August 22, 2008 will be a big day for those have been waiting patiently for the iPhone to become locally available in their country. Below is the list of confirmed countries and the corresponding carriers who managed to snag a lucrative deal with Apple. 1. Argentina (America Movil) 2. Chile (Claro/America Movil, Movistar/Telefonica) 3. Colombia (America Movil) 4. Czech Republic [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, January 13, 2008
LG has only sold 700,000 units of the Prada Phone since its release world wide, a far cry from iPhone’s 5 million. Maybe a silver LG Prada will make more headway in beating Apple’s Phone. At least, that’s what LG is hoping. It’s pretty much the same phone except for the color - 3-inch [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, January 3, 2008
Cellphone manufacturer Motorola is going for the mobile-TV watching crowd. Say, what? Yep, Moto has a DVB-H player with DVR functionality called DH01. The US-based company may be thinking of other markets besides home base. Countries like Japan, Korea and to some extent, several member nations of the EU have a love affair with portable [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Even though recent research has shown that mobile TV will have a lukewarm reception in Europe, LG chooses to use its charm, whether or not customers will find the U960’s 2.2-inch rotating screen big enough for TV. The U950 is a triband phone with further connection umph via 3.6 Mbps HSDPA. It’s also equipped [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, July 29, 2007
The most interesting stories were 6G iPod and the Samsung Armani phone. AT&T and Apple made headlines by disappointing investors and then getting back their confidence, in that order. Virgin Mobile sadly says good-bye to DAB-IP TV and the Lobster. Nokia will launch an iTunes rival, and a Chinese iPhone clone with a metal exterior [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, July 18, 2007
Now it’s even more official. Yesterday, we alerted our readers about the imminent announcement of a single mobile TV standard by the European Union, and as expected it is DVB-H. The European Commission is banking on its past success with GSM (it pushed for the standard in the 1990s). As EU Telecoms Commissioner Viviane Reding puts [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, July 1, 2007
If you’re worried about mobile TV ever catching up, you shouldn’t be. According to a study done by Institut der WU’ in Vienna and commissioned by wireless provider 3, mobile TV will be irresistible to consumers. “Mobile TV is like sushi,” the report says, a statement that could very well be the industry’s tagline. [...]
Continue reading...Monday, April 30, 2007
Archos posted 1st quarter results and what might come as a surprise to some, is that the overall sales dropped 20% compared to same time last year. I know that you have been seeing some great reviews and new lines of product coming out steadily these last couple months, so you might ask why the [...]
Continue reading...Monday, April 30, 2007
A new service from software maker Makayama will let you watch 100 TV channels on your pocket PC. Called Pocket Live TV 1.0, the service is available in 10 countries including the U.S., U.K. Canada, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Russia, Netherlands. Any pocket PC will do as long as it has WiFi or [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, March 13, 2007
Italian mobile operator 3 is taking mobile TV to the next step. Though DVB-H has been available in Italy through 3 since last year, its the first time a standalone hardware for mobile TV viewing has been made available to the Italian public. In collaboration with Quantum, makers of QTM 1000 pmp with GPS, [...]
Continue reading...
Thursday, August 7, 2008
0 Comments