.mobi Verizon Announces V CAST TV for Mobile Phones + the Samsung Mobi

[qO_Op]

Today in Las Vegas at the Palms Hotel and Casino, Verizon Wireless officially announced their V CAST TV mobile TV service. V CAST TV, which is powered by MediaFLO, runs separately and along side of the existing Verizon data and voice network. This means that V CAST TV does not depend on EV-DO or traditional streaming technologies like Verizon's existing V CAST video content does.

Verizon claims that V CAST TV will offer broadcast quality TV on mobile devices. The company states that viewers will be able to expect nearly the same number of frames per second they experience with conventional TV as well as be able to change channels nearly instantly. V CAST TV handsets will include on-phone programming guides as well as parental controls.

Programming for the V CAST TV network will come from the likes of MTV Networks (MTV, Comedy Central), NBC News, CBS, and Fox.

Verizon is launching the service on two new handsets, the LG VX9400 and the Samsung Mobi. Both devices have dedicated TV access keys and are capable of landscape mod TV viewing. The handsets and V CAST TV service will be available before the end of the first quarter of 2007 in what the company claims will be "most major US markets."

While the company didn't want to get into real specifics on the handset performance, they did go so far as to say that the battery life during TV viewing runs about the same as does talk time. We take that to mean that consumers should be able to expect about 3 hours of TV viewing from a full charge.

Verizon stated that it expects to be selling V CAST TV capable handsets developed by all of their major handset partners by the end of the year. This would seem to suggest that we will eventually see a Motorola V CAST TV mode, and possibly Palm Treo and HTC devices as well.

Verizon has not yet announced pricing for either the V CAST TV service or the two new handsets.

The Samsung Mobi eh!

Pretty cool about VCAST TV also!

Get your VCASTTV domains quick!!! :hehe:

http://www.mobileburn.com/news.jsp?Id=3000&source=SIDEBARHOME

 

[yoyosean]

great story guess samsung is absolutely dedicated to .mobi it is their way of owning their own network instead of just being a handset manufacturer, i think would be their thinking.

 

[seanboy]

The "Samsung Mobi," interesting...

Considering all of the .mobi names that Samsung recently purchased, and the fact that they are coming out with a phone called the "mobi," they are definitely up to something..

Whatever it is, it sounds like good news for all of us!

 

[GeoOwners]

holy crap!!!! try regging any .mobi with tv after the keyword...such as golftv.mobi I could only get 1 in about 100 tries !!! all gone !!!

I got autoracingtv.mobi that's all I could find...

even crappy names were gone !!!

 

[newton]

Very interesting .. Thanks eJRB

 

[Don_OKC]

Thought I would reg vmp3.mobi but... read below. lol

http://www.betanews.com/article/Verizons_VCast_Disables_MP3_Playback/1136912758
http://www.p2pnet.net/story/7596
http://www.phonescoop.com/news/item.php?n=1537


Cell-TV.mobi
HotRodTV.mobi

 

[thinking1]

This is very interesting news. My LocalTVListings.mobi is a little long but there are a good amount of searches for it every month so I'm confident.

Hmm, MOBI. Samsung, tell us what your plans are with .mobi!!

 

[ezinaz]

Waiting for the men in the trenchcoats to come knocking for my vcast.mobi!!!

 

[yoyosean]

if u own that you will be getting an email shortly i imagine

 

[qO_Op]

priv.

 

[MillersCrossing]

I had no TV names
But now i'm happy to have VCastTV & VlogTV to add to my collection

VCast.mobi looks greater than ever before! :hehe:

TOOK ADVICE FROM THE GREAT SKG - and regged ESPORTESTV.MOBI - Sports Tv in Portugese...!!!

 

[ezinaz]

if u own that you will be getting an email shortly i imagine

I do own it and am expecting the email. However, the trademark "vcast" is not registered by Verizon so I'm not sure what to make of it. I guess I better start using the name for something.

Ideas?

vcast == Mobile fly fishing instruction?

 

[newton]

I do own it and am expecting the email. However, the trademark "vcast" is not registered by Verizon so I'm not sure what to make of it. I guess I better start using the name for something.

Ideas?

vcast == Mobile fly fishing instruction?

Video cast
Vertical cast
Vortal Cast

 

[qO_Op]

priv.

 

[seanboy]

I'm surprised that vcast isn't a trademark...

Anyways, I really think that this news is huge. This means that the word "mobi" will be on tv ads soon. Good stuff...

 

[qO_Op]

priv.

 

[seanboy]

holy crap!!!! try regging any .mobi with tv after the keyword...such as golftv.mobi I could only get 1 in about 100 tries !!! all gone !!!

I got autoracingtv.mobi that's all I could find...

even crappy names were gone !!!

I can harldy find any TV names either. Did Samsung reg TV domains as well?

 

[qO_Op]

The news keeps on coming!

priv.

 

[mejcdj]

holy crap!!!! try regging any .mobi with tv after the keyword...such as golftv.mobi I could only get 1 in about 100 tries !!! all gone !!!

I got autoracingtv.mobi that's all I could find...

even crappy names were gone !!!

If they ahve a dedicated access key for tv viewing, why is there a need for anythingtv.mobi?

I am not sure why, but you all got me all excited and I just reg'd the ONLY 3 tv names I will get till I sell something lol

I got
GameShowtv.mobi
LocalNewstv.mobi
ShopAtHometv.mobi

Hope they are good ones for whatever the heck you guys are talkin about lol

I am too easy!

Mejcjd

 

[hawkeye]

I am too easy!

Mejcjd

Yeah I me too it seems. Just regged DIYTV.mobi. (Do It Yourself)