TV on your series 60 phone

If like me you've been eagerly anticipating the arrival of mobile TV the possibility of receiving this on your series 60 device now seemd quite tempting.

ROK TV (http://www.rok.tv/) offers 22 channels streamed to your handset over 3G or WiFi. The choice isn't too bad either - from FOX news (US version) to National Geographic to cartoons and an assortment of genre specific channels.

The TV application is fairly neat and makes use of the series 6o built in realplayer to connect and stream content. Thankfully the software also sorts out the irritating bug in real player that requires you to manually change the access point when streaming media.

Once set up you get 2 months of trial access to all 22 channels (you have to sign up and provide card details) thereafter the cost is £9.99 per month.

Where the service lags however is in the quality. The image is full frame rate and live TV works well over either 3G or WiFi however the image retains the grainy heavily pixelated look you expect from a rather poor quality mobile video. All said and done this is a good innovative service that once improved upon would be well received. For now though the price and he quality are not enough to tempt me.

For those of you still wanting the gimmick without the hefty price tag there is also the free version at http://freebe.rok.tv/ or even radio at http://www.rok.tv/radio.html