Everybody's getting into the mobile movie sideload business --
just ask Samsung -- and following an
MWC unveiling earlier this year, Sony Ericsson is gearing up to launch movie content starting next month as part of its existing
PlayNow Arena service. Direct on-phone downloads over WiFi or 3G would be awesome, but as most of these services tend to operate, PlayNow Arena will require that users select and download movies on their PCs, cable up their phones, and transfer the media the old-fashioned way, at which point they'll be playable on the device for 90 days. You'll be able to select from about 15 movies at any given time with content being cycled monthly -- ridiculously meager, yes, but when you consider that the service is bundled with certain phones (up to 60 movies a year), it's hard to pitch a fit. Look for it to launch on the W995 slider in Germany, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, and the UK in June; support for Sony Ericsson's newly-announced
Satio and
Aino (among others) is expected later in the year.
posted May 29th 2009 3:29AM
"Now simply drag and drop.." New devices and services such as this (video playback phones/media players) should not require you to connect the device to your pc anytime you want to watch something new. Wireless synch, or even live streaming is a must IMO for anything that wants to compete
Sounds like a cool service! Oh wait... Canadian.
Sony doesn't trust Canadians with their digital media.
Oh well.. back to torrenting.