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Over the past few years mobile TV technology has forged ahead and many of the problems that had presented themselves have, to many extents been overcome. Japanese technology has been at the forefront of the 3G technology that allows your mobile phone to pick up TV.

But it has not been without problems. Some of the problems that have been overcome to a large extent include the following.

„h TV Reception ¡V picking up a good picture reception while on the move was a major problem, as was coverage areas. „h Battery life ¡V the new technology took a lot of battery power. „h Size of screen ¡V how would consumers feel about viewing TV on such a small screen. „h Consumer expectations ¡V in a world where customer expectations are high regarding digital TV, would mobile TV make the grade? „h Cost ¡V at the outset, it mobile TV was proving an expensive service to deliver. It was questionable if the consumer would pay the price of what might be a limited service.

Now it is possible to receive selected TV channels onto your mobile phone so that you can catch up with your favorite shows whenever you want to. Some services offer a full service, where others are still developing the technology and can only offer trailers and clips.

Once the technology has been fully developed, the possibilities for mobile TV are endless. Already we can watch TV over the Internet on our PC¡¦s or laptop computers making it a portable and viable experience. With the advent of mobile TV there will be a whole new market being opened up. There are already specialized mobile TV channels catering for the late teens to thirty year olds. There are the possibilities of have soap programs written just for mobile users, increasing the mobile technologies ¡§must have¡¨ appeal.

The Japanese are at the forefront with this new mobile TV technology, and their mobile network seems to be adding mainstream TV channels to their own channels. This will increase the appeal to wider age group and, hopefully entice them to splash out their cash on the new handsets.

People tire of their cell phone handsets relatively quickly, and it is a constant challenge for the network companies to find new ways of persuading the public that they ¡§need¡¨ the latest model. Inventing and developing new technological applications is one way of doing this. It is not so long ago that the idea of being able to browse the Internet from your cell phone was not an option, or if it was, it was slow and costly. Now it is possible to purchase Internet enabled phones that are smaller than the palm top computers and have all the functions of a cell phone, along with additions such as cameras and mp3 players. One wonders what the next development will be.