Mobile search applications are a hot topic at the annual wireless industry megashow in Barcelona this week — but the early hype around mobile television seems to have evaporated. Snip from informationweek:
The wireless industry seems to have cooled on the idea of mobile TV. After experiments in both Europe and the U.S., speakers aren't hyping this technology to the degree they were two years ago, when industry players such as Ericsson were stressing mobile TV as a growth point for the industry.
Last night during the company's news conference, Sony Ericsson head Miles Flint said that his company was excited by mobile TV, but that enthusiasm for the technology didn't take top priority.
Others present blame the cost of mobile TV handsets for the lack of uptake. Nokia, among others, is pushing for cheaper TV-enabled phones.
Link (Thanks, Hal Bringman)
