MOBILE TV—A PROLOGUE

We live in an era surrounded by technology and gadgets. New technologies, products, and services are constantly being developed and introduced into the real world to pass the test of acceptability. Some of the products that match the imagination, perceived utility, and price criteria gain rapid recognition and success. Others fall by the wayside. In rare cases the products go beyond being successful to become worldwide phenomena.

There has been a common thread running through some of the successful products we have seen over the past 50 years. The Walkman, the mobile phone, the Nintendo Gameboy, the iPod, and the Internet are some of the products and services that went beyond acceptability to be used so widely as to create ...

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