MobiTV Attacks Howard Forums
A sad turn of events for Howard Chui and the 800,000 or so members of his forum, HowardForums.com, as MobiTV has officially sent a cease and desist notice to not only its owner but to the ISP on which HowardForums.com is hosted on. The official post from Howard now has three updates with one pointing […]
Palm Updates Treo 680 Firmware
Palm has released a new firmware update for Cingular/AT&T Treo 680 owners. The update features the DST, Camera, and 1.09 Software update as well as Push To Talk, new instant messaging client, Microsoft Direct Push support, branding updates, MobiTV and Telenav GPS Navigator access, support for 4GB SD cards, expanded ringtone support and better power […]
Hack: WiFi for MobiTV Windows Mobile
In our review of MobiTV for Windows Mobile, we criticized their self-imposed lack of WiFi access to the service. However, PCS Intel has found a workaround… Turn the phone on, and let MobiTV start using your phone’s data connection. While MobiTV is playing, turn on WiFi, and let it connect to your network. Then, power […]
Sprint TV Goes Live with Fox News *Updated*
Update: MobiTV is actually serving Fox News, alongside Sprint TV’s other channel offerings (which are already provided by MobiTV). This begs the question as to why MobiTV does not also offer the channel, but, MobiTV has a long-standing position to not respond to our inquiries. Sprint consistently refused to answer our requests as to if […]
Cingular: MobiTV Adds Sony Ericsson Z500a Support
MobiTV has added support for the Sony Ericsson Z500a. However, despite the phone’s support for Class 10 EDGE, MobiTV is only offering the “standard frame-rate experience” for the device. The Z500a supports all the standards that the “high frame-rate experience” devices support, mainly MIDP 2.0 and 3G data (through EDGE). Cingular customers can access MobiTV […]
Verizon: VCast With Some Intelligence
We haven’t reported on VCast since its launch, for multiple reasons. It’s a little long winded, takes some to task, but in the end is at least an informative read on how the media works, and how VCast works… you might even learn something when you’re done reading it.
Cingular: MobiTV Now Supporting Motorola Phones
MobiTV has now released their application for Cingular-branded Motorola phones. Previously this was available to AT&T Wireless phones, but now has been approved for Cingular phones as well. The new, updated version (released today) supports the V3 RAZR, V180, and V220. While this was announced last week, we held off coverage due to issues with […]
MobiTV Updated
The MIDP 2.0 version of MobiTV has been updated to version 2.67.55. To update, remove the old version from your phone and re-download.
Sprint TV Channel Lineup
From the Sprint TV press release… My Channels: A �basic cable� type package consisting of: Ch. 1 = Sprint TV, which is a compilation of content from NBC, FOX Sports, The Weather Channel and more. The content and technology for Sprint TV are being delivered by MobiTV. Ch. 20 = Twentieth Century Fox, that offers […]
Sprint Launches Samsung MM-A700, New Vision Packs, Sprint TV
Sprint has launched the Samsung MM-A700, currently only for sale only through TeleSales, for $399.99. The Samsung A700 will support new multimedia services through Sprint, one of the initial services is Sprint TV. Sprint TV will offer a basic lineup of channels that closely mirrors MobiTV’s basic channel set. MobiTV is actually the content provider […]