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: […]Click here to continue reading "Smart Mobile TV: Useless"...
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hahah I defintely agree!!! =)
This simply is not a smart decision (pun intended). The majority of Filipinos can’t even afford an MMS-enabled cellphone. They even languish to have their relatives make a load transfer to them.
Watching TV in a short span of time (for leisure or just to kill time) is way, way cool. It’s going to be fun, isn’t it? The Long Tail that must exist to make this offering viable is simply not there, at least, in the Philippines. Plus, the steep prices of mobile TV-enabled phones prohibits the cost-conscious Filipinos from adopting it.
would definitely love to watch my favorite cable TV shows on my mobile. – couch potato