FLO TV, Qualcomm’s stab at setting a standard for mobile television, will be show running on a smart-book at next week’s Mobile World Congress, the company has revealed. Is it set to come to bigger screens?
Wireless giant Qualcomm says it will show a “first-time smart-book demo integrating live TV with advanced mobile media applications” at its FLO TV stand next week at the tradeshow in Barcelona. It’s a first for the company, which so far has keep FLO TV to certain mobile phones, in-car entertainment systems and its personal television handset, but an unsurprising move considering Qualcomm’s Snapdragon chips are powering this new range of smart-books, such as the Lenovo Skylight.
Of course, proof of concept doesn’t mean that FLO TV will immediately make the jump to ultra portables, but bear in mind that there was only a two month gap between us breaking the news of the iPhone FLO TV receiver demo, and the company tying up a deal with Mophie to make it public, so there might not be long to wait.
Qualcomm has yet to bring FLO TV to the UK in any form, but it could make an interesting alternative to relying on patchy 3G for watching video on the move. We’ll be sure to hit up Qualcomm’s stand next week and report back.
Qualcomm has yet to bring FLO TV to the UK in any form, but it could make an interesting alternative to relying on patchy 3G for watching video on the move. We’ll be sure to hit up Qualcomm’s stand next week and report back.
