Guest jamesvdv Posted June 1, 2007 Report Share Posted June 1, 2007 T-Mobile have just launched their Mobile TV service in the UK, just in time for all the Big Brother Fans :P To get the service you must have a compatible 3G phone and be in a 3G area (obviously). The channels available are:Big Brother - 24/7 live from the Big Brother houseChannel 4 favourites - with 3-5 minutes made-for-mobile clips of Skins, Desperate Housewives, Hollyoaks & moreITN news, sport and financial updates every 15 minutesLive EurosportMTV back-to-back full music videosMTV made for mobile programmes like Pimp My RidePocket Comedy - featuring everybody from Mighty Boosh to Lee EvansParamount Comedy - stand-up, bloopers, specials etcNickelodeon - animated content and live action programmingThere are two cost options: 1. A 24-hour pass for £1 2. A 31-day pass for £3.50 T-Mobile are inviting you to use as many 24-hour MobileTV passes as you like for FREE between now and 30 June 2007. For more information head on over to Internet and Mobile TV - T-Mobile. Personally, I still prefer my slingbox/PVR setup but if you want mobile TV with a bit of light entertainment or news without paying for a Web'n'Walk Plus connection then this may be for you. :rolleyes: [Edit by Paul: Thanks JamesVDV for the submission!] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Paul (MVP) Posted June 1, 2007 Report Share Posted June 1, 2007 Who's gonna be first to try it and report back then? :rolleyes: No 3G service where I live :P P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest RazorD Posted June 1, 2007 Report Share Posted June 1, 2007 (edited) Absolutely bloody awesome :rolleyes: Big brother live, whereever i go! Its a student dream! :P Edit: And for a bit more technical review: I've got an N95 and the service is perfect here (Uxbridge, London) its just like watching the live web stream from channel4.com on my phone (which i did try, but its a windows media stream, not realplayer compatable). I am so glad i left Orange for t-mobile. And as far as i can tell, this data usage isn't counted in my web n' walk cap, right? Edited June 1, 2007 by RazorD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rob.P Posted June 1, 2007 Report Share Posted June 1, 2007 Blimey !!!! Just watched the ITN news headlines, quality is a lot better than I expected, video is a tad jerky but continuous with no data drop outs. Moderately impressed, well done T-Mobile :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Happy Dave Posted June 1, 2007 Report Share Posted June 1, 2007 Who's gonna be first to try it and report back then? :rolleyes: No 3G service where I live :P P i've been trying to since last night, i can sign up and get the free pass but it always says station not found. I'll tery again tonight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rob.P Posted June 1, 2007 Report Share Posted June 1, 2007 Big Brother stream is squashed to 4:3, anyone know how to get it landscape without pulling the keyboard out? Not that I'm interested in Big Brother, but the boss has just gone to lunch and Ren & Stimpy are on Nicklodeon :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Paul (MVP) Posted June 1, 2007 Report Share Posted June 1, 2007 Can someone post the link for those of us using T-Mo SIMs in non T-Mo devices? P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rob.P Posted June 1, 2007 Report Share Posted June 1, 2007 (edited) This is what I have saved on my favourites http://10.111.189.31/servlet/download?page...lates/onNow.jsp That's the EPG homepage. Sorry just realised that the link is truncated on the forum, can also get to it via www.t-mobile-favourites.co.uk and then clicking on the TV tab at the top. (Good episode of Ren & Stimpy :rolleyes:) Edited June 1, 2007 by Rob.P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Lordsmiff Posted June 1, 2007 Report Share Posted June 1, 2007 I'm on a Vario II and I don't get the TV tab on the homepage - any ideas? Fortunately, the link above works a treat so watching Ren N Stimpy now ;-) Cheers, Smiffy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jamesvdv Posted June 1, 2007 Report Share Posted June 1, 2007 I'm on a Vario II and I don't get the TV tab on the homepage - any ideas? Fortunately, the link above works a treat so watching Ren N Stimpy now ;-) Cheers, Smiffy. Lordsmiff, have you tried clearing your IE cache and reloading the homepage? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest psionandy Posted June 1, 2007 Report Share Posted June 1, 2007 Lordsmiff, have you tried clearing your IE cache and reloading the homepage? Its not there on my vario II either... just home and games... anyone got the full url? