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TV On Cellphones Ever Closer
Yurian writes "Seems that the new breed of cell-phones are being readied to receive digital TV. The standard has been finalized and handsets are in test.
The emergence of DVB-H explains a puzzling purchase made last year by Crown Castle of Houston, Texas. The company, which runs the BBC's transmitter network in the UK, paid $12 million for a 5-megahertz slice of coast-to-coast radio spectrum in the US.
At the time no one knew why. But Crown Castle transmitters near Pittsburgh are already broadcasting DVB-H to prototype Nokia mobile TV phones. That purchase may turn out to be an amazing bargain, considering other operators paid billions for 3G licenses which were originally meant to deliver video services."
...battery life and practical viewable area on a phone.
And how about the "roamability" when you're in another country using other standards?
While it's good to have all-in-one gadgets, there are things that just can't be integrated. I think a make-up mirror is good on a phone so that you can talk while looking/grooming yourself, or maybe a ear-cleaner that cleans your ear while you're on the phone?
Rock that crushes, Paper & Scissors that don't matter.
watching tv is far more better than playing that damn snake game over and over :-)
When I see the fist wave of 6G phones that have a shaver and toothbrush attatchment - then i'll be impressed
- There's no place like 127.0.0.1
And how do you watch the screen with the phone pressed to your ear?
I imagine that a combination of sidetalkin + small mirror would provide an adequate solution...