Smart Mobile TV: Useless

Useless overhyped idea of the week: Philippine cellular provider Smart hopes to put local TV on mobile phones. While I’m all for maximizing new phone capabilities — in this case, DVB-H — I don’t see much potential in the technology. I discussed this Joey Alarilla last year, and he hit the nail on the head: Filipinos [...]

Smart Mobile TV: Useless

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14 Comments on “Smart Mobile TV: Useless”
  1. vergz says:

    it seems that smart makes me lough,coz only few mobile phone is able to watch live tv on mobile,besides,people cant afford it..

  2. CoCaFire says:

    Definitely not gonna fly. If subscription is the lifeblood of this new service, then there won’t be enough to support the service.

  3. Metal Munky says:

    Aba, imbes kaya na i-introduce tayo sa ganitong technology, if Smart REALLY REALLY wants to rob us off our precious, hard earned money, BAKIT HINDI NA LANG KAYA IIMPROVE ANG UNLIMITED TEXTING SERVICE?
    Kung ang in-advertise na lang nila is “RELOAD 300 Pesos and you get unlimited texting for one month!” or “RELOAD 500-1000 FOR UNLIMITED TEXT FOR THREE MONTHS! –aba, sigurado, merong Pinoy dito na maglalaan ng pera para sa ganyang service!
    Whatchatink Boss Mike?

  4. Mike Abundo says:

    I remember when SMS was free, Metal. I miss that. :)

  5. Metal Munky says:

    “I remember when SMS was free, Metal. I miss that. ”

    Me, too.
    Kung ganito ba naman ang ginawa ng SMART, I’m sure we would become the undisputed texting capital of the world for the next three to five years and the bigwigs of SMART will become rich enough to compete with the Sultan of Brunei or maybe Bill Gates.

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