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You've been waiting for it and at last orange have bought it out, It's only on a couple of phones at the mo.
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Orange pushes TV on 3G display
Free magnifying glasses?

Orange customers "will be the first in the UK" to watch TV - live broadcasts - on their mobiles. And it will cost them: ten quid a month. And you'll have to have a Nokia 6680 phone. And you'll have to be in 3G coverage...

The good news is, you get an extra gig of data download to watch this. That works out at around 20 hours of viewing time - an hour a day, except weekends. It should be enough, given the demands on battery life - a subject Orange didn't discuss.

"Orange TV comes as part of the Orange 3G package on the Nokia 6680, which gives customers the chance to try new services for free," said the company this week.

New 3G customers can watch the Orange TV channels free for three months and they can access the service using their free 1GB-per month Try data bundle. After three months, customers sign up to a £10-per month subscription which gives them access to the Orange TV channels. That subscription price includes 1GB of data exclusively for use with the TV service.

The catch, of course, is that you can't use that gig of data for data.

For ten pounds a month, you'd sort of imagine you might get some pretty premium content. That depends, probably, on taste.

So far, not a single TV reviewer has said anything about "Celebrity Love Island" except (words to the effect of) "Yeuck!" - but that's available. Extreme sports is available, too. Altogether, the service has "an initial line-up of nine channels including ITN News, CNN, Cartoon Network," plus the "specials" like Love Island and Big Brother.

Optimism inspires Alexis Dormandy, chief marketing officer for Orange: despite the dull fare: "This signals the start of a huge new opportunity for our customers, broadcasters, handset manufacturers and production companies,” he said, hopefully.

The move is almost certainly more market research than market development. Orange is guessing that news will be a tempting way of getting users to pay premium prices for data downloads. This will put that to the test - eventually.

But the fact is, it's probably not going to be a good guide for a while. The requirement to "be in 3G coverage" means that you won't be able to watch this on the move - on a train or in a car or bus, for example - until 3G coverage is far more consistent. And in large built-up areas like metro and industrial, the experience of 3G users - not just Orange - is that you can lose the signal just by crossing a room.

How good is TV on the smallest screen?

Surprisingly, it's OK. The resolution of an ordinary phone screen is very similar to that of an ordinary TV; the Nokia TV phone is rather better, and if your eyes are good, you may find that it's good enough. But if you're over 40, better make sure you take those reading glasses...

What Orange said...

           
      watch television clips on your Orange EDGE phone

Orange now brings you television on your Orange EDGE phone - so you can catch up with your favourite serials, news, cricket action, movie trailers, fashion and lifestyle, cartoons and more, on the move.

programs on Orange TV
You can now watch television clips from more than 15 channels:

    News: National and international headlines, news from the world of business, stock updates and more from CNBC - TV18, NDTV 24x7 and NDTV India.
    Serials: Watch Previews and Recaps of your favorite serials, including 'Jassi jaissi koi nahin' ,'Yeh Meri Life Hai' etc on SET, 'Astitva' , 'Reth' etc on ZEE TV and many more popular serials.
    Fashion and Lifestyle: The latest international fashion from Trendz.
    Animation: Your favourite cartoon clips from Nick.
    Regional: Watch Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Punjabi, Bengali and Gujarati clips from the ETV Network, Raj TV etc.
    Promos: Special promos from MAX, AXN, ANIMAX, Discovery, Hungama TV and Zoom.

  Orange TV compatible handsets
  subscribe to Orange TV
  setting up Orange TV
  charges
  take the Orange TV quiz

Orange TV compatible handsets
Orange TV is available on EDGE compatible handsets like Nokia 6230, 3220 and 6630. More EDGE compatible handsets are going to be introduced soon.

subscribe to Orange TV
Orange TV is a part of Orangeworld. So if you are an Orangeworld subscriber already, you can enjoy Orange TV at no extra subscription charges.

However, if you are not an Orangeworld subscriber, you can subscribe by the sending the following as an SMS:
If you are a postpaid customer: Send ACT HW as an SMS to 111 (toll free)
If you are a prepaid customer: Send ACT HW as an SMS to 144

setting up Orange TV
If you have an EDGE compatible handset, you will find the settings pre-loaded on to it already. Just choose Hutch_GPRS as your setting and enjoy Orangeworld.

If you can't find the Hutch_GPRS settings, you can download the EDGE settings by sending an SMS as per the table below:

phones      SMS
Nokia 3220      HW N3220
Nokia 3230      HW N3230
Nokia 6230      HW N6230
Nokia 6630      HW N6630
Nokia 7710      HW N7710
Nokia 9300      HW N9300
Nokia 9500      HW N9500

After the SMS is sent, you will receive the settings on your phone, which will need to be saved. Before saving you will be asked to enter a PIN number. Just enter 123.

If you are an existing GPRS customer and already using an EDGE compatible handset, no new setting is needed. Just start downloading the clips from Orange TV.

charges
You can watch television clips on your Orange EDGE phone for free. To enjoy exclusive clips like lifestyle videos from Trendz and toons from Nick, plus Player Profiles, Artist Interviews and Travel Videos, you simply need to pay Rs. 10 per download plus usage charges.