RCRNews has tested HiWire’s DVB-H network being trialed in Las Vegas, and declared it “ready for prime time”…at least, technically. A direct comparison was made with Qualcomm’s (NSDQ: QCOM) MediaFLO network, and although there are differences one is not noticeably better than the other in technical matters. HiWire has more channels, but MediaFLO is live and there’s a difference between getting content for a small trial and going through the business agreements for a commercial service. However, questions were raised about the attractiveness of the content: “Like most Americans, I already fork out some serious scratch every month for cable television at home. I don
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