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Axel Technologies, a Finnish company that develops mobile TV-related software and technologies, has recently announced a new handset, presented as the very first "Java-enabled multi-standard mobile TV phone." Created in collaboration with Inventec (the Taiwanese manufacturer behind another new mobile device, namely V... |
16 September 2008
08:14 GMT |
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At about the same time with the release of the cheap Sony Ericsson W350 in the US, AT&T has come up with LG Invision, another new and affordable handset. Unlike the W350, which is a semi-flip phone targeted for music lovers, the Invision from LG is a simple candybar created for "visionaries of video", as AT&T puts it... |
21 August 2008
03:48 GMT |
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Shortly after announcing it was named 2008 North America Company of the Year, AT&T has also unveiled that it will offer its customers all the Olympic action from the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games (August 8 - 24). This will be possible thanks to an agreement with NBC Universal, the giant media and entertainment American ... |
17 July 2008
04:13 GMT |
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Ericsson, together with Telecinco and Boomerang TV, announced the availability of Formula One live content for all the Spanish mobile TV users. From now on, Formula One (F1) fans in Spain will be able to view the races of this season on their mobile phones, thanks to Ericsson and HyC, the Spanish company that Ericss... |
15 July 2008
12:21 GMT |
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Sharp, one of Japan's main manufacturers of handsets (among lots of other electronic products) has launched a new mobile TV phone on the Japanese market: Sharp Aquos 923SH. First unveiled back in June, the 923SH will be available under the name of SoftBank 923SH, starting July 5, only for the subscribers of Soft... |
3 July 2008
11:58 GMT |
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Sharp, the Japanese electronics manufacturer, has recently announced that it sold more than 10 million mobile phones that feature One-Seg capabilities (meaning that they allow users to watch TV programs on them). Although Sharp commercializes some of its handsets outside Japan too, none of those have mobile TV capabi... |
16 June 2008
11:33 GMT |
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MomoDesign, an Italian design company, has recently launched its latest product, the MD-3, which comes as a fashionable handset with mobile TV capabilities. The new phone has a clamshell form factor and two displays, an internal and an external one, that users can turn to 180 degrees and change their places. The in... |
6 June 2008
04:43 GMT |
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Swisscom, the largest mobile operator in Switzerland, together with Nokia and Nokia Siemens Networks, launched one of the first mobile TV services in Europe, under the name of Bluewin TV. Available starting mid-May, the new service bring Swiss users a high-quality mobile TV experience, thanks to the DVB-H (Digital Vi... |
3 June 2008
06:49 GMT |
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LG just announced one of its newest handsets to feature mobile TV capabilities, the LG HB620T, a device that will be released soon in several countries across Europe. The new HB620T comes in a clamshell form factor and it features DVB-T compatibility. Unlike DVB-H, another mobile TV standard, DVB-T is available al... |
14 May 2008
05:21 GMT |
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Samsung announced today that its P960 TV mobile phone was ready to hit the European market and that it would be commercially available in the next days / weeks / months, depending on each country. First unveiled at the beginning of the year, during MWC 2008, Samsung P960 is among the few handsets to come to Europe... |
30 April 2008
16:41 GMT |
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Samsung recently launched a new clamshell phone in Brazil, the V820L, a handset created to bring mobile TV to South American users. Samsung V820L is a clamshell that comes with a futuristic design and packs a 2.6 inch rotating TFT display with an unusual resolution of 240 x 300 pixels. V820L is the first handset with... |
25 April 2008
08:46 GMT |
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LG Vu is finally officially confirmed by AT&T, together with Samsung Access and the carrier's brand new MediaFLO-based mobile TV service. The two handsets are the first from AT&T to pack support for MediaFLO and, as the mobile TV service, they will be commercially available starting May 2008.Simply named AT&T Mo... |
28 March 2008
04:20 GMT |
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LG Vu, rumored a few weeks ago to be released via AT&T at the end of this month (March 2008), is almost officially confirmed by the largest US mobile carrier. We say almost, because there aren't any clear details about the release date, but promo materials already appeared in AT&T stores and, most probably, the... |
