Pictor Guy
join:2004-06-21
Sammamish, WA
| Mobile TV is hot!?!?
Care to enlighten us with market studies showing the usage rates of Mobile TV? I can see like to moderate use on a device like the iPhone when the 3G version is out or even on the WiFi version out now -- if that counts. But most people I know that even have the option for Mobile TV don't bother due to carrier usage rates, small screen size and battery life. Those who have Mobile TV quickly grew tired of it once the novelty wore off. Not to mention that Mobile TV is really last years news and reminiscent of push Internet services of the 1990's like Pointcast. Now if Mobile TV is getting lumped in with two-way mobile video then that is a whole new topic and one worth these electrons. |
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Jmartz
join:2000-07-20
Tenafly, NJ | More people use MobiTV for free these days then pay for it I would bet. Especially with those links that were posted a few weeks ago on another message board. |
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mokok2
@comcast.net | atleast the iphone has a big enough screen to watch at 3.5 inches.....every other phone sucks....i think the closest phone's screen is 2.8 in |
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rf_engineer
join:2003-08-04
USA
| Am I missing something? I have yet to figure out who is going to watch mobile TV other that people commuting on mass transit and kids in the back of soccer mom mobiles. If I'm going to spend money or time watching TV, it's going to be in the comfort of my home in a nice chair with a big screen, not crammed next to big guy in a bus seat or walking down the street with a 2" LCD screen that gets washed out in direct sunlight.
Maybe I'm old fashioned, but I think mobile TV will go the way of the picture phone...a gee whiz wonderful application with millions of dollars thrown at it that no one really wants except the people marketing it. |
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