Da-Chief
03-30-2008, 09:05
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Mobile TV is hot right now for a number of different reasons. Several companies have begun (http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/93088) launching mobile TV on certain handsets. Mobile broadband is becoming more ubiquitous. And people are getting used to watching television on devices other than their TVs. Steve Jobs is making efforts (http://www.technewsworld.com/story/iphone/62354.html) to make sure that the iPhone is a leading platform in this new area of web development. "A couple of weeks ago, Jobs announced that he was opening up his iPhone platform to third-party software developers. The venture fund of Kleiner Perkins has just announced a US$100 million fund to support software makers, with the fund's vice chairman, John Doerr, describing Apple's software plan as the "third great platform" after the PC and the Internet. Think of it as the broadband Web plus a touchscreen TV in your pocket -- powered by the latest mobile TV entertainment software. Add all this to the growing library of professionally produced video content in the iTunes store and you might well have glimpsed a sneak preview of life after television."
In addition to plans for making the iPhone a major tool in the development of mobile television, Apple is updating the iPhone to please wireless consumers. The company recently announced (http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080328/tc_nm/apple_iphone_dc_4) that it will be launching a high speed 3G iPhone in May or June of this year. It is believed that three million of the new phones will be available on the market within the next month or so with eight million more to follow later this year.
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Mobile TV is hot right now for a number of different reasons. Several companies have begun (http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/93088) launching mobile TV on certain handsets. Mobile broadband is becoming more ubiquitous. And people are getting used to watching television on devices other than their TVs. Steve Jobs is making efforts (http://www.technewsworld.com/story/iphone/62354.html) to make sure that the iPhone is a leading platform in this new area of web development. "A couple of weeks ago, Jobs announced that he was opening up his iPhone platform to third-party software developers. The venture fund of Kleiner Perkins has just announced a US$100 million fund to support software makers, with the fund's vice chairman, John Doerr, describing Apple's software plan as the "third great platform" after the PC and the Internet. Think of it as the broadband Web plus a touchscreen TV in your pocket -- powered by the latest mobile TV entertainment software. Add all this to the growing library of professionally produced video content in the iTunes store and you might well have glimpsed a sneak preview of life after television."
In addition to plans for making the iPhone a major tool in the development of mobile television, Apple is updating the iPhone to please wireless consumers. The company recently announced (http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080328/tc_nm/apple_iphone_dc_4) that it will be launching a high speed 3G iPhone in May or June of this year. It is believed that three million of the new phones will be available on the market within the next month or so with eight million more to follow later this year.
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