24 March 2008
07:29 GMT |
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It looks like LG Vu, announced in the fall of 2007, will finally make its debut at AT&T at the end of March 2008, as the carrier's first mobile phone to support Mobile TV. The handset will most probably come at the same time with AT&T's MediaFLO-based mobile TV service that was supposed to be launched at th... |
3 March 2008
04:06 GMT |
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Panasonic, the Japanese giant electronics producer, showcased at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, its Panasonic VIERA P905i mobile phone (or simply Panasonic P905i), a handset that packs lots of evolved features and can stand beside any other high-end phone. Panasonic P905i offers a splendid 3.2 inch VI... |
20 February 2008
10:57 GMT |
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LG KB620 is one of the latest handsets produced by the South Korean company, and its main purpose is to be a TV phone. The new device was showcased by LG at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain (11 - 14 February) and should be commercially available during the first half of 2008. KB620 was showcased by ... |
15 February 2008
08:34 GMT |
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Orange and T-Mobile UK announced, at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, their intention to try a new mobile TV and multimedia broadcast service using a UMTS MBMS based TDtv solution from NextWave Wireless, a mobile/multimedia products and technology provider. The service pilot is planned for the second ha... |
13 February 2008
03:36 GMT |
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E-Ten Information Systems officially announced the presentation of Glofiish M810 and Glofiish V900, the company's first devices from its new range of Pocket PCs created with portable entertainment and go-anywhere communications in mind. Both devices will be showcased at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, be... |
5 February 2008
04:11 GMT |
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Samsung Electronics today announced its latest Mobile TV phone, Samsung SCH-W350 (or SPH-W3500), a clamshell that comes with the ability to swivel its screen in a horizontal position, offering a better video experience. The new handset works on GSM and WCDMA networks and comes with HSDPA connectivity for fast data... |
4 February 2008
10:13 GMT |
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Hitachi, the giant Japanese manufacturer and service provider, unveiled its latest mobile phone, Hitachi W61H, a handset that comes to emphasize the company's slogan, "Inspire the Next", with its e-ink display and its exquisite look. Hitachi W61H is a clamshell phone with two displays, a normal one and an e-ink ... |
31 January 2008
03:15 GMT |
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Toshiba, the Japanese electronics manufacturer, added another handset to its line-up of Mobile TV phones, the Toshiba W61T.The new phone comes in a (not quite beautiful) clamshell form, with three colors available (white, dark blue and pink), and it's designed mainly for sporty people, offering the "au Smart Sp... |
30 January 2008
06:55 GMT |
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Japan brings another Mobile TV phone, this time from Panasonic, the giant electronics manufacturer. Following Sharp's idea to integrate TV technology into mobile phones, Panasonic created a new handset and named it after the company's line of LCDs and plasma displays, VIERA. The new device, Panasonic VIERA ... |
28 January 2008
13:18 GMT |
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Sharp Corporation, the Japanese electronics producer, unveiled its latest Mobile TV phone, Sharp AQUOS SH905iTV. The handset will probably also go under the name of Sharp 905iSH or Sharp SH-905i, since it's a common thing for Sharp handsets to change their name this way, especially when they're mentioned in... |
23 January 2008
06:13 GMT |
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E-Ten, the Taiwan-based electronics manufacturer, announced that it will showcase its latest mobile phone, Glofiish V900, at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, between 11th and 14th February 2008. Presented with the slogan "Enjoy Live TV on the move", the new Glofiish V900 appears on the official E-Ten ... |
15 January 2008
05:25 GMT |
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Samsung Electronics, MobiTV, Nokia Siemens Networks, Rohde & Schwarz and SES AMERICOM's IP-PRIME have joined forces to create a distribution platform that will enable mobile TV services in the United States utilizing local broadcast TV spectrum. The platform will deliver local and national programming and intera... |
8 January 2008
10:33 GMT |
