Pulse Mobile announced that the Veepers character animation technology will be pre-installed on all 2007 Summer “au” WIN branded phones from KDDI. Eshaberi Mail (talking mail) allows customers to create naturally talking avatar movies with lip synchronized animations by combining images such as photographs and illustrated characters. Users can also record their own voice which is used to drive characters’ animations.

The resulting movie can be forwarded to KDDI branded “au” phones as well as to phones from both DoCoMo and Softbank, the other major carriers in the Japanese market. The animations may also be assigned as a video ring tone on “au” phones.

Eshaberi Mail EZ will be pre-installed on the following 2007 Summer “au” WIN branded phones: W52H, W52S, W52CA, W53CA, W52SA, W53SA, W53T, W54T, W52SH, W52P, and W53S. Also, Eshaberi Mail EZ is already shipping as a pre-installed application on the following “au” branded phones from KDDI: W47T, W51T, W52T, MEDIA SKIN, W43SA, W51SA, W51K, W51H, W51CA, and DRAPE.

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