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QuickTime On Your Cell Phone

Posted by timothy on from the the-better-to-drive-with dept.

blamanj writes "Apple and DoCoMo are confirming that a new version of QuickTime is on the way supporting MPEG-4 images over 3G cellular service." Now if only these would make sense in the U.S. ...

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  1. Nokia's Communicator has RealPlayer by DrunkenPenguin · · Score: 5, Informative

    Nokia's Communicator cellphone has included RealPlayer for at least 1.5 years.

  2. iPhone by iomud · · Score: 4, Informative

    Should be interesting to note that apple also owns this domain.

  3. DoCoMo does NOT serve the "western world"... by interactive_civilian · · Score: 5, Informative
    So...it is pointless because you folks over in the states can't use it? Gimme a break...

    In the country where this is being marketed, there is already an "actual 3G network" in place, so this isn't pointless technology. I am currently a DoCoMo customer who happens to be in the market for a new phone, and I must say, I am quite excited about this. It will be nice to have the media that my phone uses play nicely with my iBook, unlike the format that J-Phone uses, which if sent to a computer, can only be viewed on a PC.

    And this technology is not entirely useless in the US. My family happens to live there, and with this, I will be able to send them quicktime movies from my phone...sure, it is a novelty, but it sounds good to me. :D

    Just my 2 yen.

    --
    "Empathise with stupidity, and you're halfway to thinking like an idiot." - Iain M. Banks
  4. US and 3G by JimBobJoe · · Score: 5, Informative

    Now if only these would make sense in the U.S...

    The Economist had a great article a few months ago about 3G around the world. Asia does lead the US in 3G, and both places are way far ahead of Europe. Essentially, Europe's insistence on one standard, which worked nicely for 2G, screwed the pooch raw with 3G, that, and the fact that Asia and the US didn't license out 3G, so European cell carriers had to take on debt for billions for 3G whereas no one else did.

    There's no doubt in my mind that Asia will continue leading in 3G...for the simple reason that while 3G is developing here in the US, it's been pretty hard to sell Americans on anything other than just talking on the phone. There is some cultural difference that makes Asians all giddy about spiffy 3G features, so it doesn't surprise me to see the newest and greatest 3G tech. over there.