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ICO Global Communications and Alcatel-Lucent will demonstrate North America's first video broadcast based on the DVB-SH (Digital Video Broadcasting - Satellite services to Handhelds) mobile standard at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) next month in Las Vegas, Nevada.The demonstration is an important step for ... |
20 December 2007
09:36 GMT |
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Sharp, the Japanese electronics manufacturer, announced the release of Sharp AQUOS 822SH, its latest mobile phone with TV capabilities. The clamshell handset is available from December 15 in 5 different colors: black, white, gold, silver and pink (for girls... or boys who care for pink devices). The phone looks alm... |
17 December 2007
11:35 GMT |
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Alcatel-Lucent, in cooperation with mobile operator 3 Italia and Italian public broadcaster RAI are conducting the first trial of mobile TV based on the DVB-SH standard in Italy. DVB-SH is an evolution of DVB-H, which provides a higher spectrum efficiency and allows integration with hybrid satellite/terrestrial netwo... |
14 December 2007
09:02 GMT |
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Sony's ready to unpack their sack of gifts, turning into our favorite Japanese Santa, as we've just got word that they'll be releasing the 3.80 PSP firmware update on December 18th. That leaves us about 4 days to have with the present update, while getting ready for a couple of brand new features, whi... |
14 December 2007
06:57 GMT |
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Helio, the US mobile carrier, recently added a TV Guide service for its customers, service that provides TV program listings, show information as well as search functions. Helio's subscribers will be able to benefit from a personalized listings grid, local listings in advance for 14 days, search functionali... |
30 November 2007
08:08 GMT |
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A new report from the analyst firm Berg Insight found that almost 40 million people in Japan and South Korea watch mobile TV. This means 78 percent of the total mobile TV broadcasting, which makes a huge chunk of this market.The result is little surprising. It is common knowledge that mobile TV has reached a much hig... |
6 November 2007
03:35 GMT |
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The future of DVB-H as the main mobile TV protocol is endangered in its wide adoption by alternative video services. YouTube is one of them, with the help of 3G that makes it possible to transfer video files at great speeds.The European Commissionchose DVB-H as the main mobile TV standard for Europe. The main reason ... |
29 October 2007
13:02 GMT |
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Sharp SH-920 looks more like a mobile TV than a handset meant to place calls and help communication. It is, indeed, one of the most evolved cellulars out there that are capable of also providing TV support.Mobile TV is a technology that has drawn especially the attention of the Japanese. Other continents are less int... |
26 October 2007
10:03 GMT |
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Some of the most evolved smartphones out there are available in Japan, with little or no chances of a global release any time in the future. Toshiba T-911 is just one of them, with some pretty interesting features.The phone can pride with the fact that it includes 3G connectivity to make possible high data transfer s... |
26 October 2007
06:13 GMT |
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Moto RIZR Z6tv will be available at Verizon from now on, along with the support for V CAST Mobile TV, V CAST Music and Video. This makes it a top media phone, capable of supporting many solutions for entertaining the user.V CAST Mobile TV brings a wide variety of programming that is supposed to provide some mobility ... |
29 September 2007
02:16 GMT |
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Au just brought in the spotlights its Infobar 2 mobile phone, not your average handset. The device manages to pack some impressive performances in a sleek and shiny case that few other producers had the courage of using until now.Infobar 2 is a phone that you either love or hate. There are few chances that customers ... |
26 September 2007
09:14 GMT |
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A recent report from Gartner states that only five percent of all Europeans are interested in watching TV on their mobile phones. There are high chances that things will change once the telecom market adapts its offer to the users' demands.Mobile TV looks like one of the most evolved technologies that handsets h... |
26 September 2007
08:39 GMT |
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South Korea is the home of some of the most important consumer electronics manufacturers, not to mention some of the most advanced portable devices you've ever seen. And that's exactly the case with the latest development from Yukyung Technologies, namely the Viliv X2 All-In-One, which provides just about a... |
