CELL PHONES
» Coming soon
» Top 15
» Best-rated
SMARTPHONES
» Coming soon
» Top 15
» Best-rated
CAMERAS
» Coming soon
» Top 15
» Best-rated
REVIEWS
» Cell phones
» Cameras
» Camcorders
» Archive » Product Guide
» Compare » Expert guides
» RSS & Alerts » Ask The Editors
Home / Cell phones
Phone makers team on mobile TV plansBy Larry Garfield, Friday 10 September 2004
Several major phone manufacturers have teamed up with the Open Mobile Alliance to develop a standard for mobile broadcast.

Motorola, NEC, Nokia, Siemens and Sony Ericsson have announced plans to cooperate in the Mobile Broadcast Services work, started under Open Mobile Alliance (OMA). Their goal is to figure out how to best bring new push-streaming services to mobile devices as bandwidth to do so becomes available.

The quintessential service for such broadcasts is mobile phone TV. The participating companies see mobile TV as the next big thing for the adoption of high-speed mobile connections, although in general, mobile broadcast will enable cost efficient mobile mass delivery of any multimedia content. That in turn will, they believe, drive the adoption of more advanced mobile terminals with color displays, more RAM, and more robust applications.

NEC developed the world's first working prototype of a mobile phone capable of receiving terrestrial digital TV broadcasting last year. As mobile phones take on more and more features, from mobile offices to fashion accessories, several companies see mobile TV as the next natural step.

Mobile phone TV services are being introduced on the Japanese market while in Europe the market for commercial mobile broadcast services is envisaged to start to open up towards the end of 2005.
Best Cell phones
Name Score Price Carrier
C
Nokia N95 8GB NAM 83% $450Unlocked
Apple iPhone 3GS 83% $200AT&T
Nokia N86 82% $500Unlocked
Nokia N85 81% $350Unlocked
RIM BlackBerry Storm 9530 78% $50Verizon Wireless
Apple iPhone 3G 77% $100AT&T
HTC Fuze 77% $300AT&T
RIM BlackBerry Tour 77% $200Verizon Wireless
HTC Touch Pro2 77% $350T-Mobile
Sprint Tour 77% $200Sprint
Click here to see full and advanced chart »
 
 
HOTTEST
Smartphones
 
Cell Phones
 
Upcoming Smartphones
TOP STORIES
Hottest Smartphones Set for November Release
 
Motorola Droid review
 
New Phones That Are Available Now
Upcoming T-Mobile Phones
 
New AT&T Phones
 
Upcoming Sprint Phones
Upcoming Android Phones
 
New HTC phones
 
New Nokia Phones
NEW CELL PHONE RELEASES
Motorola Droid
Samsung Moment
RIM BlackBerry Storm 2
Motorola Cliq
HTC Tilt 2
Sprint Hero
Samsung Intrepid
HTC Imagio
HTC Pure
CELL PHONE RESOURCE CENTER
Expert Guides
 
Advanced Search
 
Side-by-Side
IN-DEPTH REVIEWS
Cell Phones & Smartphones
 
Digital Cameras
 
Camcorders
NOW IN PHONES
Verizon Wireless unveils their Winter selection
 
Samsung Mythic tries to revive AT&T Mobile TV service
 
BlackBerry Bold 9700 review
 
Opera Mobile 10 beta for Symbian S60 Unveiled
 
Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Android Smartphone Announced
Motorola Milestone for O2, Vodafone Announced
iPhone Gets Five New EA Mobile Games
What's the best smartphone platform for developers?
Next 25 stories
MUST READ
CELL PHONES
» Coming soon
» Top 15
» Best-rated
SMARTPHONES
» Coming soon
» Top 15
» Best-rated
LAPTOPS
» Coming soon
» Top 15
» Best-rated
CAMERAS
» Coming soon
» Top 15
» Best-rated
INTERNET TABLETS
» Coming soon
» Top 15
» Best-rated
GPS NAVIGATORS
» Coming soon
» Top 15
» Best-rated
HDTVs
» Coming soon
» Top 15
» Best-rated
CAMCORDERS
» Coming soon
» Top 15
» Best-rated
About us | Site map | How to advertise | Feedback | RSS Feeds | | Archive
Copyright 1999-2009 © infoSync World