--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Jay dedman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Quicktime can export to 3GP format. > > Trouble is, the North American mobile market is ridiculous. > > I've got five phones. Four different providers. Four different modes of doing business, > > providing access to content. Four different annoyances. > > Simply *getting* at video is a chore. RSS? That's crazy talk! ;-) > > Eric sums it up well. > thats why i laugh when people say that video will be big on cell phones. > i dont see it happening unless US cell phones companies quit trying to > be the mafia and control everything. > thye want to charge for all data trafic up and down. > > In the US, does anyone do anything on their phone other than talk on it. > I send a SMS message maybe once every six months. > again, read Eric's summation below to the relaity of video on US cell phones. > (is it any different elsewhere?) > > jay > > _______________ >
One possibility I envision is open API mobile devices that works on VOIP for cities that have ubiquitous WiFi. -- Enric http://www.cirne.com Determine the Media > > > Like the one phone that I can navigate to Rocketboom's mobile edition on, WILL NOT let > > me download. I have to manually add the video via sync. Others, like the godforsaken > > Verizon, requires about 432,345 clicks to get to a place where you can ALMOST access the > > web. Others capture video, but won't e-mail, some (ironically, like Verizon), DO let you > > capture video and e-mail it. But you can't go to Rocketboom easily. Depends. LOTS of > > depends. > > > > The closest thing we have to RSS reality on mobile things, are the Really Expensive Phone/ > > PDA hybrids or portable-connected devices like the Sony PSP. FeederReader works on > > Windows Pocket PC, and it's an RSS dealie (Greg Smith can talk more about that); Sony just > > added a podcast client to the PSP. We are getting closer, but that's like saying, I'm getting > > closer to retirement age (it's like 30 years away /smirk) > > > > The last ugly concern of mine personally, is a commment that the lady at the Cingular > > store said to me about the types of people who buy certain phones... my phone is > > purchased either by people a) with money or b) who know what the phone can do (and > > they prolly have money)... most of the time, she noted, people just want a damn phone. > > > > I think we'll be able to capture and publish sooner rather than later, but in North American > > anyway, the whole damn thing is an embarassment so far. > > > > Of course this is my rip off of Dennis Miller's line, so I could be wrong. > > > > Eric > > ericrice.com > > audioblog.com > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get Bzzzy! (real tools to help you find a job). Welcome to the Sweet Life. http://us.click.yahoo.com/KIlPFB/vlQLAA/TtwFAA/lBLqlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
