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"iPhones and iPads can perform wondrous feats with various media, but one thing they can't do is tune into live TV over the air. With the new EyeTV Mobile tuner, however, broadcast TV becomes just another app.\nEyeTV Mobile, made by elgato, is a tiny accessory that plugs into the 30-pin dock connector on your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch. Yep, it's the old one, not the Lightning, but it should work with newer iDevices via one of the available adapters. The tuner receives digital TV broadcasts made specifically for mobile devices, and you can view them with the Dyle mobile TV app.\nTurning your iPhone into a Sony Watchman sounds like an odd throwback in the age of digital, but it's actually very useful for two reasons. The first is cost: tuning into an over-the-air Dyle broadcast is completely free (for now), and it won't use a single byte from your data plan. The second is reliability: If you're in a zone with Dyle channels, you won't have to worry about bandwidth or buffering. In theory, it'll just work.\n\nSEE ALSO: The Best, Worst and Craziest Ultrabooks From CES 2012 [PICS]\nThe EyeTV Mobile costs $99.95 (available now from elgato's website) and includes a small extendable antenna as well. In our experience with Dyle broadcasts, the closer you are to a window, the better your reception will be. However, the indoor reception is much better than, say, satellite radio. Sadly, the EyeTV is yet another item you need to remember to charge, and it comes with a USB cable for doing so.\nDyle is in just 35 markets nationwide, and you don't get quite the full channel selection you might get via your regular HD broadcast. However, Fox and NBC are on board, and you do have the ability to pause, rewind and replay scenes like you would with a TiVo\nBeing able to use your iPhone or iPad to tune into live TV anytime, anywhere \u2014 without using any data \u2014 sounds worth the one-time fee of $100, but only if Dyle gets more channels, more markets and more time to catch on. Hopefully we'll see more from the service at the Consumer Electronics Show in January.\nHow does watching broadcast TV on your iPhone sound to you? Share your thoughts in the comments.\nImage courtesy of elgato"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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