Engadget http://www.engadget.com Engadget http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif Engadget http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/<![CDATA[Motorola CLIQ 2 gets 1.1.30 update, brings fixes and new apps to your slider]]>http://www.engadget.com/2011/06/02/motorola-cliq-2-gets-1-1-30-update-brings-fixes-and-new-apps-to/http://www.engadget.com/2011/06/02/motorola-cliq-2-gets-1-1-30-update-brings-fixes-and-new-apps-to/http://www.engadget.com/2011/06/02/motorola-cliq-2-gets-1-1-30-update-brings-fixes-and-new-apps-to/#commentsWhether it was the honeycomb keyboard, the FWVGA display or that new phone smell, the intoxication of owning a new CLIQ 2 masked the unpleasant odors within this device. Thankfully, a new update from Motorola promises to clear the air with improved battery life, fewer instances of apps crashing, and better haptic responses when typing. The list of improvements is substantial, so you'll want to check the source if you stand to benefit. After completing the OTA install, users will notice four new applications await, including: Lookout Mobile Security, MobiTV, Motorola's Family Room, and UNO. That's a lot to swallow if you're just wanting your phone to work properly. Even if you'd prefer doing without the added bloat, we're guessing CLIQ 2 fans will still want a whiff of this frozen yogurt laden with toppings.

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Motorola CLIQ 2 gets 1.1.30 update, brings fixes and new apps to your slider originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 02 Jun 2011 20:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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MobiTV wants you to know that its ESPN Mobil TV offering had 100 percent uptime during the recent World Cup. Also, it's parsed some of the subscriber data that it accumulated during the tournament, and the analysis is in: subscribers with 5-inch displays watched an average of 118.2 minutes of soccer, while those with 2-inch displays watched almost half that (about 61.1 minutes on average). That's right: people with displays that are large enough to actually see what's goin' on will watch more TV than those with displays roughly the size of a postage stamp. Also presented here is viewing time-per-platform (Android wins at 125.7 average minutes / viewer, while WinMo takes up the rear at 62.7 minutes), and adoption markets (LA has the largest number of subscribers, followed by New York, Chicago, and San Francisco). It looks like all this is putting poor Norman to sleep here, but if you're interested in the specifics (and you want to learn the difference between a "sophisticated" tweenager and a regular ol' tweenager) check the PR after the break.

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Shocker! MobiTV customers prefer larger, easy to see displays originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 17 Aug 2010 15:53:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>mobilemobitvover the airOverTheAirshockertvTue, 17 Aug 2010 15:53:00 EST<![CDATA[MobiTV sees big jump in viewership]]>http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/mobitv-sees-big-jump-in-viewership/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/mobitv-sees-big-jump-in-viewership/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/mobitv-sees-big-jump-in-viewership/#commentsYou might think that the onslaught of multicast services like MediaFLO and ATSC Mobile TV would spell doom for the old guard unicast guys like stalwart MobiTV -- especially considering how much trouble some of our data networks are having these days -- but you'd be wrong, apparently. MobiTV has released a report today touting the fact that it's witnessed a whopping 49 percent boost in daily viewership over the last year; the company claims that a plethora of live events helped drive that growth, but it's pretty hard to ignore the fact that iPhone support launched in 2009, too. With mixTV in the works from these guys, the future could be bright -- assuming 4G saves our butts from our gluttonous data-gulping ways.

MobiTV sees big jump in viewership originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 25 Feb 2010 18:08:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>mobilemobile tvMobileTvmobitvThu, 25 Feb 2010 18:08:00 EST<![CDATA[MobiTV demonstrates mixTV mobile DTV service]]>http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/20/mobitv-demonstrates-mixtv-mobile-dtv-service/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/20/mobitv-demonstrates-mixtv-mobile-dtv-service/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/20/mobitv-demonstrates-mixtv-mobile-dtv-service/#commentsThis one is still only in the very earliest stages, but it looks like MobiTV has taken advantage of the big National Association of Broadcasters Show in Vegas this week to show off a new mobile DTV service that it's developed in partnership with Sinclair and PBS, which it hopes will eventually find its way to a few interested cellular carriers. The service itself is a combination of free over-the-air DTV broadcasts (from PBS and the CW, at the moment) and subscription-based on-demand content, which would apparently be made available for a seven-day window and be delivered via mobile WiMAX. Unfortunately, there's no indication whatsoever of a potential roll-out, but it looks like MobiTV will be working hard during the next few days to woo some additional partners, so there's at least a slight chance that we could be hearing a few more details before the show wraps up later this week.

