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Coming Soon, Mobile Torrents

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the i-still-don't-even-have-3g dept.

explosivejared writes "ZDNet is running an article on the "mobile implementation of the bittorent protocol which says 'Mobile implementations of the BitTorrent protocol are nearly certain to be part of whatever Google Android comes up with, and if not someone will have one for the open platform straightaway. Already a Windows Torrent product is on Version 2.0, and given the video capability of the iPhone it's clear Apple is not going to let this opportunity pass by. A Symbian Torrent program is on Version 1.3."

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  1. What's the point? by kieran · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Maybe I'm being dumb, but I don't see the point of this. Files sent to a mobile are relatively small, even in the case of video due to the size of the screen, and mobile bandwidth is expensive. Bittorrent, on the other hand, is designed to save bandwidth for the server, not the client.

    It seems like a bad trade-off to save yourself cheap server bandwidth by spending expensive radio bandwidth.

  2. Re:Sort of off-topic, but I just thought of it by peragrin · · Score: 3, Insightful

    How long do you think your battery would last under constant usage?

    haven't you ever noticed the difference between stand by and talk times?

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  3. Re:Yeah, right by pushing-robot · · Score: 4, Insightful

    From Wikipedia

    In October 2005, Apple Inc began selling H.264-encoded videos over the Internet through their iTunes Music Store.[11] Initially selling just television series and music videos, they expanded in September 2006 to sell films. On May 30, 2007 Apple announced plans to integrate streaming of YouTube videos into the Apple TV. In a later interview, Apple VP David Moody revealed that all of YouTube's videos are going to be transcoded to H.264 for higher compatibility and quality on the Apple TV. Starting in June, YouTube will be automatically encoding all new uploads with H.264. Their intention is to have the entire video catalog available in H.264 this autumn. Apple's iPhone supports H.264 Baseline Profile, Levels 2.1 and 3, at resolutions up to 480x320 or 640x480 and bitrates up to 1.5 Mbit/s and is capable of playing the YouTube video content.[12]

    Adobe will support H264 in its Flash Player [13].

    So you're saying that H.264 isn't an industry standard? As opposed to Flash Video?

    I guess Apple must have bought out Adobe as well, considering the next Flash Player will use (cough) "Quicktime".

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