Motorola's DH02 mobile TV with PVR gains GPS and HSDPA, loses R

Motorola just announced a new portable DVB-H TV to followup its DH01. The name? DH02, of course. The new mobile TV now features a GPS receiver and Tele Atlas maps, an HSDPA / GPRS back-channel for interactive media, and new "auto-flip" portrait to landscape (presumably via accelerometer) touch-screen display of unspecified dimensions. The UI takes advantage of the touch-screen with an "intuitive click, drag, and scroll" navigation. Moto does call the WQVGA display high-resolution -- which is anything but high if the DH02 carries the same 4.3-inch display of the DH01. Motorola also likes to call the DH02 a PVR since it includes a 5 minute buffer for timeshifting, live pause, and frame grabbing. Thing is, while the former DH01 could record video, that capability is not mentioned anywhere in the DH02 press release. Perhaps the microSD slot is dedicated to GPS maps now, instead of recording space. It does offer Bluetooth and, uh hem, "stunning" video playback. Really moto, stunning video from a sub 30fps play rate in a 480 x 272 resolution? Hyperbole of the press release aside, we're still looking forward to a hands-on at CTIA next week.

[AJ @ Mar 26th 2008 9:39AM]

Lame

[nDee @ Mar 27th 2008 1:39AM]

Bloody hell design
(no wonder they have their company in big trouble)
You can tell that is worse than Korean cars, really that bad.
Any untra cheap China PMP will look better than that.
(that's why it's so lame)

[WillisOGeeky @ Mar 26th 2008 9:49AM]

testing my pic and password stuff, sorry anyone who cares!

[Nule @ Mar 26th 2008 9:52AM]

Yeah, me too, looks like they turned off comments on that thread.

[Smart People Play Tuba @ Mar 26th 2008 9:52AM]

Please fix the aspect ratio of that pic, Motorola! That soccer ball is a #$%@ oval!

Also, that guy looks like the late Heath Ledger.

[Lifelion @ Mar 26th 2008 9:52AM]

Is there another device with HSDPA/GPRS, GPS and a touchscreen larger than 4 inches? (DVB-H could be a plus.)

[James Bowe @ Mar 26th 2008 10:44AM]

it's all screen but the screen specs aren't too impressive. that's a shame.

[Lifelion @ Mar 26th 2008 11:11AM]

Some defense for this Motto.
When we talk about the tomtom go 920, we seay it is superb. It's the same size, same resolution. The resolution is similar to that of the iphone but with a larger screen.
So we should say: it is a shame that the iphone and the tomtom go 920 have such a resolution. Still waiting for HSDPA on these devices. (and DVB-H could be a plus.)

[Jamar @ Mar 26th 2008 12:33PM]

My god, there are *cellphones* with better resolution than this.

[Konshu @ Mar 26th 2008 7:41PM]

Eh, I don't think this is in any shape a good thing.

[Tom @ Mar 27th 2008 9:48PM]

Test

[Z @ Mar 31st 2008 9:24PM]

love how it shows a soccer ball...i'm not just a nerd, u know...