Chalk me up for a new owner, got my N96 yesterday. Already uploaded 3GB worth of maps in, plus loads of movies and songs. I'm going to Times Square to see if the Mobile LiveTV is anything worth signing up. Also have the Garmin Mobile XT loaded into it, works awesome. Only thing is, the satellite linkup is slower than my iPhone 3G.

Got mine for RM3050, Avaxx unit.

Was contemplating between this, Touch Pro and Omnia. Remembered my hatred for WinblowsBlowbile, so the choice was obvious. Innov8 is nowhere to be seen, plus Samsung's UI is hideous. What's left?

I was looking through a couple of different N96 review online and they are showing different versions of accessing LiveTV on their N96. One had it accessed via pressing the media button on the N96, while another is accessed via an app icon buried inside the many pages in the N96. The current built on N96 I have only have it accessible via the media key on the N96, and no way whatsoever to do so via the latter method. The problem here is, accessing LiveTV this way requires downloading the EPG (electronic programme guide) from U Mobile, and that results in a "fail to download" error all the time. Yes, I have subscribed to their U38 postpaid package and was told that LiveTV subscription is instantaneous, not like having to wait for a few hours to get 3G services. (BTW, U38 package gives me 2 month free unlimited 3G service, which is miles better than the current Celcom package I am using. Full bars inside the house.)

So there it is. I find it weird that their N77 on display running Live TV with no hitches whatsoever, and it's running the same Symbian 3rd Ed. I'm beginning to suspect either one of these two things:- The software/apps responsible to access LiveTV is not running as it should, OR U Mobile profiled only those cellphones supported to work under their Mobile LiveTV service, and not include a generalised profile for all DVB-H capable equipments. FYI, DVB equipments are not restricted to only cellphones, I've been to Germany and Italy where TV stations have moved away from hideous analogue antennaes and use DVB set-top boxes to deliver digital terrestrial TV channels. It just so happens that the N96 is as capable as these set-top boxes.

This is NOT TV online, which by that I assume you mean using 3G/EDGE service to precache/buffer the shows before they load, that is streaming TV. DVB-H stands for Digital Video Broadcast Handheld, and this is digital TV reception live on your handheld device. Channel changes are instantaneous, and yes, there are multiple channels available. In the case of U Mobile, they are TV1, TV3, NTV7, 8TV, Trace TV, Channelnews Asia, U Mobile TV and Bloomberg.

Sigh....

If you want to use TV at home , what do you need? An antennae right? You subscribe to the AllMightyGod 777-line also, your cellphone got no DVB-H antennae, how are you going to get the digital broadcast? Stop thinking in terms of streaming or download, and start thinking in terms of your Astro, minus the crappy no-coverage-when-raining status. DVB-H is less attentuated, therefore less affected by weather conditions.

So, in normal, average-Joe , layman terms:-

Mau LiveTV? You punya cellphone ada DVB-H antennae? Tada kalu, itu LiveTV tabley tengok la macha!

This is not TV-online, ala Digi/Maxis/Celcom with whatever download/streaming offering they used to have, that require consistent network connection, and uninterrupted as well. One guy next to you turns on his cellphone and uses the same network as you do, and watch your streaming TV-online chug and cough and choke like an asthmatic old man. DVB-H signals are like your TV signals, only digital. Welcome to the future.

Updated to the latest firmware, phone is now snappier than before, no major glitches.

I'm coming to my second month using this phone and UMobile, and still no news on DVB-H compatibility. Once the two months are done, I'm cancelling my UMobile subscription.

FYI, I've tried DVB-H while in Italy, the TV signals there are flawless! Just like TV, only digital, with EPG and all.