Vodafone Portugal Launches Mobile TV App

By Rene Ritchie, Thursday, Mar 26, 2009 a 9:59 pm

Back in January, before iPhone 3.0 made MMS an impending feature for all (carrier depending!), Jose sent us word that Vodafone Portugal had launched their own iMMS app. Well, now Jose is back and so is Vodafone Portugal.. with Mobile TV:

an application to watch TV from the iPhone. The download is free but after that you have to pay a subscription. One day is 0,89€, one week is 1,97€ (first week free), one month is 7,44€ (first month free).

So is this another case of a carrier leading where Apple will one day soon follow? They have announced new live streaming capabilities in 3.0...

Screen shots after the break.

Rene Ritchie

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There are 5 comments. Add yours.

ethan says:

Mar 26, 2009 at 10:18 pm - 4 years ago

Am I missing something here? I've had Orb forever, and it can emulate the streaming video thing. Sure, the app was $10 bucks, but I could watch any video on my pc. I DVR live tv.
I guess they're apple and oranges. Both fruity, but different tastes.

nunoguilherme says:

Mar 26, 2009 at 10:19 pm - 4 years ago

Picture quality is bad. And it wont allow you to use it with wifi... something that for a carrier that doesnt have and unlimited data plan, can be a problem..