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Sony Ericsson K850
Posted: Fri 28 Sep, 2007 11.53
by rts
Wikipedia say that Sony Ericsson's K850, due out in Q4, includes DVB-H (Digital video broadcasting for handsets or mobile TV, but I cannot see this anywhere else. Is this incorrect information?
Shame it doesn't have wi-fi too, probably the only thing keeping me with my wanky temperamental Nokia N95.
Re: Sony Ericsson K850
Posted: Fri 28 Sep, 2007 12.08
by Sput
Would you *really* use that? I've never met anyone, myself included, who bothers with tv on teeny tiny screens
Re: Sony Ericsson K850
Posted: Fri 28 Sep, 2007 12.09
by rts
Obviously it's crap for home viewing, but stuck on a commuter train and bored out your skull? Yes please!
Re: Sony Ericsson K850
Posted: Fri 28 Sep, 2007 12.18
by Sput
rts wrote:Obviously it's crap for home viewing, but stuck on a commuter train and bored out your skull? Yes please!
Well, until you go into a tunnel

Re: Sony Ericsson K850
Posted: Fri 28 Sep, 2007 12.25
by rts
Well obviously it's not something for you Sput, and I respect that. But for the route I take, and the work I do, it would be ideal. There is obviously demand for it looking at how much money has been pumped into it, the companies that have signed up to it, and the trials being arranged in countries around the world.
Another thing missing from the K850 is the joystick, no love lost really. Be interesting to see how the touch-sensitive softkeys right under the display are for userabilty.
Re: Sony Ericsson K850
Posted: Fri 28 Sep, 2007 19.52
by cwathen
Well obviously it's not something for you Sput, and I respect that. But for the route I take, and the work I do, it would be ideal. There is obviously demand for it looking at how much money has been pumped into it, the companies that have signed up to it, and the trials being arranged in countries around the world.
Isn't it more the fact that the humble pocket TV (like the good old Casio TV-480 that I've had for over 10 years) has no direct replacement in the new scary world of post-analogue broadcasting, so the DVB-H system is attempting to provide for (and at the same time cash in on through charging subscriptions to do the same job that free analogue broadcasts do at present) that audience?
At present I sometimes find myself sitting in my car at a motorway service station squinting at my pocket TV's screen at the expense of only it's own battery life paying no money to watch a real TV channel.
In the future with DVB-H, I might find myself sitting in my car at a motorway service station squinting at my mobile's screen at the expense of mobile battery life paying an overpriced subscription to watch naff on demand content.
I fail to see why the latter is better than the former.
Re: Sony Ericsson K850
Posted: Sat 29 Sep, 2007 13.51
by cdd
You're a mobile phone junkie, Row!
Personally I enjoy loading up my PDA with a few good episodes of... erm... uncopyrighted video content, and watching those on the bus home.

Re: Sony Ericsson K850
Posted: Sat 29 Sep, 2007 14.34
by all new Phil
Well I bought myself an LG Prada phone, purely because it's pretty.
I'm getting bored of mobile phones that do all these things that aren't really necessary. Something I can make calls on and take the odd picture with is all I need, really.
Re: Sony Ericsson K850
Posted: Sat 29 Sep, 2007 17.18
by rts
cwathen wrote:Well obviously it's not something for you Sput, and I respect that. But for the route I take, and the work I do, it would be ideal. There is obviously demand for it looking at how much money has been pumped into it, the companies that have signed up to it, and the trials being arranged in countries around the world.
Isn't it more the fact that the humble pocket TV (like the good old Casio TV-480 that I've had for over 10 years) has no direct replacement in the new scary world of post-analogue broadcasting, so the DVB-H system is attempting to provide for (and at the same time cash in on through charging subscriptions to do the same job that free analogue broadcasts do at present) that audience?
At present I sometimes find myself sitting in my car at a motorway service station squinting at my pocket TV's screen at the expense of only it's own battery life paying no money to watch a real TV channel.
In the future with DVB-H, I might find myself sitting in my car at a motorway service station squinting at my mobile's screen at the expense of mobile battery life paying an overpriced subscription to watch naff on demand content.
I fail to see why the latter is better than the former.
Crikey, I respect your candour and understand it's not for you, but in return appreciate that very simply, for me, it is a function that would prove very handy.
cdd wrote:You're a mobile phone junkie, Row!
Personally I enjoy loading up my PDA with a few good episodes of... erm... uncopyrighted video content, and watching those on the bus home.

I know, sad isn't it. Which PDA do you have cdd?
all new Phil wrote:Well I bought myself an LG Prada phone, purely because it's pretty.
I'm getting bored of mobile phones that do all these things that aren't really necessary. Something I can make calls on and take the odd picture with is all I need, really.
It does irritate me that there is a lot of crap on phones which you can never get rid of, and simply slow it down/complicate things. A pic n mix of functions would be nice in an ideal world.
Re: Sony Ericsson K850
Posted: Sat 29 Sep, 2007 23.44
by DVB Cornwall
Spec from the US site....
No comment about TV reception on their version
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