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Velocity Samsung Access ZTE Packet Video

Packet Video provides a service whereby you can stream mobile TV from DVB-H or MediaFlo to a Wi-Fi equipped smartphone.

It uses a tiny little battery-powered module to collect the mobile signals and includes a Wi-Fi transmitter to send the signals to your phone.

You have to connect to the network created by the Packet Video module, log in through your phone's browser, and away you go.

TV Tuner

Photo by Russ Hickman

Unlike mobile TV services that are on-board mobile phones, such as the Samsung Access, the process of setting up the device and your phone is a little on the arduous side. I'd prefer to see it streamlined and require fewer steps. Still, if you're sitting in the airport and want to watch TV, this is one way to finagle the signals and get them onto your smartphone.

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