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VentureBeat: Qualcomm’s FLO TV launches gadget for watching TV on the go

  • thethirdone · 2 months ago
    Don't most people like TV so much they pay a subscription fee?

    Seriously, think about what you're writing.
  • Chet · 2 months ago
    Looks like a nice slim device though - wonder if it is a Flash backend or "modifyable"... gotta love skinning your own slim-devices ;) I would love to see what OS it is running.
  • 70news2 · 2 months ago
  • Tom · 2 months ago
    It’s a bold bet, but it could also be a disaster. Qualcomm has been pushing FLO TV on cell phones for a while but has had limited success getting paying subscribers for high-definition TV on a small screen. It’s just not clear that people really want to watch TV so much that they will pay subscription fees.

    UK & license fee, Sky subscriptions... How about them putting it on a tablet sized screen, rather than an iPhone sized screen? The technology is clever (reducing bandwidth used whilst broadcasting to many) but without a major player picking it up it seems to be niche as Nokia's attempts.