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Quicktime 6 Becoming Mobile-Phone Standard?

Posted by chrisd on from the japanese-people-have-cool-cell-phones dept.

k-hell writes "It seems like Apple's QuickTime 6 is becoming standard on some 44 million Japanese mobile phones. Apple and many other companies are pressuring hard to make MPEG-4 the industry standard for video-on-demand services in 3G cellular networks, and to keep Microsoft and its proprietary Windows Media out of the mobile phones market."

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  1. Oh great. by blumpy · · Score: 5, Funny

    Not sure which is better, Quicktime player that crashes my phone half the time and nags me to pay to upgrade it everytime I make a phone call, or a Windows Media Player on my phone that updates itself with pyschedelic screen patterns, making it slower and slower each time...

  2. Video on cell phones? by teasea · · Score: 1, Funny

    Now I know how my dad felt. I understand wanting a video hookup to see the person you are talking to, but bikini girls on a 1.2 inch screen??? My dad described to me the first time he saw a kitchen garbage disposer. He thought to himself, "why would anyone want to put garbage in their kitchen sink?"
    Damn I'm getting old.

  3. Re:For more information... by HoneyBunchesOfGoats · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yes, definitely check this link out. And while you're at it, repost some of the discussion's comments! Instant Karma!

  4. Re:For more information... by Thenomain · · Score: 3, Funny

    But it's not a complete duplicate! Last time it was in the Apple section and not an Apple topic. This makes it different, right? Right?

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