By: Ben Robinson, IntoMobile Wednesday, September 24th, 2008 at 1:07 PM
Give me TV!
Crumbs, when Nokia go big, they go REALLY big!
Along with the announcement of the N96 launch date (October 1st, for anyone living in place without the Internet!), Nokia have announced a stack of N96-only TV channels, calling them Capsule 96.
Interestingly, or perhaps teasingly, each episode (mobisode?) is 96 seconds long – as oppose to 4 minutes, which is Madonna’s song with JT…
There will be channels on motoring, gadgets, culture, homes, fashion, and comedy – and will features some celebs such as Wayne Hemmingway (he does fashion). I’d assume people will make use of the WiFi chip inside the N96 and get the content that way, or else there is 3G – as these will be episodes for download.
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He is based in the UK, a hotbed of activity for mobile, and recently
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when he was happy spend time tweaking all manner of mobile devices to
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of why you continue to use it...
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