Qualcomm is giving up on the direct-to-consumer portion of its Flo TV mobile television subsidiary, according to a report from paidcontent.org.
AT&T and Verizon Wireless offer mobile television services through Flo TV, Flo itself sells a stand-alone personal television and Audiovox offers in-car entertainment systems equipped with Flo TV.
Analyst Jeff Kagan believes Qualcomm decided to cancel Flo TV's consumer-facing service because it wasn't profitable.
The reported move comes after Qualcomm CEO Paul Jacobs voiced dissatisfaction earlier this year with Flo TV's performance and suggested that the company's technology could be used to provide carriers with datacasting service instead of consumer-facing mobile television service.
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Peter sent this to me from Tech, and I thought this is probably the most practical AR application I've seen yet. I'm sending the link to the AR team at GA Tech to see what they know about it.
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