New use for mobile phones
p2pnet.net News:- Norway’s Opera Software says a mobile phone can now trigger a TV recording on a satellite or Internet-enabled Personal Video Recorder (PVR).
MobileIPG (mobile Interactive Programming Guide) users can carry the entire IPG in their pocket, scheduling their TV recording while on the move via a simple one-touch interface, says Opera, creator of the Opera browser.
The application is cross-platform with Opera running on Linux-powered set-top boxes and Symbian OS-powered mobile phones.
Take a few seconds to look up the program on the mobileIPG on your handset, and then, "activate your recorder at home with just a click," says Christen Krogh, VP Engineering, Opera Software ASA.
PVR devices, using a hard-disk drive instead of optical discs or magnetic tapes, are replacing VHS and DVD technology in the home, believes Opera.
"The mobileIPG is a joint research effort that builds on Opera’s success in the mobile phone market and its iTV product offering that can deliver enhanced iTV applications on resource-limited hardware that executes HTML and JavaScript," it says, adding:
"Two German companies cooperated with Opera in the joint research effort: DiscVision GmbH and TVinfo Internet GmbH. DiscVision have been the set-top box reference design and system integrator."
