mitcho.com » ワンセグ http://mitcho.com Sat, 11 Feb 2012 15:31:07 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4-alpha-19719 ワンセグ TV coming to the iPhone http://mitcho.com/blog/link/%e3%83%af%e3%83%b3%e3%82%bb%e3%82%b0-tv-coming-to-the-iphone/ http://mitcho.com/blog/link/%e3%83%af%e3%83%b3%e3%82%bb%e3%82%b0-tv-coming-to-the-iphone/#comments Fri, 31 Oct 2008 07:28:23 +0000 mitcho http://mitcho.com/blog/?p=936
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    Softbank Mobile announced today to release 1-seg digital TV tuner device for iPhone in the middle of December. The 80-gram device provides the feature of TV over WiFi (converting TV signal received to IP-based data for iPhone) and doubles as a battery extender. Three hours continuous TV viewing is available.

    I’ve seen a number of these ワンセグ (wansegu, 1seg) digital TV tuner-enabled phones around the office and in trains. I’m not a huge TV watcher, even in Japan,1 but I have to say these phones are pretty cool. In the land of one-hour train commutes, there’s definitely both appeal and demand. I’ve sat on trains next to everyone from hip high schoolers to grandparents watching TV on these phones.

    Frankly, however, I think the fact that it’s a separate device (even if it can be unwired) will still limit its attractiveness. I’ll be curious to see what the interface is like.

    1. Growing up I watched much more Japanese TV than American TV. Heh. ↩

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