Miles
27-03-2007, 06:37 AM
There aren’t many jobs that allow you to sit at your desk and watch TV — unless of course you’re downloading stuff on the sly from YouTube.com in which case you deserve to get your fingers rapped by an irate IT manager.
So, as a lucky sucker reviewing O2’s mobile TV application on a Nokia N92 (pictured)I was able to watch news, music and the occasional documentary with impunity. There’s actually something exciting about writing news while simultaneously a 2.8-inch screen next to your keyboard is beating out Sky News live.
O2’s mobile trial in the Greater Dublin Area is being conducted in conjunction with Irish firm Arqiva and is the most extensive trial undertaken by O2’s parent firm Telefonica.
At present around 350 O2 customers are testing the new service. Currently 13 channels are available throughout the trial, including RTE1, RTE2, TV3, TG4, Sky News, Sky Sports, Setanta Sports and The Discovery Channel.
At first glance the N92 as a phone is reminiscent of a big and bulky 1998 Nokia device. It resembles an electric shaver when closed.
But it’s actually an exceptionally advanced piece of kit that can be shaped into three different viewing modes – one minute it’s a phone, the next a video camera and ultimately a TV – and comes with a technology called DVB-H (digital video broadcasting over hand-held).
READ MORE (http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/news.nv?storyid=single8019)
So, as a lucky sucker reviewing O2’s mobile TV application on a Nokia N92 (pictured)I was able to watch news, music and the occasional documentary with impunity. There’s actually something exciting about writing news while simultaneously a 2.8-inch screen next to your keyboard is beating out Sky News live.
O2’s mobile trial in the Greater Dublin Area is being conducted in conjunction with Irish firm Arqiva and is the most extensive trial undertaken by O2’s parent firm Telefonica.
At present around 350 O2 customers are testing the new service. Currently 13 channels are available throughout the trial, including RTE1, RTE2, TV3, TG4, Sky News, Sky Sports, Setanta Sports and The Discovery Channel.
At first glance the N92 as a phone is reminiscent of a big and bulky 1998 Nokia device. It resembles an electric shaver when closed.
But it’s actually an exceptionally advanced piece of kit that can be shaped into three different viewing modes – one minute it’s a phone, the next a video camera and ultimately a TV – and comes with a technology called DVB-H (digital video broadcasting over hand-held).
READ MORE (http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/news.nv?storyid=single8019)