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MobiTV demonstrates mixTV mobile DTV service originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 20 Apr 2009 18:43:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>cwdtvmixtvmobilemobile dtvmobile tvmobile wimaxMobileDtvMobileTvMobileWimaxmobitvmultimediaNABNAB 2009Nab2009over-the-airpbssinclairtvwimaxMon, 20 Apr 2009 18:43:00 EST<![CDATA[MobiTV demonstrates mixTV mobile DTV service]]>http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/20/mobitv-demonstrates-mixtv-mobile-dtv-service/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/20/mobitv-demonstrates-mixtv-mobile-dtv-service/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/20/mobitv-demonstrates-mixtv-mobile-dtv-service/#commentsThis one is still only in the very earliest stages, but it looks like MobiTV has taken advantage of the big National Association of Broadcasters Show in Vegas this week to show off a new mobile DTV service that it's developed in partnership with Sinclair and PBS, which it hopes will eventually find its way to a few interested cellular carriers. The service itself is a combination of free over-the-air DTV broadcasts (from PBS and the CW, at the moment) and subscription-based on-demand content, which would apparently be made available for a seven-day window and be delivered via mobile WiMAX. Unfortunately, there's no indication whatsoever of a potential roll-out, but it looks like MobiTV will be working hard during the next few days to woo some additional partners, so there's at least a slight chance that we could be hearing a few more details before the show wraps up later this week.

[Via Phone Scoop]

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MobiTV demonstrates mixTV mobile DTV service originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 20 Apr 2009 18:43:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>cwdtvhdmixtvmobile dtvmobile tvmobile wimaxMobileDtvMobileTvMobileWimaxmobitvNABNAB 2009Nab2009otaother hardwareotherhardwareover-the-airpbssinclairthe cwthecwtvwimaxMon, 20 Apr 2009 18:43:00 EST<![CDATA[MobiTV demonstrates mixTV mobile DTV service]]>http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/20/mobitv-demonstrates-mixtv-mobile-dtv-service/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/20/mobitv-demonstrates-mixtv-mobile-dtv-service/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/20/mobitv-demonstrates-mixtv-mobile-dtv-service/#commentsThis one is still only in the very earliest stages, but it looks like MobiTV has taken advantage of the big National Association of Broadcasters Show in Vegas this week to show off a new mobile DTV service that it's developed in partnership with Sinclair and PBS, which it hopes will eventually find its way to a few interested cellular carriers. The service itself is a combination of free over-the-air DTV broadcasts (from PBS and the CW, at the moment) and subscription-based on-demand content, which would apparently be made available for a seven-day window and be delivered via mobile WiMAX. Unfortunately, there's no indication whatsoever of a potential roll-out, but it looks like MobiTV will be working hard during the next few days to woo some additional partners, so there's at least a slight chance that we could be hearing a few more details before the show wraps up later this week.

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MobiTV demonstrates mixTV mobile DTV service originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 20 Apr 2009 18:43:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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MobiTV breaks the 4 million subscriber mark originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 05 Aug 2008 17:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>alltelatandtattbellbell canadabell mobilityBellCanadabellmobilitybusinesscustomersgrowthindustrymilestonemobilemobile tvMobileTvMobiTVmultimediasprintsubscriberstelustelus mobilitytelusmobilityTue, 05 Aug 2008 17:59:00 EST<![CDATA[Tetris, MobiTV favorites for AT&T customers]]>http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/09/tetris-mobitv-favorites-for-atandt-customers/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/09/tetris-mobitv-favorites-for-atandt-customers/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/09/tetris-mobitv-favorites-for-atandt-customers/#commentsWhat are AT&T subscribers buying, downloading, and using on their handsets? The carrier has released its top-selling apps for the first quarter, and we've got to admit, the results aren't very surprising at all. Not including games, MobiTV takes the top spot -- likely in part because AT&T pushes it so hard -- and the ubiquitous thriller Tetris is the number one game. Makes sense, but do you agree? What have you been downloading lately?

