It was only a matter of time before television made the same trip as music and movies. It’s been a long time since cell phones were used simply for making phone calls. They now house hundreds of songs and can download movies from the internet. Some can even pull full-length motion pictures.

Despite these advancements, it has always been complicated to try and get live television onto a mobile phone. Now, however, even this is possible and available.

The Nokia N92 is a cell phone that allows the user to watch television directly on the phone screen. This is done through DVB-H transmissions which brings programming for television directly into the phone. Other phones are being released and developed now with the same technology.

The TV available on mobile phones is anything but basic. The screen of the phone is larger than most handhelds and the color is terrific. The actual programming can be recorded and the phone also allows for instant replays of up to thirty seconds. Overall, the battery on the N92 can sustain up to four hours of straight TV viewing. (more…)

Summer is almost over, but your stack of books to read probably isn’t anywhere close to finished. If you aren’t done collecting the summer’s hottest reads, add these to your stack.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
By J.K. Rowling
If you don’t have this one yet, you’re a bit behind the times. This is the final book in the Harry Potter series. Finally we’ll know who lives and dies. Actually the rest of us already know, but we won’t spoil it for you.

The Diana Chronicles
By Tina Brown
Tina Brown has some serious gossip and investigative credentials as the editor of various magazines, but she spent two years gathering information and stories about the young Princess Diana. Now her book pulls all the rumors, gossip and truth together to tell the story of a doomed marriage and a successful, if too short, life. (more…)