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iPhone gets Mobile TV courtesy of Softbank’s 1seg TV Tuner

3. January 2009

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Mobile TV may not be an inherent feature in the iPhone, but the folks at Softbank have found a way to enable such an entertainment feature to work with Apple’s mobile phone courtesy of their 1seg TV tuner/battery charger. This TV tuner add-on may almost be as big as the iPhone itself, but it pretty [...]

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Quantum VideoTouch Portable TV in Three Models

14. September 2008

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  The set of three DVB-H-connected portable devices from Quantum has no available pricing yet. Pricing is a crucial determinant of the success of Quantum in the PMP/ PND market but as it is the company offers portable TV on a basic PMP, thouch it boasts a killer PAY-TV app, a Sat Nav-enabled PMP and a [...]

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Epoq Unleashes Portable HDTVs

11. September 2008

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Portable media player maker Epoq is going full force to supply the American masses with ATSC-compatible portable TVs or DTVs. DTV broadcasts will be 480 x 720 pixels and 1080i DTV while Epoq’s 7-inch unit will display a 480 x 230-pixel resolution and the 11-inch one will have a 480 x 800-pixel resolution. The one [...]

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RAmos iTV Rock CMMB TV

29. July 2008

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  RAmos will be pleased about being the first manufacturer to support CMMB on its portable media player. CMMB or China Multimedia Mobile Broadcasting is China’s answer to Europe’s DVB and will be on service in 37 cities across China. RAmos’ iTV will no doubt be a hot device with the Beijing Olympics coming in a [...]

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Samsung YP-PB2 Priced and Now With Kickstand

26. June 2008

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We didn’t know that by adding a DMB/DAB tuner the Samsung P2 is going to gain a nifty kickstand. I’d still go for an antenna that completely folds and vanishes into the casing but the benefit of having a built-in kickstand almost outweighs the inconvenience of having extra appendage. Specs of the PB2 is similar [...]

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TG Sambo (CP-1000), the 4.8-inch iPod Touch Killer

2. June 2008

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TG’s Sambo Windows CE 5.0 PMP has a 4.8-inch 800×480 screen and powered by an RMI AU 1250 to 700MHz CPU. It’s powered like a UMPC with a processor almost as fast as a sub-notebook, matched with a rather disappointing 128MB of RAM. It has WiFi, T-DMB, plays MPEG 1/2/4, WMV, ASF, DivX3.1 1/4x/5x, [...]

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Babiken Sells BI-DTV3200 DVB-T Mobile Phone From China

22. May 2008

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Babiken claims the BI-DTV3200 and we’re not in the mood to doubt them. The truth is that Babiken had a previous TV Phone phone model, the BI-A880, but, they readily admit, it wasn’t very successful outside China because of it tunes into DMB whereas even in China where DMB is the adopted standard, there are [...]

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D’Cube D9 Hits the Spot

9. April 2008

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If the pretty D7 and D5 PMP’s from D’Cube didn’t appeal to you, the new D9 will. There’s something about the looks of the D9 that says it’s a good accessory to have in your car, home and even purse. It has a 3.5-inch 260,000 color 320 × 240 resolution TFT LCD screen and support [...]

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Sharp’s Digital TV Tuner is the smallest in the world

22. February 2008

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There already exists 1-seg mobile digital TVs small enough to fit into your mobile phone, but Sharp took things a step further and made the smallest digital TV tuner in the world. The VA3A5JZ922 is about a third smaller than existing models at 5.9 x 5.9 x 0.9mm. And if you know what the [...]

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TV Phones Hit 20 Million in Japan

18. February 2008

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If you’ve ever been to Tokyo, you’ll know that cellphone TVs are big in Japan. It comes as no surprise to me that the Japanese just recently reached the 20 million milestone. Japan has reached the remarkable number after only two years of service. The last million handset was shipped during the month of December [...]

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