[TomB]

I haven't been able to test video on a MS smartphone yet but I have found information on MS compressions and will compare that to my experience on the Symbian Nokia 3650. Using Real Media I would say the quality is just barely marginal on the Nokia and unacceptable on Media Player on the MS Orange. Generally speaking, we are a long way away from any commercial use of video on existing phones. Here are results:

Orange - Media Player 64kbs (third party skinable to 176x132 at 8fps):
160 x 120 x 10 fps

Nokia - Real Player 64kbs
176 x 144 x 12 fps

To sum up, this performance is worse than what was available on the first PDAs (208x160x10fps). I am especially surprised at MS based on what they have done on the PDA side. BTW - I am an old hand at compression but new to cell phones so I would like to hear from others on experiences with video on all media enabled phones.