[Via mocoNews]

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Tetris, MobiTV favorites for AT&T customers originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 09 Jun 2008 11:39:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>atandtattmobilemobitvtetrisMon, 09 Jun 2008 11:39:00 EST<![CDATA[Major MobiTV improvements coming next month]]>http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/16/major-mobitv-improvements-coming-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/16/major-mobitv-improvements-coming-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/16/major-mobitv-improvements-coming-next-month/#commentsLikely feeling pressure to innovate as competitors like DVB-H and MediaFLO close the mobile TV gap, MobiTV is prepping a plethora of improvements to its software and back end that should be hitting customers everywhere next month. Perhaps the single biggest improvement will be the system's capability to multicast programming on the fly based on the real-time popularity of a channel in a given area, rather than unicasting it and requiring significantly more bandwidth be sapped from the data pipe. Speaking of real-time, ads will now be injected on the fly -- and they'll be targeted, too, giving users some semblance of a reason to not change channels or put the phone back in their pocket when their program cuts to commercial break. MobiTV also says that it has somehow managed to cut channel change times down to a second or less -- a huge improvement over the existing software -- addressing a complaint leveled by many a MobiTV user over the years. Sure, AT&T's rolling out MediaFLO next month -- but if there's a message in these developments here, it's that these guys don't plan on slipping quietly into the night.

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Major MobiTV improvements coming next month originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:12:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>mobilemobile tvMobileTvmobitvmultimediaWed, 16 Apr 2008 14:12:00 EST<![CDATA[MobiTV, HowardForums resolve their differences]]>http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/07/mobitv-howardforums-resolve-their-differences/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/07/mobitv-howardforums-resolve-their-differences/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/07/mobitv-howardforums-resolve-their-differences/#commentsIt looks like all is once again well in HoFo land, with MobiTV president Paul Scanlan himself stepping in and corresponding with Howard Chui directly. In short, Scanlan says that they never intended to get HowardForums taken offline (good for them), but that an abundance of caution in protecting "content and carrier partners" led MobiTV's legal team to step in and issue some stern words. To quote Howard, "I guess everything is okay now" -- so if he's happy, we're happy. Here's to many more years of threat-free HoFoing, eh?

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MobiTV, HowardForums resolve their differences originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 07 Mar 2008 19:24:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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MobiTV taking legal action against HowardForums, should instead be spending that money improving its security originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 07 Mar 2008 15:42:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Mobile TV popular in the 25-34 male crowd originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 05 May 2007 14:36:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>Cingular VideoCingularVideoCulturemobileMobile TelevisionMobile TVMobileTelevisionMobileTvMobiTVmultimediaSprint TVSprintTvtv on cellphoneTvOnCellphoneVCASTwireless TVWirelessTvSat, 05 May 2007 14:36:00 EST<![CDATA[MobiTV closes UK office, cuts off 3 and Orange]]>http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/29/mobitv-closes-uk-office-cuts-off-3-and-orange/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/29/mobitv-closes-uk-office-cuts-off-3-and-orange/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/29/mobitv-closes-uk-office-cuts-off-3-and-orange/#commentsThe king of mobile television content, MobiTV, has shut down its British office to focus squarely on the burgeoning U.S. market. While mobile TV still is in its infancy here in the U.S., we'd think there was more immediate potential across the pond. Guess not. MobiTV is shuttering services it provides to UK carriers 3 and Orange, along with jettisoning the J2ME app that makes mobile TV possible on the Orange network (according to reports). Hey, at least MobiTV still loves Windows Mobile, right?

