September 26, 2003
Cell Phones Meet TV
Several new products from the world's biggest consumer electronics companies could allow mobile-phone users in the near future to tune into their favorite TV shows, from soap operas to the latest Broncos game, reports RCRNews.
Of note, Sony's new mini digital broadcast tuner module that would allow mobile phones to act as televisions. The tuner would be the size of a postage stamp and will ship in December. "The moves follow the introduction of several high-end wireless devices capable of picking up TV signals. NEC Corp. recently introduced a mobile phone/TV device, as did Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd."
For more on Sony's digital TV tuner, see TV in a Phone- Now It's Digital, by Eric Lin for TheFeature.com. And related post on Picturephoning, J-Phone to launch cell phones with TV tuner.
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