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Solaris Mobile readies in-car entertainment for March 2009 launch
Mar 3, 2009 8:56 AM
Solaris hopes to be first out of the gate with its DVB-SH in-vehicle entertainment when Eutelsat's W2A launches this month.
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At Mobile World Congress, Solaris Mobile demonstrated its new DVB-SH in-vehicle entertainment system. The demonstration featured delivery of live TV, linear and on-demand content to a variety of devices such as video or radio channels, mobile phones, vehicles, iPods, portable DVD players, game consoles and handsets.
The demos were conducted in cars equipped with two embedded screens for the rear seats and one in the dashboard. Tooling around Barcelona, passengers enjoyed an uninterrupted selection of live premium TV channels such as Euronews and Eurosport.
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