Modeo introduces state of the art mobile phone featuring live TV

This innovative handset is designed around the high performance DVB-H (Digital Video Broadcast-Handheld) standard, the Microsoft Windows Mobile 5.0 platform and Microsoft Windows Media platform to supply mobile users with a feature-packed mobile entertainment and productivity solution.

Development of the new DVB-H handset marks the latest stage in the evolution of Modeo's mobile television service, building on proven capabilities of the company's world class mobile broadcast operations center in Pittsburgh and its nationwide satellite distribution capabilities. The handset incorporates features and functionalities identified and honed through Modeo's ongoing consumer pilot testing.

Manufactured to Modeo's mobile TV specifications by HTC, this consumer-ready mobile phone provides industry-leading entertainment services and productivity features all in one sleek and alluring form factor. From one-touch connection to live digital TV and music services, to accessing home or office emails, calendar and contact information, the new Modeo handset is designed to deliver a new standard of personal entertainment and productivity that is without concession.

Based on the Windows Mobile 5.0 platform, the handset is optimized to receive and playback Modeo's DVB-H mobile broadcasts delivered using Windows Media technologies, including Windows Media Video and Windows Media Digital Rights Management. The handset also uses Windows Media Player 10 Mobile to playback video and music stored in multiple formats, with Windows Media Audio (WMA), MP3 and AAC to be the supported file types. Additionally, users will be able to take advantage of portable subscription music services to expand their mobile entertainment library through use of Windows Media DRM. The Windows Mobile 5.0 platform also enables use of popular Windows applications on the go, including mobile versions of Microsoft Office programs such as Internet Explorer Mobile and Outlook Mobile. Users will be able to surf the Internet and synchronize calendars, contacts and email messages with an office or home computer, all in a real-time mobile environment.

While the new handset is designed to provide an unmatched TV, digital music and Windows applications experience, Modeo and HTC also included the telephone features and benefits that consumers expect from a traditional handset. The handset utilizes quad-band GSM services (850/900/1800/1900 MHz) to provide international communications capabilities. The handset is expected to support GPRS/EDGE services, enabling high speed data access and file downloads.

Design of the phone includes a standard stereo headphone jack, a 1.3 mega pixel camera and a micro-SD expansion card slot that allows the user to add up to 1 gigabyte of memory for storing hundreds of songs, video clips, games, even full length movies. TV broadcasts and other video are shown on a 2.2-inch QVGA landscape display at up to 30 frames per second. The device operates on an 1150 mAH lithium-ion battery, furnishing projected battery life of up to three hours of TV viewing, four hours of talk time or six days of standby time. Of equal importance, the Modeo handset has a sleek, lightweight design, measuring just 4.1" x 2.2" x 0.6" in size, with a total weight of just 4.23 ounces.

The new Modeo DVB-H integrated smartphone is expected to be available during the second half of 2006. www.modeo.com