http://blip.tv/scripts/flash/showplayer.swf?enablejs=true&feedurl=http%3A%2F%2Fcrunchgear%2Eblip%2Etv%2Frss&file=http%3A%2F%2Fblip%2Etv%2Frss%2Fflash%2F876247%3Freferrer%3Dblip%2Etv%26source%3D1&showplayerpath=http%3A%2F%2Fblip%2Etv%2Fscripts%2Fflash%2Fshowplayer%2Eswf This is one of those Superman/Batman moments where two major powers, who don’t always agree and in fact are sometimes at each other’s throats, must combine forces in order to tackle a major foe. In this case, the foe is the American mobile TV market and the standard that should be adopted there. Samsung and LG (Superman and Batman for the purposes of the metaphor) have jointly proposed a mobile DTV standard for adoption by the Advanced Television Systems Committee, which will be determining the best technologies for American DTV services. This is probably a good thing; Mobile TV is a staple service in Korea and its neighbors, and I imagine they’ve got it pretty much nailed down over there. The LG Vu I’ve been playing with works like a charm. → Read More
http://blip.tv/scripts/flash/showplayer.swf?enablejs=true&feedurl=http%3A%2F%2Fcrunchgear%2Eblip%2Etv%2Frss&file=http%3A%2F%2Fblip%2Etv%2Frss%2Fflash%2F798182&showplayerpath=http%3A%2F%2Fblip%2Etv%2Fscripts%2Fflash%2Fshowplayer%2Eswf I won’t lie. I’m not all that impressed with the LG Vu. It’s about as craptacular as the LG Voyager. It’s a little more refined and cleaned up than the Voyager. It’s lightweight, but feels sort of chincy. The haptic touchscreen is nice, though. Maybe I’ll change my mind when we get one in for review. After all, four minutes isn’t enough time to see what the phone can really do, but MediaFLO is rockin’. → Read More
We’re thinking the Vu is the first real post-iPhone cellphone, using a haptic-feedback touchscreen, a fluid UI, and multimedia features in a phone that should cost less than the iPhone but still be cool enough to induce lust. Laptop caught up with the phone on the floor of the CTIA Emerging Tech Awards pavilion, snapped a few shots, and did a pretty good hands-on. John Biggs here and I got to play with an early version of the phone at CES and it’s good to see Laptop has about the same impressions we did then. We’re looking carefully at this phone as it supports AT&T’s MediaFLOW live TV service launching next month, and because it might siphon sales away from AT&T’s own iPhone. Is AT&T spoiling its own game? We’ll have to see how popular the TV application really is before we’ll know, but likely not. → Read More
Touchscreen? Check. Live TV? Check. Video and MP3 playback? Check. We got some new shots of the LG Vu/CU920 with its fancy-sexy UI and cool styling. It also includes a 2-megapixel camera, full HTML web browser, and should drop on AT&T this year. How does the TV work? As far as we can tell it’s streaming live from AT&T’s servers, so it’s not exactly like that old black and white portable my mom has in the kitchen. If it’s anything like the Voyager, however, expect a fairly strong phone. It supports quad-band GSM and HSDPA and contains 120MB of memory and a microSD slot and it also supports mobile email from AOL, Yahoo, Windows Live, and standard IM support. No price or release date. → Read More
