Mobile TV Device, Nokia N92 Hits Asia

Nokia will launch its mobile TV phone device, N92 in the Asian market within the next few weeks. The phone manufacturer will initially ship the model to Vietnam and Indonesia and will follow up with launches in other Asian countries soon.

Mobile TV Content provider, Vietnam Multimedia Corporation will launch its commercial service using the DVB-H technology (digital video broadcast—handheld) on November 18 to users of the Nokia N92. It has announced plans to offer eight TV channels, including one channel with a TV-on-demand service, and four radio channels for the particular model.

The N92 has a large 2.8" anti-glare QVGA screen with 16 million colors and the dedicated media keys for TV viewing. Users can also interact with the TV, through services such as voting, program feedback and additional web discovery. In addition,the Nokia N92 supports the new Nokia Web Browser with Mini Map, for a semi-transparent zoomed-out view of a web page. Nokia N92 is also an XpressMusic device, with up to 2 GB memory card support, along with an FM radio with Visual Radio support.

Nokia had aimed to introduce N92 in Asia in mid 2006, but it had to wait for content providers and the first commercial launches of networks.

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