British Sky Broadcasting and Symbian put pen to
paper recently to announce that
BSkyB
selected Symbian OS for Sky by mobile, the interactive application which brings Sky's digital TV service to
cell mobile phone users. Once downloaded, Sky by mobile give punters an EPG with the same look and
feel as the Sky Guide on their TeeVee with access to content such as sports, entertainment, news and weather and
interactive services such as personalized content and 'on the fly' betting for Sky Bet account holders. The software is
free to Sky digital customers with a Symbian phone supporting GPRS or 3G, just prepare to pummel your data tariff,
mkay?
[Via
Phonemag]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Pete M @ Feb 21st 2006 8:00AM
Very upsetting that they chose Symbian over Windows Mobile... guess they're trying to protect their content
xbit @ Feb 21st 2006 8:54AM
"Very upsetting that they chose Symbian over Windows Mobile... guess they're trying to protect their content"
It's not really surprising that they chose Symbian. Symbian outsells Microsoft 10:1 (especially in BSkyB's home market) and there's a hell of a lot more 3G Symbian phones compared to Windows Mobile.
BSkyB went with the platform that will get them the most customers and the one that can best deliver their content. Simple economics.
Tom Bruning @ Feb 21st 2006 9:03AM
Please, please please pick me. I'm such a whiner.
Pete M @ Feb 21st 2006 11:25AM
I'm not suprised, I'm upset
Frog_Racer @ Feb 21st 2006 11:54AM
in my country (UK) sky already broadcasts to mobile phones, i cant se the point in having a guide if you have a limited amount of channels
Nick @ Feb 21st 2006 1:54PM
I'm not surprised. It's a mature platform on a lot of devices, easily outselling Microsoft.
Anna Alexander @ Feb 22nd 2006 5:47AM
How I would love to get my hands on this.