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This week, The Weather Channel will launch a new innovative mobile video forecasts service that will include the production and streaming of over 5000 mobile video clips every day covering 100 cities, with new clips made available every 30 minutes.
Among The Weather Channel partners Vantrix, a content delivery startup, is playing the crucial role, along with the four largest carriers in the U.S. – AT&T, Verizon, Sprint and T-Mobile, which will participate in a trial program. The video files will be encoded in H.264, meaning iPhone users will also be able to see a piece of the action.
We all know weather is an important piece of information we need on a daily basis, and have no doubt about it – The Weather Channel knows that as well. Hence, their pilot program will involve 80 million (yes, that’s (eighty million) handsets. Impressive, don’t you think?
[Via: TechCrunch]
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Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
