South Koreans clearly see mobile TV

The New York Times reports on how cell phone users in Seoul have been able to watch television on their cell phones through a government-subsidized technology called Digital Multimedia Broadcasting, or DMB.

..."It's just like watching regular TV," said Lee Jin Kook, 25. There are still drawbacks. Images disappear when the reception is bad, for instance.

... "Since May, about 440,000 subscribers have signed up for satellite-based DMB phone service. DMB phones are slightly more expensive than ordinary cell phones. Users can rotate the liquid-crystal display screen horizontally so that it looks more like a television set."

emily | 12:58 PM | DMB |
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