[Via mocoNews]

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MobiTV closes UK office, cuts off 3 and Orange originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 29 Apr 2007 08:23:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>cellular TVCellularTvDVB-HMediaFLOmobilemobile multimediamobile televisionMobileMultimediaMobileTelevisionMobiTVmultimediaorangewireless phone televisionWirelessPhoneTelevisionSun, 29 Apr 2007 08:23:00 EST<![CDATA[Intel signs deal with MobiTV]]>http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/18/intel-signs-deal-with-mobitv/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/18/intel-signs-deal-with-mobitv/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/18/intel-signs-deal-with-mobitv/#commentsIt looks like Intel has yet to run out of announcements to trot out at its big Developer Forum in Beijing this week, with the company now letting out word that it's inked a deal with MobiTV that'll see the mobile TV service tailored for Intel hardware. There's not a whole lot of details on the arrangement at the moment, however, with MobiTV only saying that the two companies will work together to "optimize" the service for use with Intel-based notebooks, UMPCs, and the newly-defined Mobile Internet Devices (or MID) product category. The two will also apparently work together to bring OEMs on board, whose help they'll certainly need if they want to deliver the "out-of-the-box television experience" they're promising.

[Via Laptop]

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Intel signs deal with MobiTV originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 18 Apr 2007 19:27:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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[Via Wirelessinfo.com]

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CBS signs on for programming on Sprint TV originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 29 Mar 2007 15:38:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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[Via MocoNews]

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AT&T's U-verse to go mobile with MobiTV originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 02 Feb 2007 22:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>mobitvportable videoportablevideoFri, 02 Feb 2007 22:01:00 EST<![CDATA[MobiTV hits the VC jackpot, lands $70 million]]>http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/16/mobitv-hits-the-vc-jackpot-lands-70-million/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/16/mobitv-hits-the-vc-jackpot-lands-70-million/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/16/mobitv-hits-the-vc-jackpot-lands-70-million/#commentsPerhaps looking to get a quick hit of cash before the onslaught of competing services gets into full swing, MobiTV has announced a deal with Oak Investment Partners, a venture capital firm, to provide $70 million in exchange for a board seat. No word on what kind of spending spree will ensue, but MobiTV's saying that the cash will "fuel the Company's rapid expansion in response to the overwhelming demand for its mobile television and radio service across international markets." To their credit, the numbers show that these guys are growing pretty rapidly, clocking over a million total subscribers at latest count -- not bad for a company whose domestic carrier partners have launched at least partially competitive services. Having sampled MobiRadio, though, we'll say this much: we hope a few bucks of that VC cash goes toward offering higher-bitrate streams.

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MobiTV hits the VC jackpot, lands $70 million originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 16 Jul 2006 17:17:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Snappy's HAVA Video Streamer originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 03 Jul 2006 11:10:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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We heard it was coming and sho'nuff, MobiTV just announced the immediate availability of their MobiTV service for Windows Mobile powered phones and devices. When run on WinMo 5.0 Smartphones, the $10/month service supports full-screen viewing, an EPG, and hot TeeVee streaming over WiFi or high-speed 3G-ish nets. And while the press release is just ambiguous enough to make it sound like any WinMo 5.0 Smartphone or PocketPC will work with the service, a bit of digging finds only the Treo 700w, Sprint PPC-6700, Cingular 2125 and 8125, and Motorola Q  listed as "supported devices." So you've got to ask yourself a question: Do I feel lucky? Well, do ya, punk?

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MobiTV now available for Windows Mobile 5.0 originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 30 Jun 2006 08:35:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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We heard it was coming and sho'nuff, MobiTV just announced the immediate availability of their MobiTV service for Windows Mobile powered phones and devices. When run on WinMo 5.0 Smartphones, the $10/month service supports full-screen viewing, an EPG, and hot TeeVee streaming over WiFi or high-speed 3G-ish nets. And while the press release is just ambiguous enough to make it sound like any WinMo 5.0 Smartphone or PocketPC will work with the service, a bit of digging finds only the Treo 700w, Sprint PPC-6700, Cingular 2125 and 8125, and Motorola Q  listed as "supported devices." So you've got to ask yourself a question: Do I feel lucky? Well, do ya, punk?

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MobiTV now available for Windows Mobile 5.0 originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 30 Jun 2006 08:35:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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[Via Geekzone]

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MobiTV cuddles-up with Microsoft to bring digital TV to your Windows device originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 05 Apr 2006 09:25:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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