It's amazing how short a distance we've travelled since we first spotted
Modeo's DVB-H smartphone in April. Sure, now we know that it's just an
HTC Foreseer under those orange accents, but after months of promises, the phone is only just now making it into our hands in boxed form. There's live DVB-H service lighting up NYC, but only six channels to watch, and no sign of a commercial launch in sight, as we
mentioned yesterday. Luckily, the phone feels good in the hand, and while it might be bit large for an EDGE device in this day and age, it still looks and feels proportional in hand. The screen is quite sharp and general performance is snappy, especially video, thanks to the NVIDIA GoForce 5500 GPU under the hood. TV performance is great, at least as far as we've tested it in Manhattan and Brooklyn -- we'll revisit this in a week or so and let you know how we're doing -- but CNBC, MSNBC, Fox News, Fox Sports, Discovery Channel and E! get old fast, and the eight audio channels are about as basic as it gets. We'll give you our full impressions once we've had some more time to soak it all in, but for now you can peep the unboxing gallery below, along with our hands-on pics from
last night's event.
posted March 1st 2007 8:05AM
lol, what's this piece?
I like the color scheme, but I don't need a TV on my cellphone. In fact, I don't really need a TV at all. I am curious, though, whether the headphone jack pictured on the bottom of the phone will accept standard headphones or not.
On a broader note, how feasible is it to install Symbian on a phone designed for windows mobile?
I really can't see mobile TV taking off the way some people are predicting. There are so few times when it would actually be useful or usable. Check out: http://www.robinontech.com/2007/02/26/a-poor-reception-for-mobile-tv/
Is it correct that you can get live CNBC feed? That is a very valuable feature for a wide swath of people in New York City.
Can't watch tv at work, can't watch tv while driving, not smart to watch tv while walking around. When would I have the time to watch tv?
Naturally you would watch Mobile TV when you're at home on your couch and the remote is sitting on top of your real TV.
I guess if you commuted a lot and still had cell reception on your bus/subway/train, it could be kinda cool.
Us folks in South Africa have had this DVB-H thing in trial for nearly two years now. donno why it such a big deal when New York get it.