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WIRELESS VIDEO: Who needs DVB-H?

TORONTO – The spiffy new Treo 700wx from Palm was launched in Canada with Bell Mobility today. It has a big (for a handheld), bright touch-screen. It's a smart phone with numerous bells and whistles with push e-mail and a camera, 64MB of RAM and integrated Bluetooth. It runs Microsoft Windows Mobile 5.0, meaning web access is simple, quick and easy (when on the right network).So, with the explosion of video (of the free variety) available on the web that is easily viewable on such a device, who needs DVB-H, the nascent standard which stands for digital video broadcast –...