Modeo slips date for New York trial
The wait for DVB-H-based mobile TV this side of the pond may have just gotten a little longer. A management shakeup at Modeo -- patron saint (along with Hiwire) of American DVB-H -- has hit the company as their search for a carrier partner continues, and its commercial-grade service trial in New York City using HTC's Foreseer appears to be a casualty. Originally scheduled for a Q4 2006 launch, the trial will now begin (knock on wood) in early '07. Between Hiwire and various MediaFLO-based efforts coming down the pike, Modeo's drama may not ultimately mean much to mobile TV's outlook in these parts, but it'd be tragic nonetheless to see one of these guys bite the dust before they even get out of the gate, would it not?[Via Phone Scoop]
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Kevin BRUTON @ Dec 26th 2006 8:57PM
I was looking forward to getting this DVB-H technology (I was trying to acquire mine with the Nokia 7220 handset, which is kind of like their ill-fated N-Gage's big brother, only with Real Player and internet capabilty, but the folks at Nokia USA did not know anything about the DVB-H add-on module for that phone...) I hope they step things up (with the carrier partner and tech rollout) because that would be just plain cool to watch movies and (fully) web browse on my telephone handset!