Today LG and AT&T announced the LG Vu Plus, a phone that supports FLO TV programming for watching television on the go ($9.99 per month after a 7-day free trial). The Vu Plus, unlike the original Vu, offers a full 4-row QWERTY keyboard for easy text entry. It also comes equipped with a full 3-inch 400 x 240 touchscreen display, an HTML browser, 7.2 HSPA 3G connectivity, a 3 megapixel camera, ... Read More
Nokia 5330 Mobile TV Edition features DVB-H, costs €155
Today Nokia announced the 5330 Mobile TV Edition, a new phone that features DVB-H technology, allowing users to watch TV shows while on the go. The handset also comes with Nokia’s Electronic Program Guide (EPG), which lets you create personal channel lists. The other specs of 5330 Mobile TV Edition are similar to the ones included in the Nokia 5330 XpressMusic: 2.4 inch QVGA display, 3G, 3.5mm headset jack, 3.2MP camera, ... Read More
Mobile Digital TV Standard Adopted in the U.S.A.
Late last night, around midnight if you really must know, the ATSC (aka the Advanced Television Systems Committee) ratified the A/153 ATSC Mobile DTV Standard which “defines the technical specifications necessary for broadcasters to provide new services to mobile and handheld devices using their digital television (DTV) transmissions.” In other words, digital TV will soon be playing on mobile handsets all across the U.S. of A. More specifically: The new services for mobile ... Read More
AT&T touts Opera-powered full web browsing with new phones from Samsung and Pantech
AT&T wants you to know that you don't need a smartphone just to get a rich, full web experience from your handset -- theoretically, anyway -- with the introduction of four new models from longtime partners Samsung and Pantech alongside a new featurephone browser. First up from Samsung comes the Flight (pictured left), billed as a "next-generation messaging device" on account of its full QWERTY portrait slide paired with a ... Read More







