NEC to Offer TV-Capable Cellphone Handsets by 2005

Japan's NEC unveiled on a prototype cellphone handset capable of receiving digital broadcasting signals, enabling users to not only make calls and take photos, but to watch TV. The company expects high demand for features like TV by people on commuter trains and at train stations...the phone will be launched in 2005. [Moco News]

Related articles from previous posts in picturephoning:

-- Samsung's SCH-X820 ads TV reception in South Korea, where users can watch local stations for no additional charge. [Samsung Offers TV Phone]

-- At the NAB show in Las Vegas, Radioscape demonstrated a new use for Digital Audio Broadcasting: transmitting video signals to mobile phones. [Watch TV on your cell phone]

emily | 5:16 PM | TV on Cell Phones |
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