AbuTahir@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoHMD, Lava to launch feature phones with direct-to-mobile technology, Developed in collaboration with Tejas Networks and powered by Saankhya's chipset, these phones can stream content without internetindianexpress.comexternal-linkmessage-square9linkfedilinkarrow-up140arrow-down13
arrow-up137arrow-down1external-linkHMD, Lava to launch feature phones with direct-to-mobile technology, Developed in collaboration with Tejas Networks and powered by Saankhya's chipset, these phones can stream content without internetindianexpress.comAbuTahir@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square9linkfedilink
minus-squareDekkia@this.doesnotcut.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·2 days ago With D2M technology […] the device can directly receive broadcast signals and stream multimedia content without requiring an active internet connection. Saved you a click.
minus-squareMidnight Wolf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·2 days ago“so it’s like TV, but on a much smaller screen, low resolution, with crappy speakers, a short battery life, all the advertisements of TV…” “I know, it’s so revolutionary!”
minus-squarenotthebees@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·edit-22 days agoSo they.just reinvented the DVB-T tuner. Edit: I looked it up and it’s literally just that. The fact they’re shoving it into feature phones is interesting.
minus-squareLka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 days agoTechbros reinventing older tech without realizing it
minus-squarenotthebees@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-219 hours agoThey didn’t reinvent it, they just took a tv box chip and shoved it into a phone. Edit: the soc that they are using is worse than the feature phone soc in my old Nokia from 2008. What the actual fuck.
minus-squareLka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·18 hours ago Edit: the soc that they are using is worse than the feature phone soc in my old Nokia from 2008. What the actual fuck. Oh god. They invented a TV with a phone built in.
Saved you a click.
“so it’s like TV, but on a much smaller screen, low resolution, with crappy speakers, a short battery life, all the advertisements of TV…”
“I know, it’s so revolutionary!”
So they.just reinvented the DVB-T tuner.
Edit: I looked it up and it’s literally just that. The fact they’re shoving it into feature phones is interesting.
Techbros reinventing older tech without realizing it
They didn’t reinvent it, they just took a tv box chip and shoved it into a phone.
Edit: the soc that they are using is worse than the feature phone soc in my old Nokia from 2008. What the actual fuck.
Oh god. They invented a TV with a phone built in.