Motorola announces a Linux-based DVB-H handheld!

By Ben Robinson on Saturday, January 19th, 2008 at 3:24 PM PST In Mobile TV, Motorola

In case you missed it, Motorola (NYSE: MOT) recently announced their new DVB-H handheld device…

It’s not a ‘phone’, but rather something more akin to classic Analogue portable TVs (Remember those?!).

Of course now it is remixed with a Linux O/S under the hood, and all that good DVB-H loveliness for nice, clean signal reception! The 4.3″ (approximately 11cm) screen is apparently capable of 25 FPS (Frames Per Second), and has DVR (Digital Video Recorder) capabalities.

More techy specs (and a bigger picture) below:

Display — 4.3-inch Wide Quarter Video Graphics Array Screen, supporting up to 16 million colors
Video frame rate -– 25fps
Flash — SD/MMC card slot
DVR — via supported Secure Digital/MultiMediaCard card; 90 minutes of TV video storage on 256MB card
I/O — Mini A/B USB connector; USIM/UICC card reader; earphone and power jacks
Video formats — H.264 AVC QVGA, MPEG-4 SP level 3 QVGA
Audio formats — AAC, MP3
Image formats — JPEG, GIF, PNG
Battery — rechargeable battery with up to four hours per charge
Other features — Five-minute memory buffer for live-TV pause; automatic channel scan; channel listings