Fine, I want my mobile TV

WHILE I’m wary of the idea of watching TV shows on my mobile phone, I have to admit I was floored when I saw mobile TV via the digital video broadcasting-handheld (DVB-H) standard in action.

Of course, I’d read our reporter Alex Villafania’s Infotech article on Smart Communications’ demonstration of its upcoming mobile TV service, using the Nokia N92 mobile phone. It’s one thing, however, to read about it; it’s another to actually witness it yourself.

Several executives from Smart Communications’ Public Affairs division, including Wo Rosete, Arlyn Samaniego and Grace Sarmiento-Clavecilla, went to the Taberna Ocho bar last night, and when we started talking about the upcoming mobile TV service, Wo pulled out an N92 test unit from his pocket and showed us the service in action.

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