Sophia Cradle Starts Shipping "SophiaCompress(BREW) EARTH 5.0" with the LZMA Algorithm

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(Free-Press-Release.com) April 23, 2008 -- [Abstract]
KYOTO — April 18, 2008 — Sophia Cradle Incorporated (Headquarter: Kyoto; CEO: Kazunori Sugiyama), an innovative developer of mobile phone software, today announced to start shipping a new version of "SophiaCompress(BREW) EARTH 5.0" on April 23, 2008. In this version, BREW 4.0 is supported and more than 70% BREW mod compression can be achieved with the LZMA algorithm.

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Sophia Cradle today announced to start shipping a new version of the BREW[*1] compression tool, SophiaCompress(BREW) EARTH 5.0[*2] on April 23, 2008. In this version, BREW 4.0 is supported and more than 70% BREW mod compression, which is the highest rate in the world, can be achieved with the LZMA [*3] algorithm.

Compression Rate:
http://www.s-cradle.com/english/products/sophiacompress_brew/scb_compression_ratio.html

Pricing:
SophiaCompress(BREW) is JPY 375,000 per license.
Free Trial of SophiaCompress(BREW) is also available at the Sophia Cradle website.
Application for SophiaCompress(BREW) Free Trial:
http://www.s-cradle.com/english/form/trial_scb.html

Press Release URL:
http://www.s-cradle.com/english/news/pressrelease/2008/20080418.html

*** Terms ***
[*1] BREW (Binary Runtime Environment for Wireless)

The standard of mobile phone software developed by QUALCOMM Incorporated, released in January 2001. BREW applications work fast no matter what the underlying system software in the handset is. A user can download a compiled BREW application from the Internet and use it with any BREW-enabled handset. The worldwide spread of BREW is remarkable, and there are many network operators that provide BREW services, including Japan's KDDI which started offering them in February 2003.

[*2] SophiaCompress(BREW) EARTH
SophiaCompress(BREW) is the only compression tool in the world for BREW applications, it is developed by Sophia Cradle Incorporated. With SophiaCompress(BREW) EARTH, compiled BREW programs in mod format can be compressed and executed. Many leading game makers, content providers and other companies have adopted this technology with success.
URL for detailed information: http://www.s-cradle.com/english/products/sophiacompress_brew/index.html

[*3] LZMA

The Lempel-Ziv-Markov chain-Algorithm (LZMA) is an algorithm for data compression used in the 7z format of the 7-Zip archiver, which is a dictionary compression scheme like LZ77.

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