PictureMail Innovation Timeline, from LightSurf
LightSurf’s PictureMail Innovation Timeline began in 1997 when Philippe Kahn devised a system for instantly sharing pictures of his newborn baby using a digital camera attached to a cellular phone. Since that time, LightSurf has been at the cutting edge of innovation: designing, deploying, integrating, and managing Multimedia Messaging solutions for trusted partners worldwide.
| September 2004 |
- LightSurf PictureMail and VideoMail are Honored by theCDMA Developer’s Group as the Most Innovative MessagingSolution for Advanced Wireless Networks.
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| April 2004 |
- LightSurf launches first inter-carrier MultimediaMessaging service in North America, connecting Sprint toCanada’s Bell Mobility.
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| January 2004 |
- LightSurf launches MMSC and PictureMail Services for bothCDMA and GSM operators.
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| December 2003 |
- Sprint becomes the first carrierto deliver an easy-to-use, affordable and nationwide VideoMail service powered by LightSurf.
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| November 2003 |
- Bell Mobility, Canada’s leadingwireless carrier, selects LightSurf’s PictureMail technologyto provide customers with fun and easy-to-use picturemessaging services.
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| September 2003 |
- Philippe Kahn honored for 3 decades of innovation in thetechnology industry by the Computer History Museum.
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| March 2003 |
- LightSurf launches the LightSurf 5 Multimedia MessagingPlatform bringing real revenue opportunities to MMS,Picture-Messaging, and Premium Content Delivery.
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| November 2002 |
- Motorola, O2, and LightSurf launch ‘Media Album’ – aunique, next-generation MMS Service
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| August 2002 |
- Sprint Vision Pictures Launches Nationwide: InstantPicture-Messaging – Powered by LightSurf
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| May 2002 |
- LightSurf Receives Upside Magazine’s Hot 100 Honors
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| March 2002 |
- LightSurf Opens European Sales Offices
- LightSurf works with Microsoft to Support LightSurfInstant Imaging solutions on Microsoft’s SmartPhone andPocketPC platforms
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February 2002
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- Sprint PCS and LightSurf Announce Partnership to Deploythe LightSurf Instant Imaging Platform, enabling PictureMailfor all Sprint customers
- International Imaging Industry Association (I3A) Presents2002 Leadership Award to Philippe Kahn
- LightSurf’s eSwitch Instant Imaging Solution Delivers MoreThan Three Million Wireless Images During First 30 Days ofCommercial Launch
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| January 2002 |
- LightSurf and Yahoo! Partner To Launch Web Image DeliverySolution For All Cell Phones In Japan
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| September 2001 |
- LightSurf Announces the LightSurf III Instant ImagingPlatform to Deliver Secure Wireless Imaging Solutions to LawEnforcement and Intelligence Communities
- LightSurf Announces Availability of the LightSurf eSwitch,Providing Instant Imaging For Mobile Internet Sites
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| June 2001 |
- Philippe Kahn Demonstrates PictureMail for 20,000 Javadevelopers During Keynote with Ed Zander to Sun’s DeveloperCommunity
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| May 2001 |
- LightSurf Demonstrates GPRS PictureMail Service withOne2One (T-Mobile) in the United Kingdom at MobileExpo 2001
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| April 2001 |
- LightSurf Announces MediaExchange Server; Enables VisualMessage Delivery for MMS
- LightSurf Announces Support for Qualcomm’s BREW platform
- LightSurf Announces Support for Sun’s J2ME platform
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| March 2001 |
- LightSurf Announces Availability of the LightSurf Instant Imaging Platform with Support for MMS and other Standards-based Messaging Systems
- LightSurf Demonstrates PictureMail Picture-Messaging Service on Commercial GPRS Network at CeBIT in Hanover,Germany
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| September 2000 |
- Philippe Kahn Demonstrates First Wireless PictureMail Solution at Demo Mobile Conference
- LightSurf Reveals the First Application of Its Wireless Visual Communications Technology
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| June 2000 |
- Kodak Launches the Kodak Picture Center Online – Poweredby LightSurf
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| April 2000 |
- LightSurf Signs Partnership Agreement with Kodak toJointly Develop the Kodak Picture Center Online
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| February 2000 |
- Motorola Licenses the LightSurf Instant Imaging Platform:Future Motorola Solutions to be “Powered By LightSurf”
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| 1999 |
- LightSurf Announces New Headquarters in Downtown SantaCruz, Ca
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| Spring 1998 |
- Philippe Kahn Founds LightSurf with Partner Sonia Lee withthe Vision to Make Instant Visual Communications Possible for Everyone
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| 1997 |
- Philippe Kahn and Sonia Lee have a brand new baby, Sophie.While in the hospital, Philippe figures out a way to connect a cell phone to a digital camera to send pictures instantly tofriends and family around the globe. They decide this is a fantastic idea, but it needs to be radically simple soeveryone can use it.
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The original timeline, located on the LightSurf website
http://www.lightsurf.com/info/timeline.html