Event Coverage

CommunicAsia 2006 - Part 2

By Daniel Lim - 21 Jun 2006

Other Samsung Phones and Microsoft's Offering

More Samsung Phones

The Samsung P910 mobile phone is also doubles up as a mobile TV. Now you can watch your TV serials anywhere.

The Samsung S4300 is a cute swivel phone with music playback capabilities.

The Samsung V770a is a 7.0-megapixel camera phone with 3x optical zoom.

The back of the V770 does resemble a dedicated digital camera. Samsung also has a 10-megapixel cameraphone in the showcase too.


Microsoft's Booth

Microsoft showcased its mobile and embedded devices, Xbox 360 and IPTV solutions at its booth.

On display are a wide variety of PDA phones using Windows Mobile operating system from vendors such as O2, Dopod and many others.

One of the interesting showcases that Microsoft had was on IPTV application. The GUI is quite similar to the existing Media Center Edition (MCE) operating systems but it functions differently. Doing away with set top boxes and expensive tuners, Microsoft's IPTV uses software to mimic these functions. All you need is simply a broadband Internet connection and you will be streaming TV content (including high-definition videos) to your PC or TV.

While watching TV or VOD (video-on-demand), you can still chat with your friends via MSN.

Similar to MCE's TV guide, Microsoft's IPTV application also provides program schedules for you to record specific channels.

Microsoft's IPTV application let you view your favorite sports in varying angles so you don't miss the magic moment.

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