NEC has unveiled "the world's first prototype of a mobile-phone that can be used to view terrestrial digital television broadcasting, paving the way for new services combining broadcasting and mobile communications," according to the Wall Street Journal [paid sub required]. "The Japanese electronics maker said it aims to commercially launch the product in 2005, although it is unclear when broadcasting for mobile terminals will be available in Japan." Currently the phone can show an hour of continuous television, but the aim is for it to run for one hour of TV and also have one hour of talk-time.
Comment: this is a world first apart from the Samsung TV-phone blogged here a month ago (below) with a link to the IDG News story: Samsung Phone Adds TV Reception.
