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New 3G Phone with AT&T Mobile TV is Ideal for Video on the Go and Just in Time for College Football Visionaries of video with a voracious vent for mobile viewing rejoice! AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) and LG Electronics MobileComm U.S.A. Inc. (LG Mobile Phones) announced the availability of the LG Invision™, a new multimedia device for users who want the best in video on their mobile phone. The LG Invision, the third iconic device to offer AT&T Mobile TV¹, is the smallest Mobile TV-capable phone in the U.S., at just a little more than 4 inches tall, 2 inches wide and less than one-half an inch thick. With its crystal-clear screen, TV fanatics can enjoy watching their favorite programming, including major college football games on CBS Mobile, ESPN Mobile TV, FOX Mobile and NBC2GO. Invision also offers Video Share calling and a 1.3 megapixel camera. Running on the nation's fastest third-generation (3G) network, the Invision is pre-loaded with more than just video features, including AT&T Mobile Music, which provides fast access to downloadable music from eMusic, sideloading compatibility from Napster To Go and any unrestricted MP3 audio files and streaming digital radio by XM Radio Mobile². With Bluetooth® 2.0 capabilities, you can wirelessly access music, listen to AT&T Mobile TV and make calls hands-free anytime. "Invision's unique design makes it AT&T's smallest mobile phone to feature Mobile TV," said Carlton Hill, vice president of Devices and Product Development for AT&T's wireless operations. "Walking around town with live TV in your pocket has never been easier." Ehtisham Rabbani, vice president of Product Strategy and Marketing at LG Mobile Phones, said: "LG continues to focus on what consumers are craving from their mobile phones, and the Invision is an example of our effort to offer an easy-to-use multimedia mobile device at an affordable price. The Invision incorporates all of the latest entertainment technologies in a sleek form factor that is sure to get noticed." AT&T's 3G network is the nation's fastest, according to third-party data, and allows 3G mobile phones to reach speeds of up to 1.4 megabits per second. AT&T offers 3G in more than 305 major metropolitan areas and will reach nearly 350 by the end of 2008. AT&T Mobile TV is available in 58 markets. For a map of available markets and more info about Mobile TV, visit www.att.com/mobiletv. The Invision is available in all company-owned AT&T stores and online at www.wireless.att.com for $99.99 with a new two-year agreement and $50 mail-in rebate³. For the complete array of AT&T offerings, visit www.att.com.

Filed under: Handsets , Multimedia , LG , GSM , EDGE , HSDPA , UMTS So, we figure one of two things has happened here: either the Samsung Access has been a solid seller for AT&T, leading the carrier to request a near-clone from competitor LG -- or LG saw the Access and felt compelled to provide a clone of its own volition. Either way, the CB630 Invision is getting to the AT&T Mobile TV fight a little late, because we're actually hearing that the Access is already scheduled for an official sunset (not Sunset ) on August 24, along with the Sony Ericsson Z750 , Samsung SLM , and the Mobile TV-less version of the LG Vu , the CU915. We're also hearing that it'll launch on August 13 for $99.99 on contract with a $50 rebate, so getcha popcorn ready, people. [Thanks, anonymous tipster] Permalink | Email this | Comments

Filed under: Handsets , Features , LG , ATT , GSM , EDGE , HSDPA , UMTS , Announcements After weeks of hand-wringing, we've finally settled on a winner of our contest for LG's uber-limited $1,500 Iron Man edition Shine ! We asked you to send in pictures of the busted-up pieces of garbage you call "phones," and holy cow, did we get some doozies. Without further adieu, our winner, Mark H., comes to us from Novato, California. Here's his story: "I need a new phone as you can see. I have had this Nokia phone since 2001. I'm in the military service and my friends make fun of my old phone and now they're really on me since my phone was run over by a car and I use electrical tape to keep the faceplate together. I don't get payed enough by the service to buy a nice new phone." Congratulations, Mark! Even if this relic were in perfect condition, it'd still be time for an upgrade. Let's try to keep this one a little less scuffed, because that solid gold battery cover definitely does not live up to the "Iron Man" name. Follow the break for some honorable mentions -- you guys made it really hard to choose! Continue reading Iron Man contest winner announced! Permalink | Email this | Comments

Filed under: Handsets , Features , Multimedia , LG , Samsung , ATT , GSM , EDGE , HSDPA , UMTS These days, voice is the tip of the iceberg. Carriers are always -- and we do mean always -- looking for crafty ways to boost their average revenue per user, and with everyone and their brother offering an unlimited voice plan at this point, it's about data and value-add services more than it ever has been before. To that end, Verizon and AT&T have embraced MediaFLO as a way to keep their subscribers entertained on the road to the tune of a few extra bucks per month. AT&T's service, simply christened Mobile TV, has just launched with a pair of devices from Samsung and LG; naturally, we wanted to know whether the phones were worth the $199 and $299 AT&T's asking, respectively -- but perhaps more importantly, we had to figure out whether the service was worth sucking another $15 a month out of our already-strained wallets. Gallery: Hands-on with the LG Vu, Samsung Access, and AT&T Mobile TV Continue reading Hands-on with the LG Vu, Samsung Access, and AT&T Mobile TV Permalink | Email this | Comments

Filed under: Handsets , LG , ATT , GSM , EDGE , HSDPA , UMTS , Announcements If ever there were an LG Shine to live up to its lofty name, this would definitely be it. We'd like to introduce you to the Iron Man phone -- presented here by our boy Robert Downey, Jr. -- based on the Shine slider as sold by AT&T. Unlike the garden-variety Shine, the Iron Man edition trades up to a deep red case with gold plated highlights and a solid 18K gold battery cover to commemorate the launch of the film in style. That's plenty enough element 79 to give this thing some serious heft. We're not bragging, though -- we want you to have it. The phone is valued at a princely $1,500; twenty are being given away by LG directly -- we've got the twenty first. How do you pry it out of our hands? Easy: we want to see just how nasty, disgusting, and close to complete breakdown your current face candy is. Send us a pic and tell us a little bit about your poor, dilapidated phone and the long journey it's taken to its current state of disrepair. We'll pick the saddest entry and let you retire that terrible thing for something just a little flashier. One word of advice though: don't bother breaking your phone or taking a photo of your dad's Dynatac or something, that's not what we're looking for. Check out the gallery to see shots of the very Iron Man phone that could be yours, and don't forget to enter. Good luck! The rules (yeah, there are always rules) Send us your original photo. If we find your picture elsewhere on the internet, you will so be disqualified. Don't test us here, we've seen every picture of every phone. Ever. Email submissions to contests [at] engadget [dawt] com with the subject "I am Iron Man!" And for the love of our inbox, please keep your images 1MB or under, ok? You may only enter this contest once. If you enter this contest more than once you'll be automatically disqualified, etc. Contest is open to anyone...

The long wait for AT&T's new mobile TV service, appropriately dubbed "AT&T Mobile TV," will soon come to an end. As expected, the new AT&T Mobile TV service is set to launch on May 4 (tomorrow) with 10 full-streaming TV channels. But, there's a catch. You have to have an AT&T cellphone equipped with Qualcomm's [...]