Friday, November 13, 2009
The Next New Thing
I think a cell phone with cable capabilities would be an excellent new media for all those TV junkies out there. Perhaps the phone could be equipped with a longer battery lifetime as you can have the ability to watch your shows live. If that is not an option, perhaps the cell phone will have a “DVR” like capacity where it will have a large enough memory to record your favorite shows which could then allow you to play them back at a later time. Instead of reading a book, they can watch live or recorded shows either on the subway or bus. This would allow people to utilize their time better, and not spend so much of their evenings in front of a TV.
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Verizon attempted this in their LG VX9400. The phone had a ridiculous antenna that broke almost instantly. The idea has been thrown around, but the technology isn't really there yet. And more importantly, the cooperation between these huge media departments has a long way to go. They first need to figure out where they're going with advertising before they can make this huge jump.
ReplyDeleteI think phones are now days trying to come with the new android network with google. It allows people to access the videos and other internet features at a faster rate, but there are chinese phones that are available, that allow you to watch TV if it's able to catch the signals through radio waves. Chinese phones are fairly cheap too!
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