Japanese broadcaster NTV has seen the future of mobile television, and wants to share it with you. Sort of.
The company is in the process of holding an expo in Tokyo, where they've lined up some leading Japanese manufacturers
to show off their latest gear, along with concept products that will never see the light of an LCD screen. Among the
current and near-future products were several video-capable cellphones, along with one that can wirelessly output
stills to a printer. Panasonic showed off a system that can pipe terrestrial digital broadcasts into trains, coupled
with a wireless system to allow commuters to hear a broadcast's audio via headsets without disturbing other passengers
(hey, some of us like to work, read -- or sleep -- on the train). Of the items on display, the one that looked most
useful and almost ready for prime time was Sharp's media player with video-on-demand functions (above). The device is
designed to pull down VOD broadcasts via wireless IP, and then store them for later viewing on a hard drive or memory
card. Given the number of
DMB
PMPs we've seen lately, including some
with DVR-like
functions, we'd say an IPTV VOD DVR PMP is an idea whose time has come. OK?
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Law @ Mar 24th 2006 3:54PM
What video-capable cellphones were shown? Does anybody know?
waseem @ Mar 24th 2006 11:58PM
gud site
Joseph @ Mar 25th 2006 4:53AM
Erm...if that is "future of mobile TV" in Japan, then Koreans are already living in the future. With DMB technology, most of the new phones and PMPs released in Korea are capable of watching TV everywhere they go.
KirbyMeister @ Mar 27th 2006 4:40PM
GAAH Why must they make video cellphones! First it was sucky cameraphones with the worse quality i've seen... then it was musicphones with the worst speakers I've heard. Now videophones with the worst video quality [not to mention screen] I've seen. I think we're in agreement when we say the iPod's screen needs to be bigger, but now they're trying to push YET. MORE. SMALLER. screens on us.
I will never understand the Japanese even if I knew their language.
rajesh mehta @ Apr 30th 2006 6:20AM
mobile phones gadgets
zboruri @ Apr 30th 2006 4:05PM
good work these japan people do...