Qualcomm Looking to Rid Itself of FLO TV
is it any wonder Flo is struggling?
I don't have a single phone in my store that is capable of picking up the signal. If they really wanted it to become widely adopted, the first step is to put it in more phones. People won't buy a phone solely because it has pay tv capability, but if they happen to buy a phone that does and they stumble across the feature, I think they'd be more likely to try it.
Also, it would help if it was bundled into a data package. Say for a non smart phone like the voyager, if Verizon went back to the concept behind the old premium plans and lumped in video, streaming radio, and navigator with the 30 dollar unlimited data, customers would see more value in that. Right now, who wants to pay 30 a month on a 3G media phone when they could have a smart ph...
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Also, it would help if it was bundled into a data package. Say for a non smart phone like the voyager, if Verizon went back to the concept behind the old premium plans and lumped in video, streaming radio, and navigator with the 30 dollar unlimited data, customers would see more value in that. Right now, who wants to pay 30 a month on a 3G media phone when they could have a smart ph...
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The coverage for FLO was horrible.
Wrong economy to launch this service
Had they launched and grown it in a better economy it would succeed. It is a solid product but the times are wrong for it
The question is why would I want to pay to watch TV on a 3" or 4" screen? In any economy?
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I think you are right on but do you think if they made a better pitch to all the carriers even regional and MVNOs that they would have done better. I think they put all of their eggs in ATT and VZ and should have gotten deals with every cell phone car...
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I'll wager $2 that T-mobile or Sprint buys up the FLO spectrum and deploys LTE-TDD.
T-mobile is far more likely to do his then Sprint.
T-mobile is far more likely to do his then Sprint.
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