I wanted to take a trip to North Carolina to escape the weather in the Northeast. On one fall day in November, it stated to snow which turned into a blizzard. I was thinking to myself that I have to leave. I contacted my friend in North Carolina that I will be coming down for Thanksgiving. Since this was the biggest blizzard the Northeast has seen in years, I was going to take the train and not drive. I packed my cloths, Xbox, money, and of course, my smart cell phone. As I boarded the train, I sat next to a man. He was tall, very muscular, a full grown beard, and was wearing glasses. He introduces himself as the great and wise instructor, Jake Cohen. We had small conversation about mobile technology. I stated to show him my smart phone during the conversation. He was not really impressed with the display and after 20 minutes, the conversation was finally cut short. After he fell asleep next to me, I plugged my earphones into my smart phone and began to watch LiveWire mobile TV 2.0. Watching mobile TV on my smart cell phone turned out to very beneficial on my trip.
As we processed to Penn Station in New York City, I turned to WABC-TV (Channel 7) to get local news through LiveWire. LiveWire is a location awareness program that detects your location by area codes in the United States to deliver live broadcast news and shows in morning, afternoon, and evening. It will automatically subscribe into local channel based on your present location. As I watched it, I learned that there was a fire in downtown Manhattan and there were a total of 13 deaths. One man was reported to survive by jumping into a garbage truck. Later in the broadcast, I got information about the blizzard and how it will end up as a Northeaster. Thank god I was leaving.
As I entered Richmond, Virginia, I got a text message notification that my one of my favorite TV show was about to be aired on CBS-WTVR (Channel 6). This show was the Family Guy. LiveWire allows the user to subscribe to favorite TV shows by inputting date about the show and having the user be notified when they will be aired on local TV. “Additional research showed that consumers found mobile TV to be flexible in their viewing habits and allowing them to personalize content and setting” (Ruiz, 2006 pg 54). I was trying to control my laughter because I didn’t want to disturb anyone, especially Mr. Cohen, who was snoring at this point. When I have time, I usually watch LiveWire for entertainment purposes.
After the Family Guy ended, I started to get sleepy. I turned off my smart phone and put it in my pocket. I love my smart phone because it allows me to be portable and mobile. It allows me to watch LiveWire anywhere and at anytime. (As long as the battery is not used up)
When I arrived in Charlotte, North Carolina, I woke up to Mr. Cohen tapping me on the shoulder. He asked me, “Did you sleep all the way down here?” I replied, “No, I was entertained and informed”. Looking confused, he relied, “How?” As I reached into my pocket to make a call with my smart phone to notify my friend that I arrived, I smiled at him and said my good bye. This would have been a long trip but thanks to LiveWire, I was entertained and informed during my trip. “[…] expanding the market for mobile TV will be determined by meeting the needs for the end user” (Ruiz, 2006, pg 55). I don’t think I could live without my LiveWire mobile TV 2.0.
Cited:
2006 "MOBILE TV DELIVERS FOURTH SCREEN TO END USERS, REVENUE STREAMS TO OPERATORS" Angel Ruiz
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