Yet more rumour and speculation from Switzerland this time claims iPhone users could soon enjoy live television shows and TV screenings of sporting events on their device, at least, that’s what leading Swiss newspaper Le Matin says.
Citing “a source at Swisscom’, this report claims Swisscom will offer the new 3G iPhone. Somewhat circumstantially, it also claims the network to be a long-standing partner of Vodafone, which itself announced ten-country iPhone launch plans last week.
Introduction of 3G support may open the door to a wave of additional high bandwidth features for iPhone users, such as video conferencing, GPS and - new to us - support for live TV, Le Matin notes. (Speculation or sources, we'll know for sure in June). Also, they mention that the processor will be faster this time around.
“Who could indeed resist a football match live on its 3G,” the report ends. Google Translate version is here.
(We apologise to Swiss readers for the cuckoo image - sort of)
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Too bad this didn't come out
Too bad this didn't come out before blackberry came out with the bold. I guess business users will have to decide between a keyboard OR GPS and videoconferencing.
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Mobile TV: Swisscom just launched DVB-H
Swisscom just launched DVB-H for the summer football tournament (EM 2008) in Switzerland and Austria in the main swiss cities like Zurich, Basel, Berne and Geneva.
I hope the camera and video
I hope the camera and video have good support like zoom, (camera)flash and other goodies.
Already
This is already available, on current iPhones, provided you buy a TV tuner for your desktop or laptop, which will beam the TV to your iPhone or Touch.
There was a posting on FSJ on this a few days ago, with video.
Live TV is really an given
Live TV is really an given feature if the new iPhone is 3G. Think about it, 3G gives you video calls which are essentially 2 way TV so one way TV must be technically easier again!