FloTV, vCast?? SOME1 PLeaSe AnSwEr!

davidetkin511 · #1 (**permalink**) 11-27-2009, 12:25 AM

i have a tp2 on verizon, im running energy rom leo. i want vcast mobile tv, music, video like on the imagio. the imagio and tp2 are almost identical hardware wise (besides the keyboard) and it is believed the the fm radio and tv are software related. is there a way i could get flotv or vcast on my vzw tp2? is there a cab? could someone port the imagio rom for the tp2? thanks

msh441 · #2 (**permalink**) 11-27-2009, 12:59 AM

Interesting. I wasn't aware that the Imagio had the V-Cast, Rhapsody etc... Is that included in the cost of the data pack? Or does Verizon stiff people extra to access these features? I'm guessing its extra since verizon desribes it like this in the description of features:

V CAST Music with Rhapsody® (Subscripton, Wireless and PC Downloads) capable
V CAST Mobile TV compatible
V CAST Video capable

I'd bet dollars to doughnuts that it's somthing you'll see availible in Verizon's release of 6.5/HTC Sence.

**santod** · #3 (**permalink**) 11-27-2009, 01:21 AM

It costs extra.

davidetkin511 · #4 (**permalink**) 11-27-2009, 01:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by msh441

Interesting. I wasn't aware that the Imagio had the V-Cast, Rhapsody etc... Is that included in the cost of the data pack? Or does Verizon stiff people extra to access these features? I'm guessing its extra since verizon desribes it like this in the description of features:

V CAST Music with Rhapsody® (Subscripton, Wireless and PC Downloads) capable
V CAST Mobile TV compatible
V CAST Video capable

I'd bet dollars to doughnuts that it's somthing you'll see availible in Verizon's release of 6.5/HTC Sence.

it says on microsofts website the the update will be in october/november. if thats true we should be seeing an update in the next few days!

shmackitup · #5 (**permalink**) 11-27-2009, 01:23 AM

I'm sure this could easily be ported from the Imagio.

llea1 · #6 (**permalink**) 11-27-2009, 01:27 AM

i had already asked this question about a month and a half ago...the news doesn't look good:

http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=90098

EGOvoruhk · #7 (**permalink**) 11-27-2009, 01:45 AM

V-Cast requires an antenna, which the Imagio has, and the Pro2 obviously does not

shmackitup · #8 (**permalink**) 11-27-2009, 01:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by llea1

i had already asked this question about a month and a half ago...the news doesn't look good:

http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=90098

I remember reading that post back in the day.... before the HSPL, lol. Only some options might be lacking due to missing hardware, but the standard V CAST stuff would be there like the free videos that I can put on to shut my kid up on car rides!!! My LG Voyager had that stupid TV antenna and not once could I ever find a place that it worked or ever had the need for it anyways.

**japper88** · #9 (**permalink**) 11-27-2009, 02:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by davidetkin511

it says on microsofts website the the update will be in october/november. if thats true we should be seeing an update in the next few days!

HAHA, we only wish. I don't want to be mean and burst your bubble... but that estimate only says that the HTC Touch Pro 2 would get the update by that time, but local carriers have their own timeline. The international unlocked HTC TP2, the ATT TP2 and other non-US TP2s got their updates already... dunno about Verizon, but the word is Sprint won't get it until January.

brent372 · #10 (**permalink**) 11-27-2009, 04:47 AM

VCast Mobile TV requires additional hardware, which the Imagio has, the TP2 does not. This not only includes the antenna, but a radio for it as well. VCast phones do not get VCast TV over the cellular network, but rather over an FM frequency, much like broadcast television. This was illustrated where I live in South Florida. With a lack of available spectrum, VZW bought the rights to use frequencies that were already in use by analog broadcast television. When the DTV switch was pushed back, so was the VCast TV launch in this market. When the DTV switch finally happened, VCast TV went live here within a week.

VCast Music and Video do not require additional hardware, but it does require a feature code on your plan, as does VCast TV.
If you don't have a VCast capable phone, then that feature code cannot even be added onto your plan. This is because the billing system knows if you have a VCast capable phone by your ESN. No. If you don't have a VCast capable phone (ESN) then the option to add that feature code onto your plan is not even present in the billing system. With that being said, there is no way to get it to work.

Sorry.