Goodbye Squintavision

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In <jzwick3-B78994.05402008112004@news1.east.earthlink.net> on Mon, 08 Nov
2004 11:40:20 GMT, Jack Zwick <jzwick3@mindspring.com> wrote:

>Video on the cell phone has not been a big seller: low resolution,
>impossible low frame rates all can make for instant headaches when
>watching.
>
>Texas Instruments plans to change that with a new chip "Hollywood" to
>allow 24-30 frames /second, like your living room TV. The chip is still
>on the drawing board.
>
>In a cell phone near you in 2007.
>
><http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=597&ncid=738&e=7&u=/nm/2
>0041107/tv_nm/television_cellphone_dc>

The necessary compute power and display speed would be likely to rapidly
delete the handset battery. Frankly I just want my handset to do wireless
voice and data.

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Best regards, HELP FOR CINGULAR GSM & SONY ERICSSON PHONES:
John Navas <http://navasgrp.home.att.net/#Cingular>