Newsday.com - Technology: "The screens may be tiny and the batteries overworked, but the wireless industry is bringing TV to a cell phone near you.
With the mammoth International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas as a backdrop, Verizon Wireless detailed a robust multimedia service for mobile phones, promising video, audio and 3-D games custom-designed for the constraints of a handheld device.
The company also announced that 12 additional markets now have access to the high-speed wireless technology required for the new service, and the 20 markets where the network upgrade was launched last year have coverage over a wider area.
The new Verizon offering, along with other multimedia wireless services unveiled at CES in Las Vegas, marks a big step in the industry's push to generate revenue from more than just phone calls.
On Thursday, SmartVideo Technologies Inc. announced deals to deliver live and prerecorded TV programs from ABC News, CNBC, MSNBC and The Weather Channel to cell phones equipped with Microsoft Corp.'s Windows Mobile operating system. The service, priced from $13 to $18 a month, is accessed through a Microsoft Web site featuring other forms of content customized for mobile devices. "
By BRUCE MEYERSON
AP Business Writer
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