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]]> By: Bruce http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2006/03/rok_-_the_emper.html/comment-page-1#comment-64 Bruce Tue, 04 Apr 2006 08:39:27 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.co.uk/2006/03/rok_-_the_emperors_new_clothes.html#comment-64 Hello - this is Bruce at ROK. Great to see discussion on some of our new content-for-mobile technologies! Firstly - though - the space-shifting Black Box does not require GPRS bandwidth as long as you're in a Wi-Fi zone. And Wi-Fi zones/Hot-Spots are all around us in ever increasing numbers. It's only when you're outside a Hot-Spot that the ROK Black Box finds your handset via GPRS. On the subject of ROK TV - our 2.5G mobile TV service via GPRS, I must say that the prices some networks charge for GPRS in the UK on certain tariffs is outrageous. And very short-sighted. So we can only accept subscriptions from people who either have a GPRS data package in their tariff or who don't mind paying their network hand-over-fist for it. That said, we launched ROK TV in the UK mainly to prove the technology works. Our plan is to launch ROK TV service in countries where GPRS is sold on an 'all-you-can-eat' basis for a very modest fee. And - just to clarify - ROK TV plays at 14fps on 2.5G GPRS and will, when we launch our 3G version, play at 24fps. Hello – this is Bruce at ROK.

Great to see discussion on some of our new content-for-mobile technologies!

Firstly – though – the space-shifting Black Box does not require GPRS bandwidth as long as you’re in a Wi-Fi zone. And Wi-Fi zones/Hot-Spots are all around us in ever increasing numbers.

It’s only when you’re outside a Hot-Spot that the ROK Black Box finds your handset via GPRS.

On the subject of ROK TV – our 2.5G mobile TV service via GPRS, I must say that the prices some networks charge for GPRS in the UK on certain tariffs is outrageous. And very short-sighted. So we can only accept subscriptions from people who either have a GPRS data package in their tariff or who don’t mind paying their network hand-over-fist for it.

That said, we launched ROK TV in the UK mainly to prove the technology works.

Our plan is to launch ROK TV service in countries where GPRS is sold on an ‘all-you-can-eat’ basis for a very modest fee.

And – just to clarify – ROK TV plays at 14fps on 2.5G GPRS and will, when we launch our 3G version, play at 24fps.

]]> By: alfie http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2006/03/rok_-_the_emper.html/comment-page-1#comment-63 alfie Thu, 23 Mar 2006 07:56:58 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.co.uk/2006/03/rok_-_the_emperors_new_clothes.html#comment-63 I used Rok only last week, really just testing it's quality out. The thing is, on 2.5g/GPRS, the video is delivered at around 6.5 fps, and is appalling qaulity. Yes, this is a Cool thing to have, but ultimately, when the quality is this poor, it will never develop past novelty value. Which is where your 3G services come in. That said, if Rok are saying they will deliver 4 minutes at 1MB, does that apply to 3G devices too? Does the service look at your connectivity and deliver say 15fps if you are on 3G? In answer to your question on data charges, again, I have to point you at Oranges pay as you go 1£ per day unlimited data feature :D Over the last two days I have used 50MB of dat down and 20MB up. Truly unlimited, and I'm so used to it now, if they ever stopped the service I dont know what I'd do! I used Rok only last week, really just testing it’s quality out. The thing is, on 2.5g/GPRS, the video is delivered at around 6.5 fps, and is appalling qaulity. Yes, this is a Cool thing to have, but ultimately, when the quality is this poor, it will never develop past novelty value. Which is where your 3G services come in. That said, if Rok are saying they will deliver 4 minutes at 1MB, does that apply to 3G devices too? Does the service look at your connectivity and deliver say 15fps if you are on 3G?

In answer to your question on data charges, again, I have to point you at Oranges pay as you go 1£ per day unlimited data feature :D

Over the last two days I have used 50MB of dat down and 20MB up. Truly unlimited, and I’m so used to it now, if they ever stopped the service I dont know what I’d do!

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