But so far, the hype resonates a bit better than the reality. And there's some doubt about whether consumers want to watch television on their Palm. The shows can be viewed on laptops, palmtops, Pocket PC's connected by Web-enabled phones or wireless modem cards, and Windows CE devices. Now it's adding mobile news to its lineup. Our technology allows them to get it quickly in a preferred format.
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A text file is served up that activates the character, and a vocal file is overlain. As for revenues, Raaf said the company is negotiating with several carriers to offer the service to their customers. He believes people will likely pay several dollars per month for subscriptions, comparing it to NTT DoCoMo's per minute fees, and that a revenue-sharing arrangement could be made. Advertising is not being considered now, he said, since the shows are only one to two minutes long and not conducive to commercials, but that may change once consumers become accustomed to the service. Rather than create content, the company has developed its CelFeed technology to transcode and stream live TV broadcasts to wireless devices.