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Media Center to Smartphone

2 replies · 5,582 views · Started 20 December 2006

Makayama has announced Mobile TV Center 1.0. A world's first, it lets you watch recorded TV shows on more than 500 mobile devices, using your Windows Media Center. Compatibility includes many Symbian devices from Nokia, Sony Ericsson and Motorola. The full press release follows.

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I don't really see anything new here at all.

You can already transfer video to your smartphone or PDA using a wide range of software.

Slingbox already allows you to watch recorded programmes with its PVR support, and the comparison is invalid anyway because the whole point of Slingbox is that you can watch live TV or recordings you haven't had the time to transfer. It's like comparing a CD player to a radio, they're meant to be complimentary to each other rather than rivals.