p2pnet news view Music | Mobiles:- CBS says it’s taking the iPhone where no iPhone has gone before.

It’s TV.com application, “appears to be the first with a lot of mainstream network content that can gain access to full episodes over both the cellular network and Wi-Fi, says the New York Times.

“My test of watching Spock confront a strange cube-like object in space was perfectly acceptable in quality while I was riding on the bus in New Jersey,” says Saul Hansell, adding:

“I think this is an important and provocative development. Companies like Qualcomm have been developing special services for watching video on cellphones, like MediaFlo, using dedicated cellular bandwidth. If people can watch what they want using regular data services, it will make those extra fee services a much harder sell than they already are.”

As always, however, there’s a potential hang-up.

If streaming video becomes common, “it may put pressure on the capacity of the wireless networks, forcing the carriers to consider how they price data service and whether they continue to offer unlimited bandwidth,” says the story.

But, “once people start using a service, it will be hard for carriers to cut it off,” it says.

New York Times – CBS Beams ‘Star Trek’ Episodes to iPhones, February 26, 2009

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