Sungale Kula Portable TV

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Sungale has released information on the ‘Kula’, a small portable TV that uses WiFi to retrieve IPTV channels from the web. Users will buy into a channel subscription package from Sungale, which will offer between 100 and 500 IPTV channels. Although no specifics have been announced, Sungale has promised that their channel packages will not have ‘high rates’.

The Kula has an ultra-portable form factor and actually looks a bit like a MID or tablet. The device packs a 4.3″ LCD (not touch) screen, a WiFi connection, 2GB of on board flash memory and an SD slot. The Kula doubles as a PMP, also playing music and stored video files, although the press release from Sungale is vague about if the Kula can record the IPTV shows you watch (my bet is, it doesn’t).

Sungale will be offering three different IPTV channel packages to Kula customers, “the Basic”, “the Kid” and “the Grand”. Customers of “Basic” and “Kid” packages will get about 100 IPTV channels for free, where “Grand” customers will be getting around 500 IPTV channels, and Sungale will offer all Kula customers a free one-year trial of the “Grand” package, which is pretty generous.

The price will make or break the usefulness of this product, but no pricing or release date info has come out. Sungale will have a booth at CES, where more information will be released about the Kula.