Kinoma Notes

Since the launch of the original Kinoma Player in 2002, Kinoma has led the way in mobile media technology. The platform first established in Kinoma Player lives on not only in Kinoma’s flagship product — Kinoma Play — but also in products from companies including Sony and Sling Media.

As Palm OS fades into the sunset, we’ve had a lot of folks ask what our plans are. Today we’re announcing that we’ll be ending sales and support for Palm OS products in order to focus completely on current phone OSs.

If you’re a Palm OS user, here’s what you need to know: Kinoma will be ending sales of Kinoma Player 4 EX on 8/1/2010. We’ll continue to offer support, including any necessary security and critical fixes, until 10/1/2010. Effective 10/1/2010, Kinoma will offer only community-based support Kinoma Player 4 EX via our forum at forum.kinoma.com.

We’re also ending sales and support for Kinoma Producer for Windows and Mac OS on the same schedule.

We’d like to thank everyone who’s supported these products, and helped pioneer the now-common sight of people enjoying music, movies, podcasts and audiobooks on phones. You were ahead of your time, and when you upgrade your phone we hope you’ll choose Kinoma Play.

Do you use Orb with Kinoma Player 4 EX? If so, grab the hot-off-the-presses version 2.55.0091 update of Orb at http://orb.com/en/download_orb.

This release fixes a video incompatibility issue with Kinoma Player 4 EX. We recommend this update for everyone who uses Orb with Kinoma products.

YouTube recently made some unannounced changes that broke YouTube support in some of our products.

Happily, updates for the affected products are available right now! They’re so easy to get that you’ll be YouTubing again in minutes. Here’s how…

How to update Kinoma FreePlay

To update immediately, go to Kinoma FreePlay’s main screen, show the menu pod and select Player > Check for Updates. Otherwise, you’ll be notified about the update automatically.

How to update Kinoma Player 4 EX and Kinoma Player 4

If your Palm smartphone or handheld has an internet connection, just choose Check for updates from the Media menu. Otherwise, you can update from your PC.

Questions? Comments? Suggestions?

We’d love to hear them. Come talk to us in our community forum.

“It’s time to play the music / It’s time to light the lights / It’s time to meet The Muppets on Kinoma Play today!”

Hey! The Muppets now have their very own channel on Kinoma Play.

Enjoy new Muppet classic short videos, including…

• The Queen classic Bohemian Rhapsody as you’ve never seen or heard it before
• The Blue Danube Waltz, as conducted by The Great Gonzo and featuring the lovely Camilla (the chicken, of course)
• A bunch of Beakers meep meep meep-ing Ode To Joy
• The Swedish Chef ver stürdøøn måk ün fer der jåk-ø-löötürn

Enjoy!

You can find The Muppets in Kinoma Guide > Kids & Family. Just look for Kermit’s face!

If you have favorite podcasts, radio stations, video streams or other media, send a URL and short description to content@kinoma.com and we’ll add them to Kinoma Guide for everyone to discover and enjoy.

The game may be over – congrats, Saints! – but today you can re-watch, share and enjoy the great* commercials of Super Bowl XLIV on your phone with Kinoma Play. (*Okay, some are greater than others.)

Go to Kinoma Guide > Featured > Super Bowl Commercials 2010 to enjoy these:

• The Snickers ad with Betty White and the surprise “he’s still alive?” cameo
• Dorito’s viewer-made ads, including the funny “shock collar” ad that won $600,000
• The romantic all-text Google ad
• VW’s “punch dub” ad
• The Audi “green police” ad
• The Bud Light “house of cans” ad

…and lots more! Be sure to click “More” to see all of them, or just start the first and let ‘em roll.