An NEC prototype third generation cell phone successfully received digital television signals during a test held in Japan. Can “Film at 11” on your phone be far behind?

NEC has built the world's first working prototype of a mobile phone capable of receiving terrestrial DTV broadcasts. The mobile phone is designed for use in Japan, where digital broadcasting is planned to begin by the end of this year. The prototype included a built in UHF antenna, a UHF tuner, and the LSI "PD 61530" O

Last week I included a link to a BargainPDA.com article on the new Sanyo cell phone with a built-in DTV tuner. Unfortunately, the translation of the article it linked to at ZDNet Japan was so rough it was difficult to understand. A more recent article in NE Asia Online is much easier to understand. The article Sanyo

Two weeks ago I reported on a new cell phone by NEC that included a DTV tuner in the cell phone. This week analog TV tuners appeared in a new Samsung cell phone and in a multimedia laptop from Toshiba. The Samsung MITS 400 offers mobile phone, handheld computer, camera, camcorder, navigator, MP3 player, 2-way radio a

BargainPDA.com reported on another cellphone with a built-in DTV tuner. Like the one from NEC described in the July 14 RF Report, this one also appears to use the segment of the DVB-T COFDM signal reserved for mobile devices. The BargainPDA.com http://www.bargainpda.com/default.asp?newsID=1543&showComments=true">art

As you can see from recent news items in RF Report, manufacturers are scrambling to enable video on cell phones. LG Electronics announced it has demonstrated the "world's first terrestrial digital multimedia broadcast (DMB) receiving mobile phone." Judging from a picture in the announcement, the phone appears to be

Before the industry’s DTV changeover is even complete, a new potential service appears on the horizon that demands a serious look.