Futuríveis
domingo, fevereiro 13, 2005
Mobiles 'not media players yet'
...
Mobiles are not yet ready to be all-singing, all-dancing multimedia devices which will replace portable media players, say two reports.
Despite moves to bring music download services to mobiles, people do not want to trade multimedia services with size and battery life, said Jupiter.
A separate study by Gartner has also said real-time TV broadcasts to mobiles is 'unlikely' in Europe until 2007.
Technical issues and standards must be resolved first, said the report.
Batteries already have to cope with other services that operators offer, like video playback, video messaging, megapixel cameras and games amongst others.
Bringing music download services based on the success of computer-based download services will put more demands on battery life.
...
BBC NEWS | Technology | Mobiles 'not media players yet': "
Mobiles are not yet ready to be all-singing, all-dancing multimedia devices which will replace portable media players, say two reports.
Despite moves to bring music download services to mobiles, people do not want to trade multimedia services with size and battery life, said Jupiter.
A separate study by Gartner has also said real-time TV broadcasts to mobiles is 'unlikely' in Europe until 2007.
Technical issues and standards must be resolved first, said the report.
Batteries already have to cope with other services that operators offer, like video playback, video messaging, megapixel cameras and games amongst others.
Bringing music download services based on the success of computer-based download services will put more demands on battery life.
...
BBC NEWS | Technology | Mobiles 'not media players yet': "
posted by CMT, 1:26 da manhã
