Lg Vu

[zdoyle35]

when is it coming out ??? i cant wait.

[Particular]

I googled it, Said, "APRIL 1ST." but i have really never heard of the phone before. It looks really cool

[Mobile Mike]

Originally Posted by zdoyle35

when is it coming out ??? i cant wait.

Not until sometime in May (or possibly June). When AT&T's ready to launch their Mobile TV, you'll see the Vu released.

[SmArTeStChIlD421]

i would think this is meant to be an inexpensive alternative to the iPhone.....and we finally have June........16th i think......that we'll have the 3G iPhone....is the Vu 3G?

[Eric47]

the vu is 3G, where did you hear that 3G iphone is coming out in june...sources??

[elmo01]

Originally Posted by Eric47

the vu is 3G, where did you hear that 3G iphone is coming out in june...sources??

<press release Bank of America 29Mar08>

Apple is expected to launch a high-speed wireless version of iPhone in the second quarter and produce as many as 8 million of the devices in the third quarter, according to Bank of America.

"Our latest channel checks point to a significant production build of a 3G iPhone beginning in the month of June after an initial small build in May," said Bank of America analyst Scott Craig.

AT&T said last year it expects to be able to sell a 3G version of iPhone in 2008, but it declined comment on specific launch dates on Friday.
Taiwan-based Hon Hai, which operates stateside under the trade name Foxconn Electronics, has secured an exclusive contract to assemble a more advanced version of Apple's popular iPhone. Hon Hai would be producing next-generation iPhones for Apple and is the exclusive contract manufacturer for the new phones.

Apple doesn't actually make most of its products. It hires manufacturing specialists - mainly companies from Taiwan that have extensive operations in China - to assemble its gadgets based on Apple's designs. They use parts from other outside suppliers, many of which also are from Taiwan and elsewhere in Asia.

The arrangement frees Apple and its fellow vendors from running complicated, labor-intensive production lines, while the ability of Taiwanese companies to slash manufacturing costs helps cut product prices over time.

Apple is using a similar setup for the iPhone, the multimedia cell phone the company unveiled in June last year with great fanfare. Some analysts speculate that the new iPhones could be in the market as early as May. Apple has said previously it aims to sell 10 million iPhones by 2008.

[SmArTeStChIlD421]

there was a thread on here somewhere....let me check

[Mobile Mike]

Originally Posted by Eric47

the vu is 3G, where did you hear that 3G iphone is coming out in june...sources??

Talk about the 3G iPhone making a June appearance has been on sites like Engadget, Boy Genius, and others for some time now.

[Eric47]

think about how man times it got pushed back last time.

[SmArTeStChIlD421]

true.....sorry i couldnt find the thread guys but i found this:

3G iPhone, June 9th | Computerworld Blogs

this means that it will be announced June 9th but this blogger seems to put it somewhere in July for actual release

[andy6432668]

It won't matter AT&T has a very small 3G network only in a few select large cities it is useless every where else. Sprint has 3G EVDO in so many more places even rural areas AT&T can't even come close.

[Eric47]

Originally Posted by andy6432668

It won't matter AT&T has a very small 3G network only in a few select large cities it is useless every where else. Sprint has 3G EVDO in so many more places even rural areas AT&T can't even come close.

i love how this debate comes up in almost every thread...


your comparing apples and oranges, not to mention by next year that will probably be a different tune your singin.

[SmArTeStChIlD421]

really??? like when WiMax is as big as AT&Ts 3G network is now and they have QChat?

[zdoyle35]

i find it funny that i started this thread about the lg vu and now we are talking about the 3g iphone...and 3g vs evdo...i guess nobody really knows when it is coming out.

[Mobile Mike]

Originally Posted by zdoyle35

i find it funny that i started this thread about the lg vu and now we are talking about the 3g iphone...and 3g vs evdo...i guess nobody really knows when it is coming out.

It looks like the Vu should be out on May 5th. From what I've been reading, many stores already have the phone in stock.

[SmArTeStChIlD421]

but they arent selling them right?

[Mobile Mike]

Originally Posted by SmArTeStChIlD421

but they arent selling them right?

According to Engadget, some are, but who really knows. The expected release date for AT&T's Mobile TV is May 4th and I'm assuming this phone will be available on said date of May 5.

[SmArTeStChIlD421]

i'm interested to see how AT&Ts TV service will compare to Sprint TV and VCast.......more competition.....keeps the prices down......makes everyone happy

[Mobile Mike]

Originally Posted by SmArTeStChIlD421

i'm interested to see how AT&Ts TV service will compare to Sprint TV and VCast.......more competition.....keeps the prices down......makes everyone happy

I have to say that Sprint TV is hard to beat. AT&T's got their work cut out for them.

[SmArTeStChIlD421]

'm not too familiar with all the TV services because I dont use them a lot........but what are the pros and cons of the 3 services that will be available starting on the 4th

[Eric47]

diffferenes in network availability, devices, and some channels are exclusive. thats it.

[SmArTeStChIlD421]

well Sprint's phones are becoming more and more 3G only...........Sprint is a very data centric company.......so many of their phones support Sprint TV.......Verizon evenly has EV and 1X phones........what channels does Sprint or Verizon have that others dont have?

[n9upc]

In starting to shop for cell service again, leaving T-Mobile due to issues, I have looked at AT&T and VZW.

I found that of course VZW has the Voyager (which is a VZW model phone only). However, AT&T has the Vu which is the Voyager (in essence) without the flip open QWERTY Keyboard.

Now, both AT&T and VZW, on both the Voyager and Vu, will use the MediaFlo service for the TV feature. Now MediaFlo does NOT use a 3G network it uses the UHF TV band area (something like channel 55 or 56) for broadcast. This is why the Voyager and Vu had a seperate pull out antenna to Rx the TV signal.

Now for VZW and AT&T it is billed like a data service but if you notice there is NO data limits (aka 5mb, 10mb, 5gb, etc..) just packages are adjusted per amount of channels you would like to watch.

So to steer this thread back on the subject at hand I have played with a working Vu demo at an AT&T corp store in MN. (I had to show that I really wanted that instead of the iPhone). MediaFlo was NOT up and running but the Vu is a little smaller (to me at least) then the Voyager. I figure rightfully so as there is no internal QWERTY keyboard on the Vu. The touch screen does have the vibrate response to touch and seems to have a good not to sensative not to dull response when touching the screen.

However, for the sausage (aka large fingered person) it is easy to accidently bump soemthing else while trying to touch something else. All in all the limited hands on time did not really allow me to give a good comparasion for features compared to the iPhone. But I do think that it will give it a good run for the money.

[zdoyle35]

******lg Vu Is On Sale Tommorow 400 With 300 Back And Its Better Than The Iphone And Has At&t Mobile Tv (live Tv!!!) There Is Also The Samsung Access Phone Coming Out As Well Tommorow1

[SmArTeStChIlD421]

just read an article.......AT&T will get CNN MObile exclusively but beyond that it will be exactly the same as VZW

[zdoyle35]

sprint has cnn mobile but your rig