Mobile Phones

TV ON MOBILE PHONES

2010-07-25T21:11:00.000-07:00

Considering that America has over 225 million mobile phone users, its strange to see that only 1.8 million watch mobile television on their phones, according to September data from comScore (SCOR).

However a group of over 800 broadcasters hopes to change that, making mobile TV shows both free and available at the same time they are shown on traditional Television. These broadcasters formed the Open Mobile Video Coalition, to establish a standard for mobile TV in the digital age.

The group, in conjunction with the Advanced Television Standards Committee, which was responsible for creating the standard that governs how your TV set receives a high-definition signal, approved a candidate standard for mobile digital television. In the bureaucratic world of standards setting, this means the ATSC mobile DTV standard will be the accepted way to deliver mobile broadcast television going forward, although itâ€™s subject to a few additional tweaks. In the real world, this means devices capable of delivering free, mobile TV will come as early as 2010.

Electronic giants LG and Samsung, whom have both backed this new standard, will begin producing devices that will allow for mobile DTV trials next year. After the broadcasters complete the move to digital broadcasting in February 2009, TV stations will start widespread tests of mobile DTV. And by early 2010, consumers should be able to buy these products from the shops.

For end users in the U.S. (which is where this mobile broadcast standard will work), that means there will be two ways to watch over-the-air television on the go via a device that receives the mobile DTV standard or through a carrierâ€™s service built on top of MediaFLO, a Qualcomm (QCOM) technology. While a representative of LG, which makes phones for carriers that include Qualcomm MediaFLO chips, told me the two services arenâ€™t mutually exclusive, they are competitive. They both want to offer over-the-air broadcast television on mobile devices ranging from phones to laptops to in-car entertainment systems.

But Qualcomm makes money licensing its MediaFLO network to carriers, which charge consumers $15 a month to access the service, while broadcasters plan to have some sort of free offering to anyone who has a device or dongle that can receive the signal. On the other hand, MediaFLO services are available today, while mobile DTV is still a developing standard.

Interestingly after two years of commercial availability of the service, mobile television delivered by MediaFLO is only watched by a small few. That looks to be changing, however. Matt Milne, senior vice president of marketing and sales for MediaFLO USA, declined to give out subscriber numbers for the service but said in an email that viewership increased 70% in the three months ending September 2008. Itâ€™s still possible for MediaFLO to gain more viewers, or for the mobile DTV effort to fail because of a lack of devices or even consumer interest.

However, this is great news for consumers looking at mobile TV thats free and convenient, and is definately worth keeping an eye on.

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Apple iPhone 4

2010-07-17T23:46:00.000-07:00

The GOD of all phones is here. Yes, you heard it right. With the launch of iPhone 4, Apple once again is ready to set the mobile phone industry on fire. It is said that Apple's new mobile phone is equipped with 100 new features that were missing in its previous version.

The all glass front along with stainless steel casing, will surely appeal to everyone's eyes. Apple iPhone is being considered as the thinnest smartphone available till date. Unlike the previous versions of iPhones, this one has got dedicated volume controls. Apart from these, iPhone 4 has got front facing camera, 30 pin connectors, sleep button, microphone and plethora of other features.
It has got an antenna that supports all the iPhone 4's wireless capability from Wi-Fi to GPS to Bluetooth to 3G, along with cellular communications.
The iPhone 4 has got "retina display". This technology has got four times the pixel density of a typical LCD display. The spectacular display of 326 pixels per inch is by and far the best in the market. The 3.5-inch display has a native resolution of 960 by 640 pixels. The OS4 automatically handles rendering controls and texts at the higher resolution.
The battery backup of Apple's new handset is also amazing. It can play up to 40 hours of music, 10 hours of video and has got a standby time of up to 300 hours. It also has 32 GB of flash storage, and offers quad-band HSUPA for mobile broadband speeds up to 7.2Mbps downstream. It's also features a 5 MP camera with a backside-illuminated sensor. The camera will record high definition video at 720p resolution and 30 frames per second.
With plenty of features to offer and a well known brand, iPhone 4 is surely a big hit worldwide.

Latest iPhone 4

2010-07-17T22:44:00.000-07:00

The all glass front along with stainless steel casing, will surely appeal to everyone's eyes. Apple iPhone is being considered as the thinnest smartphone available till date. Unlike the previous versions of iPhones, this one has got dedicated volume controls. Apart from these, iPhone 4 has got front facing camera, 30 pin connectors, sleep button, microphone and plethora of other features.
It has got an antenna that supports all the iPhone 4's wireless capability from Wi-Fi to GPS to Bluetooth to 3G, along with cellular communications.
The iPhone 4 has got "retina display". This technology has got four times the pixel density of a typical LCD display. The spectacular display of 326 pixels per inch is by and far the best in the market. The 3.5-inch display has a native resolution of 960 by 640 pixels. The OS4 automatically handles rendering controls and texts at the higher resolution.
The battery backup of Apple's new handset is also amazing. It can play up to 40 hours of music, 10 hours of video and has got a standby time of up to 300 hours. It also has 32 GB of flash storage, and offers quad-band HSUPA for mobile broadband speeds up to 7.2Mbps downstream. It's also features a 5 MP camera with a backside-illuminated sensor. The camera will record high definition video at 720p resolution and 30 frames per second.
With plenty of features to offer and a well known brand, iPhone 4 is surely a big hit worldwide.

NewSamsungmobiles

2010-07-17T22:38:00.000-07:00

Samsung mobile phones are always welcomed whole heartedly. The company is about to launch many a products in the coming quarter so that it can deliver the best to its users. This never means that the old products were not up to mark or something. The products launched earlier were equally good and high technology based. These days Samsung is launching products of all types in the form of series so that the user has sufficient choice and can bag the best of the gadget according to his thinking or usage.

Samsung i5700 Galaxy was launched in the end of 2009. The gadget has every thing in it and has never let its customers down be it in the use of technology or when talked about the design. When discussed on the basis of technology there is no no for Samsung Galaxy Portal deals. The reason is the gadget operates on Android OS, v1.5 (Cupcake)/ v2.1 (Eclair) operating system and is powered by an 800MHz processor to deliver the fastest speed.

As the gadget is a quad band based device, the Samsung Galaxy Portal deals can compete with any other device, no matter what technology it is based on. Not only this the Samsung i5700 Galaxy Portal is also blessed with Wi-Fi and blue tooth to add more charm. The design with which this mobile phone is blessed with is unique and when measured to get a rough idea comes out to be of just 115 x 57 x 13.2 mm with a weight of only 124 grams.

Touchscreen is one of the most discussed aspect in todays mobile phone and when talked about the one included in Samsung Galaxy Portal deals it comes out to be a very high technology based. It is a 3.2 inches TFT capacitive touchscreen with a superb resolution of 320 x 480 pixels and in order to deliver a never before like picture quality, it is filled with 16 M colors.

The audio quality of this gizmo is also superb as it is supported by features like 3.5 mm audio jack along with DNSe (Digital Natural Sound Engine).To add more glitters to Samsung Galaxy Portal deals, a camera of 3.15 MP is attached with the gadget featured with auto focus and Geo tagging. With all these features and such mind blowing design the Samsung Galaxy Portal contract deals are sure to rock.