V CAST
V CAST is a 3G EV-DO network created by Verizon Wireless to deliver audio, video, and entertainment content. The typical download speed is between 400 and 700 kilobits per second with burst speeds of up to 2 megabits per second. V CAST provides music downloads and streaming video clips, which can be saved to the phone or a removable memory card, though they cannot be read by other phones or computers, since they are heavily protected by digital rights management software based on Windows Media Video 9 and developed by PacketVideo 1. There is buffering before the video stream is played and possibly during video playback, depending on the quality of the connection. V CAST is implemented as a permanently installed BREW application on a V CAST compatible phone.
V CAST prevents video playback and menu navigation if there is no EV-DO coverage available. In contrast, Sprint's MobiTV system operates over 1xRTT, the predecessor to EV-DO; and EV-DO. V CAST will only fall back to the slower 1x when the user leaves an EV-DO area in the middle of a video clip.
V CAST is one of the few mobile phone-based systems on which more advanced games, including those with 3-D graphics (similar in quality to the original Sony PlayStation or the Sega Saturn), can be played. Most, but not all, V CAST games require airtime for use, but most of the V CAST plans give users unlimited airtime for all videos and games.
The V CAST service plans provide both basic and premium content, and the service provides users with the ability to upload music from personal computers to cellphones -- some with the help of third-party software such as BitPim.
V CAST enabled phones
- LG VX8300
- LG VX8000
- LG VX8100
- LG Chocolate (VX8500)
- LG Chocolate (VX8550)
- LG Chocolate (VX8600)
- LG VX8700
- LG VX9400
- LG The V (VX9800)
- LG enV (VX9900)
- LG Voyager (VX10000)
- Motorola E815
- Nokia 6315i
- Samsung SCH-a890
- Samsung SCH-a930
- Samsung SCH-a950
- Samsung SCH-a970
- Samsung SCH-u740
- Samsung SCH-u750
- Audiovox CDM8940 (sold under the Verizon name)
- RAZR V3m
- Motorola KRZR K1m
- Motorola RAZR maxx Ve
- Motorola RAZR 2 V9m
- Motorola Vazr 2 V9m