SPB TV for Palm webOS released

Following SPB TV for iPhone, SPB Software has also announced the release of SPB TV for webOS. This is the very first application from SPB Software for this eye candy Linux-based mobile operating system. SPB TV is a mobile IPTV viewer with TV-like usability, initially designed for tuning in to publicly available digital TV channels from all over the world.

SPB TV features exclusive and patent-pending usability innovations and gives the mobile subscribers easy access to over a hundred of international TV channels, directly from their phones. The application supports must-have TV features such as a TV browser with quick channel previews, an instantly accessible TV guide for all offered channels, quick channel switching and more.

With the arrival of SPB TV for webOS, SPB Software expands the list of supported platforms (including also Android, BlackBerry, Windows Mobile and Symbian), at the same time starting a new line of TV 2.0 apps - free-of-charge, no-subscription-fee programs supported with advertising revenues. Ads in SPB TV 2.0 are still and unobtrusive, lasting only the amount of time necessary to buffer the stream when starting a channel.

SPB TV for webOS Main Features:
+ Quick channel preview (picture-in-picture)
+ Integrated TV guide
+ Video-on-demand
+ A wide selection of public TV channels
+ Adaptive network bandwidth control

SPB TV for webOS is compatible with Palm Pre and Palm Pre Plus devices with firmware version 1.4 and above. Palm Pixi and Palm Pixi Plus are expected to become compatible with SPB TV app when firmware 1.4.1 becomes available. The application can be downloaded from on-device AppCatalog for free, there is also no monthly fee for using it. The application is ad-supported: an advertisement is shown every time user switches the channel while the stream is buffering.