Mobile TV Revolution.

kapsee · #1 (**permalink**) 05-08-2006, 05:20 AM

Widespread mobile television has been a long time coming. TV-enabled cell phones have been available in Korea since 2002. In that first incarnation, the TV signals were transmitted over a standard cellular network, meaning per-minute watching fees and unbelievable phone bills.
In 2003, Samsung and Vodafone introduced phones in Korea and Japan that received local analog TV broadcasts for free. But the video was choppy, and it drained the phone battery.
The real "mobile TV revolution" is only beginning, as telecom companies release high-quality, DTV-enabled phones and simultaneously rush to build the broadcast networks to deliver the corresponding content.

noodlebunny · #2 (**permalink**) 06-09-2006, 12:37 AM

I don't know about you but I just don't see what the big fuss is about watching TV on a small screen. Same goes for PSP's, if I wanted to watch a movie on a small screen, I would just watch regular TV from about a mile away, it's the same thing. :P

kapsee · #3 (**permalink**) 06-09-2006, 01:16 AM

Hi,
It is not the TV per se ... it is the idea that deserves praise. There would be numerous applications outside the TV watching that will benefit society. Even the telephone invention by Graham Bell was frowed upon and ridiculed!
Kapsee

noodlebunny · #4 (**permalink**) 06-14-2006, 12:58 AM

I guess you do have a point but I just wouldn't use it.