Title: Verizon offers live TV locally for cell phones
Date: 4/18/08
Author: Jennifer Davies
Source: The Union Tribune
Summary: Verzin Wireless, using Qualcomm's MedioFlo technology, launched a service that broadcasts live TV to certain types of cell phones in San Diego yesterday. Instead of past ideas, where you would have to download shows or movies, and they would only be a short clip, real, live TV will be broadcasted to the phones with the service. As of right now it is unpopular becasuse of the cost and the very few types of phones that are able to get the service.
Reaction: When I was a kid this kind of thing would make me go crazy--in a good way of course. I was fascinated by the idea of having live TV on something so small and carryable like this (is carryable a word?). I still think it's amazing how far technology has come but I won't go out of my way to get this service even though it sounds cool. I can watch TV at home and I won't miss anything when I'm away because I have DVR. But for people who don't have but have a grip of money laying around, then they should get it. Every body would want to be friends with them.
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