Sunday, October 3, 2010

“How to watch TV on your cell phone”

“How to watch TV on your cell phone”

How to watch TV on your cell phone

Posted: 03 Oct 2010 12:28 PM PDT

Q How do I watch TV, especially sports, on my phone?

A Check with your wireless carrier to see if the company offers its own mobile television package for your phone's make and model. Sprint's Sprint TV or Verizon's V Cast TV services, for example, both carry the ESPN Mobile TV channel, but you should check with your carrier to see what is available in your area and what will work on your particular phone. Adding a TV package to your plan typically costs an extra $10 to $15 a month.

If you don't like your carrier's offerings, there are plenty of apps and services for most popular smart phone models. Flo TV (flotv.com) works on a few phones from AT&T and Verizon. MobiTV (mobitv.com) has an application for the iPhone and Android phones from some wireless carriers. Prices start at about $10 a month for either service.

If you want to watch specific sports, the professional leagues have gotten in on the mobile game, too. For football, Verizon has NFL Mobile Live (nfl.com/mobile), while baseball fans can choose one of the MLB.com At Bat apps for various phones at mlb.mlb.com/mobile; the iPhone version offers live streaming games for MLB.TV subscribers.

Plenty of other apps let you watch television on your phone, but you

may have to shop around to find the one that has all the shows you want to watch -- and that works on your phone. Hulu Plus and Netflix both have free iPhone apps for watching old and new TV programs, but you need to pay a monthly $9 to $10 for the service. Bitbop (bitbop.com) is a similar service for BlackBerry and Android phones.

Owners of the Slingbox device, which lets you tap into your home TV system over the Internet, can also use the $30 SlingPlayer Mobile app for Android and iPhone to watch live or recorded television programs.

Q Is it worth paying for antivirus software, or are free programs just as good?

A Commercial antivirus software has its advantages. Because many antivirus products are bundled into an overall security suite with a firewall, anti-spyware, spam filtering and other privacy protections, you typically get more comprehensive coverage for your system. Most major security products offer more frequent automatic updates and technical support as well.

If you cannot afford commercial software, there are many free programs that provide basic protection from malicious software. Be careful to choose a well-known and well-reviewed free product like AVG Free (free.avg.com) or the free version of Avast (avast.com), as some "free" products might be poorly designed or even malware in disguise. PCMag.com has in-depth reviews of many security programs (free or otherwise) at pcmag.com/category2/0,2806,4796,00.asp.

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