It was just a few days after New Years 2012 that we heard the unlimited wireless service provider, Metro PCS, and a group of 12 major broadcast groups that make up the Mobile Content Venture (MCV) had partnered up to plan the release of some product in 2012. At CES, this product came in the form of Dyle Mobil TV service.
The Dyle Mobil TV app will be included on an up and coming Samsung phone, and will provide access to live local television broadcast streaming right to the portable device. The phone showcased at CES sported a retractable antenna but this will not be necessary when the product is out because Samsung and Metro PCS are planning to have the first chipset-embedded smart phone.
Dyle said they plan to have the TV app running in the beta stage in the next few months. They also announced it would be available free of charge but depending on how partners and networks agree on that, it might cost something in the future.
Apart from smart phones, Dyle is working alongside Belkin to come up with a small dongle that can be attached to enjoy the app on an iPad a possibly the full spectrum of iOS devices. This dongle will use the user headphones as the antenna so embedded antennae will not necessary. Currently they are only working within iOS, but there are plans to expand to the Android market soon.
As the app, telephone and dongle are still in the development stage, there is no word on release date or price.
(Side note: Many Japanese phone from a decade ago had television built in. An amalgamation of all past and present tech will certainly happen.)
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