How TV can become mobile

LONDON, England – I’ve spent the last few days playing with the N96 and drawn like a midget to a lightbulb to its BBC iPlayer application. The N96 comes packing a DVB-H tuner, which means it can receive TV signals, which in turn enables it to play terrestrial TV. So far so good. Except in the UK there isn’t an form of mobile TV service right now. The UK Nokia team is doing its bit with Capsule N96 – the home-grown TV station designed specifically for the N96, but the real gap-filler has to be iPlayer.

LONDON, England – Now here’s an interesting little concept – the mobile book reader. Vodafone, who’s behind www.gospoken.com has, according to the chaps on Stuff.tv, announced that its to start selling ebooks on the book download site. This will go alongside the audio books already available and all are designed to work on your phone. Natty.

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Video: Hava Mobile Player puts your TV in your pocket

SAN MATEO, USA – Despite mobile TV being a perennial buzzword, it’s now taken to humming in the background while other tangible and more readily accessible services such as GPS location-based software hog the limelight. That said, regardless of the challenges live mobile television faces in establishing itself in many countries, alternative solutions are being championed. As is the case with Hava Mobile Player, created by Monsoon Multimedia – one of the developers cherry-picked for support as part of the 2008 Forum Nokia Innovation Series program.

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Pangea Day – watch it from your TV!

INTERNATIONAL – So you want to watch Pangea Day but don’t want to go out, and don’t fancy watching online (hey, we all like our sofas!). Don’t worry, If you’ve got access to Current TV, Sky Movies Indie or Star TV then you’re in luck – you can watch the whole show right on your TV.

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N-Gage teams up with TV femme fatales

STOCKHOLM, Sweden – Yesterday we brought you news of a fresh avenue that’s emerged to equip and encourage developers to create online community based gaming away from the N-Gage landscape. Thing is, N-Gage has to set the benchmark here for mobile gaming, but people need exposure to the possibilities and this has to penetrate the mainstream entertainment conscience in order to get gamers interacting.