Zentek's 1Seg SDIO card

by Donald Melanson posted Sep 30th 2006 at 5:17AM

If you're looking for a little TV-on-the-go action of slightly higher quality than plain-old analog broadcasts, and happen to live in Japan, then Zentek may have just the solution for ya. It's just announced what looks to be the first 1Seg (or One-Seg, if you prefer) TV tuner on an SDIO card, which'll let you pick up those sweet terrestrial digital broadcast signals on your SDIO-equipped handheld or cellphone. Although, not unlike early developments in WiFi on SD cards, it looks like you'll have to put up with the card protruding more than just a little bit from your handheld device, as it measures about 2.1-inches long. (Hear that? It's the sound of thousands of these simultaneosly snapping in Japanese pockets). You'll also have to wait a bit to actually get your hands on one, with Zentek set to offer the device to OEMs in the first quarter of 2007.

Filed under: Handhelds, Peripherals

Tags: 1seg, one-seg, sdio, tv tuner, TvTuner, zentek

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dfgdfgdfgdfg @ Sep 30th 2006 5:56AM

wonder if it'll work with German DVB-T too.

and too bad it's MUCH too big for my smartphone...

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Brian C @ Sep 30th 2006 10:13AM

It's a shame that there aren't many PDA phones that support SDIO. Two PDA phones that support SDIO are Palm Treo 700w and BenQ-Siemens P50 or P51.

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pbase @ Oct 1st 2006 4:22AM

Oooh! And I just ordered the Palm T/X!

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