LG Vu

AT&T rolled out its LG Vu phone today, as well as information on the Mobile TV pricing scheme that will be supported by the new 3-inch widescreen handset (and its yet-to-be-released $199 brother, the Samsung Access).

AT&T’s Mobile TV service will be available in 58 markets, including Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia, San Diego, Seattle, and Washington, D.C. We tested the service in New York City.

For $13 a month, AT&T will give you access to four core news stations: CBS Mobile, FOX Mobile, NBC 2Go, and NBC News 2 Go. But we’re not all boring accountants looking for the latest market news, are we? Of course not. That’s why we suggest dropping the extra $2 per month (big spender), for access to the more entertaining stations like Comedy Central, ESPN Mobile TV, Nickelodeon, and PIX (Sony’s movie channel). Now you’ll be able to watch South Park or Days of Our Lives from your cubicle. For the first 60 days of launch, a CNCRT station will broadcast recently recorded concerts from big-name artists such as Jay-Z and Rage Against the Machine. (Then again, how recent could those be?)

Read on to see our full review and a hands-on video showing some of the Vu’s features in action.

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The Vu takes entertainment on the go to the next level. The 3-inch touchscreen on this sexy and lightweight device is the perfect canvas for the new AT&T Mobile TV service ($15 per month). Powered by MediaFLO technology, you can watch crystal-clear video on the go from such content providers as CNN and ESPN as well as movies from Sony Pictures Television.

The overall touch user interface is refreshingly simple, providing quick access to the Vu’s many features, including a 2-MP autofocus camera, instant messaging, an HTML browser, and eMusic downloads. At $100 less than the iPhone, the LG Vu is a compelling bang-for-your-buck multimedia device.

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At AT&T’s press luncheon here at CTIA, we were told that an AT&T MediaFLO TV subscription, which will support two exclusive channels from Sony and CNN, would cost users $15 per month. The two phones that will support MediaFLO, the Samsung Access and LG Vu, will cost consumers $199 and $299 respectively, with a 2-year agreement.

Yesterday, we had a chance to take a quick look at the LG Vu, but not to play with it.

Today, we stopped by the LG booth and got to spend some quality time touching the screen and feeling the haptic feedback. Needless to say we were pretty impressed with what we saw.

The video below should give you a good idea of what to expect.

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