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jamesvdv Posted June 1, 2007 Report Share Posted June 1, 2007 Absolutely bloody awesome :rolleyes: Big brother live, whereever i go! Its a student dream! :P Edit: And for a bit more technical review: I've got an N95 and the service is perfect here (Uxbridge, London) its just like watching the live web stream from channel4.com on my phone (which i did try, but its a windows media stream, not realplayer compatable). I am so glad i left Orange for t-mobile. And as far as i can tell, this data usage isn't counted in my web n' walk cap, right? According to the Ts & Cs only some browsing associated with navigating the service should come off your W'n'W 'allowance' but the main program stream will not. The £3.50 monthly charge seems quite reasonable. I think that the quality of the stream is comparable with that of the Virgin Mobile Lobster TV but it is certainly more reliable if you are in a good 3G area. I did detect some very small drop outs at times and very occasionally I had to re-connect a dropped stream. I think that the battery life will not be as good as the Lobster TV, however, because the 3G radio is on all the time. My Vario II can empty a full charge in about an hour when streaming 3G slingbox video and I don't see that streaming this mobile TV will be any different. I also found that I could not connect to the service via a WiFi connection. In hindsight, I suppose that this is quite obvious because otherwise non T-Mobile customers would be able to access the service and also the charging of the day/month passes is carried out automatically through the 3G data connection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jamesvdv Posted June 1, 2007 Report Share Posted June 1, 2007 Its not there on my vario II either... just home and games... anyone got the full url? This is what just I copied from the address bar of Pocket IE: http://www.t-mobile-favourites.co.uk/en/mobiletv.jsp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest psionandy Posted June 1, 2007 Report Share Posted June 1, 2007 Its not there on my vario II either... just home and games... anyone got the full url? Having borrowed the url from the properties of the truncated link I can get to the EPG, then buy a day pass for £0.. and open a link.. Streaming media starts and it says... 'Failed to find network' any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest PayableOnDeath Posted June 1, 2007 Report Share Posted June 1, 2007 Having borrowed the url from the properties of the truncated link I can get to the EPG, then buy a day pass for £0.. and open a link.. Streaming media starts and it says... 'Failed to find network' any ideas? i am getting the same, Vario II in good 3G signal, shame i really wanted to give this a try :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chucky.egg Posted June 1, 2007 Report Share Posted June 1, 2007 I get "This file can not be viewed on the device" I'm using a Samsung SGH-I600 What sort of files are these? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Markda2000 Posted June 1, 2007 Report Share Posted June 1, 2007 I am using a MDA PRO and I like the Vario II users do not get the tab on the Tmobile page. When I use the correct address everything comes up fine though. However, when I try to "watch" I get the message "Live stream is not Supported" Anyone else any joy on a Pro? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest PayableOnDeath Posted June 1, 2007 Report Share Posted June 1, 2007 i am getting the same, Vario II in good 3G signal, shame i really wanted to give this a try :rolleyes: just got home and its working, maybe it was a tempary problem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest markdotpeters5 Posted June 1, 2007 Report Share Posted June 1, 2007 WICKED!! :rolleyes: Got a free 24 hour pass, and Big Brother stream is perfectly watchable, which is fantastic as i'm working loads of boring hours at work this weekend. THree cheers for TMobile! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Happy Dave Posted June 1, 2007 Report Share Posted June 1, 2007 i am getting the same, Vario II in good 3G signal, shame i really wanted to give this a try :rolleyes: still the same here, on a vario 2 I've cleaned out my cache and temp files as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest agent.m Posted June 1, 2007 Report Share Posted June 1, 2007 cheers for the url guys. im watching big brother on my n70. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest PayableOnDeath Posted June 1, 2007 Report Share Posted June 1, 2007 still the same here, on a vario 2 I've cleaned out my cache and temp files as well have you tried again as its working fine for me at the mo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest UndeadDevil Posted June 1, 2007 Report Share Posted June 1, 2007 Having borrowed the url from the properties of the truncated link I can get to the EPG, then buy a day pass for £0.. and open a link.. Streaming media starts and it says... 'Failed to find network' any ideas? I to had to use the URL posted on my MDA Vario II. And I get the exact same as above ^^^ "Failed to find network" :rolleyes: Can you keep getting a day pass everyday for free till 30th June? I'm going to be annonyed that I can't use my day pass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest WILBUR Posted June 1, 2007 Report Share Posted June 1, 2007 This is what just I copied from the address bar of Pocket IE: http://www.t-mobile-favourites.co.uk/en/mobiletv.jsp cleared the cache etc but still no tv link on the homepage - this link works fine though on my vario II - thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest magic_peanuts Posted June 1, 2007 Report Share Posted June 1, 2007 Works great on my Ameo and is a great alternative to Slingbox for my N95. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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