytime, anywhere, by offering a seamless synchronization experience between the mobile device and the PC," said Benny Einhorn, Chief Marketing Officer at Comverse. "With its ability to easily share multimedia content on the Web with friends and family, LifeLog is designed to strengthen the operator’s position in the value chain, increase service awareness, and further drive traffic and premium revenues for operators".

The difference between Lifeblog and Lifelog, apart from one letter in their names, is that Lifeblog allows the user to store date locally, where as Lifelog seems to force it onto the network. When it's on the network, it will tie the user down to that particular phone network as it could mean the loss of years worth of important data. I like the way Comverse describe this as enhanced loyalty. Also, being on the network means lots of juicy data charges to backup or access your data. However, it does mean that you don't need a PC to backup your data onto as you do when you use Nokia Lifeblog.

Entered: 2005-06-15 09:18:33
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