27 August 2007
05:51 GMT |
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CBS Mobile, Verizon Wireless and Qualcomm's subsidiary MediaFLO announced a partnership to provide a new channel on V CAST Mobile TV dedicated entirely to the Big Brother 8 show. The channel will transmit live video of the activity inside the Big Brother House from August 19 through the end of the season on Sept... |
17 August 2007
10:04 GMT |
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Discovery Network has just made it clear that mobile phone users will have the chance from now on to enjoy their favorite TV shows even when on the road. The great advantage that handsets bring is that of great mobility and they plan on making their broadcast available anywhere and at any time for their viewers.There... |
8 August 2007
04:58 GMT |
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Last year, Virgin Mobile proudly announced the launch of its mobile TV service in UK, which was to start in October 2006. It did start, of course, provided by BT Movio and supported by an advertising campaign featuring no other than Pamela Andreson.Currently, the service only works on one device, the Lobster 700 smar... |
29 July 2007
07:55 GMT |
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A&E Television Networks and MobiTV announced the launch of two mobile TV channels on MobiTV's platform. The A&E Mobile and The History Channel Mobile are currently live in the U.S. via participating wireless carriers. The mobile channels are not the same as the linear TV channels offered by A&E Television Networ... |
24 July 2007
08:56 GMT |
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Telstra will make it possible for people living in Australia to benefit from the possibilities of mobile TV too from now on. With BigPond TV, users of this company's 3G and Next G networks will be able to watch programs on their handsets, just as many others across the globe who already do that.A TV model can be... |
19 July 2007
10:31 GMT |
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Samsung has announced to release their SCH-B750 phone model in Korea. What makes this handset special is that it provides User Created Content (UCC) to its owner, one feature highly popular among mobile phone users.The UCC enables people to update their blogs with text, image and video content. Moreover, it also make... |
19 July 2007
05:30 GMT |
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Interpret, a new media research firm, has conducted a research on what mobile phone functions the iPhone owners use when compared to regular handset users. Results show that those who have just purchased Apple's handset use most of its evolved functions at a much larger extent than other mobile phone owners.Many... |
17 July 2007
02:59 GMT |
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ROK Entertainment announced that it has launched a live and on-demand mobile TV service streamed over 2.5G and 3G networks, specifically conceived for users of Nokia Eseries devices. Currently available in the UK on a subscription basis, the service will be launched in the rest of Europe beginning with August.ROK TV ... |
16 July 2007
09:21 GMT |
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Samsung plans on bringing mobile TV a huge step forward. They have developed a pair of chips capable of receiving and decoding four mobile digital TV systems, more compact than before. Mobile phones which provide TV services have high chances of coming in smaller and smaller sizes in the near future and be capable of... |
27 June 2007
07:42 GMT |
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MobiTV announced the opening of a Research and Development center in Stockholm, Sweden, as well as a new engineering facility in Sunnyvale, California.The R&D center in Stockholm will focus on next generation wireless networks, such as WiMAX and advanced multimedia technology. The establishment of the new center foll... |
26 June 2007
10:28 GMT |
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Sling Media will make their SlingPlayer mobile software compatible with Windows Mobile 6 Professional editions too from now on. This upgrade comes as only natural, considering the fact that the number of smartphones using this platform is continuously increasing."SlingPlayer Mobile is one of the only applications on ... |
23 June 2007
02:31 GMT |
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Ericsson signed a mobile TV contract with Siminn, the largest mobile operator in Iceland, and will provide mobile TV solutions to the Reykjavik-based company in order to make mobile content and services more accessible to users.Siminn's customers will have access to one of the fastest channel selectors available... |
18 June 2007
09:23 GMT |
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