Watch Television On Sony Cell Phones

One of the biggest buzz phrases in technology circles during the 1990s was "convergence

device." It was a fuzzy term that could encapsulate everything from gaming consoles that could also serve up movies-on-demand to refrigerators with LCD screens and internet browsers built in. Some of these ideas have not really taken root (like the web-savvy fridge) and others have been implemented only half-way or in a slightly different manner than originally envisioned (such as gaming consoles that could also play movies and music). The "TV phone" is an idea that seems to straddle both categories, falling as it does equally between a better mouse trap and a mouse trap in a land with no mice.

What does that mean? Read on.

Problem: people want entertainment. They especially want it when they are bored, and boring everyday routines for many include waiting for the bus to work, riding the bus to work, and actually being at work. With the advent of mobile communications technology, a revolution was afoot that promised to indulge the demands of the waiting public. When waiting in line for the bus, the doctor, or anything else, people like to read or talk on their phones. The other popular activity, besides casual video gaming, would be watching television.

And indeed, that's why waiting rooms the world over have television sets. Even many post offices have adopted this approach to soothing customer anxiety and impatience. And now, thanks to the marvels of modern technology, it's all available on your very own personal, inside your cell phone.

Of course, the screen is tiny, but just enough for some people, especially when you are simply waiting with nothing else to do. First available around the turn of the century in highly digital gadget-loving countries like Korea and Japan, it has now finally made its way to the United States in pilot form for the Washington, D.C. area, with plans for trials in a further twenty-eight markets around the country, including the media capital of New York City.

Cell phone television has not come about for Americans in all this time because there hasn't been the business "ecosystem" to support it, especially as wireless carriers have no incentive to provide any such services. In the meantime, people have been making do with downloaded TV shows from their mobile browsers - but emerging technologies, abetted by the recent Congressional mandate for broadcasters to switch over to a digital high-definition format, should be bringing "live" television to a cell phone near every subscriber soon.

by: Paul Wise

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