AT&T wisely decided to not call their mobile television service
MediaFLO, with its toilet-flushing connotations, and has gone with AT&T Mobile TV instead. What it lacks in pizzazz, it more than makes up in descriptiveness. And they've finally announced what phones you'll get it on.
We all knew the Prada-like LG Vu would be one, and now it's come clear that the Samsung Access is the other. The Vu is definitely the sports car of the pair, with a wide touchscreen, a 2-megapixel camera, HSDPA, and a microSD slot. Samsung's Access is likely the budget option, with a much smaller screen and 1.3-megapixel camera.
AT&T Mobile TV launches with the standard eight chan nels, plus two exclusives to make it different from Verizon's much cooler-sounding VCAST. We don't know what they are, or what subscriptions will be (it's AT&T, so expect bundles), but that info's bound to show up soon given that these phones are both slated for release within the next month.
Naturally, you can put a SquareTrade warranty on these for about half what AT&T's insurance will run you... assuming AT&T offers insurance, which is not an assumption we'd make with a smart phone. They're tricky that way, sometimes.
All we can say is Thank Goodness we won't miss The Price Is Right anymore just because we're at work.
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