Comments on: Mobile TV and the MID opportunity. http://www.umpcportal.com/2008/05/mobile-tv-and-the-mid-opportunity/ Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:48:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: kornel http://www.umpcportal.com/2008/05/mobile-tv-and-the-mid-opportunity/#comment-1309 kornel Tue, 06 May 2008 17:09:19 +0000 http://www.umpcportal.com/2008/05/mobile-tv-and-the-mid-opportunity/#comment-1309 People will not drop their ipods just because some device from gigabyte or or asus allows them to view tv. And carrying another one will not be very popular with them either. That is, unless apple makes an ipod and stuffs in tv. I personally dont see mids with tv becoming the next hotselling product like ipods or eees. People will not drop their ipods just because some device from gigabyte or or asus allows them to view tv. And carrying another one will not be very popular with them either. That is, unless apple makes an ipod and stuffs in tv. I personally dont see mids with tv becoming the next hotselling product like ipods or eees.

]]> By: chippy http://www.umpcportal.com/2008/05/mobile-tv-and-the-mid-opportunity/#comment-1280 chippy Mon, 05 May 2008 22:56:22 +0000 http://www.umpcportal.com/2008/05/mobile-tv-and-the-mid-opportunity/#comment-1280 Corrupted Mind. In a mobile device scenario, these TV/IP services absolutely kill battery life. Joost uses a P2P architecture that requires you to share your data connection. The impact of that on battery life on a MID would be to reduce battery life by about 20-30%. On a smartphone it would reduce battery life by about 70%. (assuming the use of 3G data services) Joost also takes a lot of processing power to handle the complex networking software. A simple DVB-H transmission can be handled in dedicated silicon and wouldn't require the use of any 3G radio. (Carriers are pretty worried about the cost of backhaul bandwidth now so I don't expect to see many carriers allowing common 3rd party TV/IP services, especially when they want to protect their own DVB-H services.) Corrupted Mind.
In a mobile device scenario, these TV/IP services absolutely kill battery life. Joost uses a P2P architecture that requires you to share your data connection. The impact of that on battery life on a MID would be to reduce battery life by about 20-30%. On a smartphone it would reduce battery life by about 70%. (assuming the use of 3G data services)
Joost also takes a lot of processing power to handle the complex networking software. A simple DVB-H transmission can be handled in dedicated silicon and wouldn’t require the use of any 3G radio. (Carriers are pretty worried about the cost of backhaul bandwidth now so I don’t expect to see many carriers allowing common 3rd party TV/IP services, especially when they want to protect their own DVB-H services.)

]]> By: Tokyo Rob http://www.umpcportal.com/2008/05/mobile-tv-and-the-mid-opportunity/#comment-1279 Tokyo Rob Mon, 05 May 2008 21:51:04 +0000 http://www.umpcportal.com/2008/05/mobile-tv-and-the-mid-opportunity/#comment-1279 It hard in japan NOT to buy a phone that doesn't come with 1 Seg (the japanese dvb) and a lot of the UMPC's have an option for a 1 Seg module But Hell who wants to watch japanese TV ;-) It hard in japan NOT to buy a phone that doesn’t come with 1 Seg (the japanese dvb) and a lot of the UMPC’s have an option for a 1 Seg module

But Hell who wants to watch japanese TV ;-)

]]> By: Corrupted Mind http://www.umpcportal.com/2008/05/mobile-tv-and-the-mid-opportunity/#comment-1276 Corrupted Mind Mon, 05 May 2008 19:39:00 +0000 http://www.umpcportal.com/2008/05/mobile-tv-and-the-mid-opportunity/#comment-1276 I'm not convinced. Services like Zattoo and Joost are more sensible options for TV watching as they are zero cost and do not significantly impact on battery usage. I’m not convinced. Services like Zattoo and Joost are more sensible options for TV watching as they are zero cost and do not significantly impact on battery usage.

]]> By: Travis http://www.umpcportal.com/2008/05/mobile-tv-and-the-mid-opportunity/#comment-1274 Travis Mon, 05 May 2008 16:26:04 +0000 http://www.umpcportal.com/2008/05/mobile-tv-and-the-mid-opportunity/#comment-1274 When someone mentions "Mobile TV" what comes to my mind is OTA TV (ATSC here in the US)reception on a mobile device not some iteration of TV over the mobile phone network. There needs to be a better name for TV delivered by a phone company. When someone mentions “Mobile TV” what comes to my mind is OTA TV (ATSC here in the US)reception on a mobile device not some iteration of TV over the mobile phone network. There needs to be a better name for TV delivered by a phone company.

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