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Rent movies on your phone, using CinemaNow

29 April 2008 17:51 by Andre "DVDBack23" Yoskowitz | 6 comments

CinemaNow has introduced a new mobile feature for its service that will allow any web-enabled mobile device to download digital movies.

There is a catch however. You cant play the movies on your phone, the service only allows you to download the movies using your phone, to a PC at home, as long as the PC has the CinemaNow Media Manager installed and running. According to the service's FAQ section, "On CinemaNow Mobile you can browse the same CinemaNow video selection, watch trailers, make purchases and have the video download at any of your PC's."

If you don't really get the point of the service, CinemaNow tries to explain it better:

"Let's say you're at the bus station or at a friend's house, thinking about what to watch tonight when you get back home. Once you bought and sent your video to your home PC via your phone, it will be there for you waiting to be watched when you get back."

It is an interesting idea if you want to remotely download a film, but those who use CinemaNow know that a streamed movie starts very quickly so this service seems like it will only save a few minutes at best.

More interestingly however, is that CinemaNow's chief operating officer David Cook says movies that can be played on phones is coming sometime in 2009, with more details to follow.

Permalink to this article | Topic: Phones

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locobrown (Senior Member) 29 April 2008 22:38
LAME! [ + quote]
drach (Newbie) 30 April 2008 1:06
Wow, that has got to be the stupidest thing i have ever heard. Why download a movie directly to your computer from the internet when you can download it on your phone and pay those outrageous data fees? Talk about pointless idiocy... *Quote:* "Let's say you're at the bus station or at a friend's house, thinking about what to watch tonight when you get back home. Once you bought and sent your video to your home PC via your phone, it will be there for you waiting to be watched when you get back." Hey, heres an idea... ever heard of a LAPTOP?? [ + quote]
cart0181 (Junior Member) 30 April 2008 2:44
Yeah, plenty of Bus Riders have data plans on their cell phones... Oh well, it's stupid ideas like these that end up making someone a million dollars... or more. [ + quote]
H0bbes (Junior Member) 30 April 2008 3:11
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!! ROFLMBAO HAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHA!!!! </best human stupidity-induced laugh in days> [ + quote]
H0bbes (Junior Member) 30 April 2008 3:15
....just to clarify.... I was not laughing at you, cart0181. You are correct. It just may be lucrative, but only because people will pay for anything IMHO LOL! [ + quote] This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 30 April 2008 3:16
emugamer (Member) 30 April 2008 11:49
Wow, these companies are all trying to dip thier hands in this "limitless revenue stream" (no pun intended). But hey, why not? There is a sucker born every second. [ + quote] This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 30 April 2008 11:50