Microsoft and Nokia ready to play together
InternetNews | at | by Mike
Microsoft and Nokia announced Monday they are extending their collaboration on digital rights management to include support for the software company's PlayReady technology on the handset maker's popular S60 and Series 40 mobile phones.
The first devices and services to emerge with support for the new DRM technology are due out next year, the companies said in a joint statement.
Microsoft announced and gave the first full-function demonstrations of PlayReady in February at the 3GSM World Conference 2007 in Barcelona, Spain. Interestingly, the company doesn't refer to it strictly as a DRM system ? instead opting for the term "multimedia content access technology."