Android Users Can Now Enjoy SPB TV

SPB Software, a worldwide leading mobile application maker, announced recently the launch of a new software solution for Android mobile phone users, SPB TV. The new app comes to the market as a subscription-free mobile IPTV viewer that offers the possibility to tune in digital TV channels around the world. The SPB TV for Android phones comes with a series of features to enhance its usability, including a picture-in-picture mode and access to more than one hundred international TV channels straight from the handset.

SPB Software's solution is not available exclusively on Google's Android, so users of other mobile platforms can also enjoy its features. With the newly announced launch, the SPB TV application is available for Windows Mobile, Symbian and Android platforms. According to the company, it has already partnered with a wide range of carriers around the world, and the mobile TV experience the solution delivers is available for customers of various mobile carriers.

“SPB was always concentrated on supporting phone manufactures and mobile network carriers in building innovative and user-centric products and services.” Sebastian-Justus Schmidt, SPB Software CEO, comments. “After porting SPB TV to a new platform other than Windows Mobile we got a favourable reception from the mobile market, especially from mobile operators. Now SPB is very pleased with the fact that we can offer mobile carriers an equal solution, a unique powerful application for Windows Mobile, Symbian and Android platforms.”

Some of the main features of SPB TV include support for over 100 international live TV channels and for more than 20 languages, a TV browser with quick channel preview, full week's TV guide, Calendar reminders for TV shows, fast channel launching, picture-in-picture mode, “Transparent” on-screen controls, as well as full support of hardware button controls.

All owners of handsets running under Android 1.5 with HVGA screen resolutions can enjoy the new application, the company announced, adding that the SPB TV was also available for Windows Mobile 5 and later Professional and Standard edition handsets and for those powered by S60 3rd edition FP1 or higher, with QVGA, VGA, Square QVGA, and WVGA screen resolutions. The company offers a free version of the application, with limited functionality, as well as a full variant, which is priced at $9.95. Android users can purchase it from the Android market.