Watching TV on SprintPCS Phone With MobiTV
Today Sprint has launched MobiTV, the TV service for mobile phones (see Sprint Adding TV Service for Cell Phones).
Initially I rolled my eyes, but I felt the urge to try the service
out. This was my first attempt of procuring an application from
Sprint. Previously I had uploaded all my purchased, downloaded or
custom-developed applications (MIDlets) to my host provider, and I
would install them on my phone via over-the-air (OTA) download using my
mobile phone's web browser. Today I actually purchased and
installed the application using Sprint's deployment service, and it
worked very well.
It took a matter of minutes to find, purchase, install and run MobiTV. Currently there are 13 channels available,
including MSNBC, CNBC, Discovery, CNET and College Sports TV. The
audio quality is decent, but the picture is a bit choppy. However
you definitely get the experience of watching TV. If you aren't
in a decent Sprint service area, the results would probably make the
experience frustrating and futile.
The potential for MobiTV is incredible. If you are an airport
jockey, you will definitely enjoy the ability to catch up on the latest
news (CNN, MSNBC), watching some cartoons (ToonWorld), or getting ideas
for your next home improvement project (TLC). You will no longer
need to strategically position yourself near the airport terminal tv
monitors. Although there aren't many sports channels available
yet, this service would be of great interest to sport fans.
Imagine yourself attending an NFL game and at the same time keeping
tabs on another game with mobile phone. Or better yet...what
about being able to actually watch the half-time review of your game
and highlights from the other games from mobile phone.
The best part about all this is that it's so easy to get this
service running on your phone. Atleast that's the case with
SprintPCS. I don't know about the other service providers.
On a whim you can get MobiTV running on your phone.
Neato...
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