Streaming TV on Your Handset

[SU-News]

Sprint PCS and technology partner Idetic Inc. lunched a new service called MobiTV. The $10/month downlodable JAVA application allows you to view streaming audio and video from MSNBC, CNBC, Discovery Channel, The Learning Channel, College Sports Television, California Music Channel, Independent Music Network and others. More info here (http://rcrnews.com/cgi-bin/news.pl?newsId=15908).

[TampaBay PCS]

This a great offering from Sprint! Now we can see just what a true 3G network is capable of and how it can make your phone a great multimedia device. This will help separate Sprint's vision service from the other Internet type services that are currently being offered from other U.S. providers. For those that haven't tried the service yet, it is currently available on the Samsung A620/VGA1000 and Sanyo 8100. If you are planing on purchasing a Sanyo 4500/RL2500, Sanyo 7200/RL2000 or Sanyo 5500/VM4500 you will also be able to use MobiTV. Below is a list of the channel lineup that is available. More channels will be added to the service over the coming months.


MobiTV channels:

--California Music Channel--
California Music Channel plays pop music videos. Founded in 1982, CMC originates from San Francisco and is "In the Air, Everywhere."


--CMC Beat Lounge--
CMC Beat Lounge brings you the hottest mix of Hip Hop and R&B music videos.


--CMC-USA--
CMC-USA features personal DJs, viewer requests and America’s favorite country music videos.


--CNBC--
Cable financial network.


--CNET--
CNET high lights the latest products, provides tutorials on how to get more from your gadgets, and shows unbiased video product reviews.


--CSTV: College Sports Television--
College Sports Television televises regular season and championship event coverage in more than 25 college sports, including football, basketball, baseball, hockey and soccer.


--Discovery Channel--
The Discovery Channel is the United States’ largest cable television network and the nation’s premier provider of real-world entertainment.


--Discovery en Español--
Discovery en Español offers Spanish-speaking audiences of all ages the best in entertainment including nature, science and technology, history and world exploration, and children’s programming.


--Discovery Kids--
Discovery Kids is the only place where kids ages 6-14 can explore the real world - from shark-infested waters to spaces stations.

--Independent Music Network--
IMNTV is the world’s first and only International Music Video programming, 24/7, featuring independent artists of all genres in a cutting-edge, eclectic format.


--The Learning Channel--
Using its "life unscripted" approach to storytelling, TLC provides top-rated factual programming to more than 93 million homes in North America.


--ToonWorld TV Classics--
Re-live the golden era of television cartoons with ToonWorld TV Classics.

--MSNBC--
Cable news network.

[Lunus]

Isnt $10/month to much?
Is the quality any good?

[michelle]

does it work on the treo600?

[Maokh]

Its good, namebrand content... but I think $9.99 is too much for a streaming slideshow at 1 frame per second. Maybe $4.99 would have been better.

I wonder how much of this goes towards the fact that you are gobbling up lots of bandwidth?

[phoneman]

DOES IT WORK ON THE SANYO 5300?

[zipdrive007]

Originally posted by michelle
does it work on the treo600?

Nope, and with our 12bit screen I'm not sure we want it to.

[michelle]

LOL to that. :p