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Hands-on with Sprint VUE and the Samsung M250
It seems that beta testing for Sprint's VUE mobile TV service has kicked off in Kansas City and Las Vegas; users have their swiveling Samsung SPH-M250s in hand and initial impressions have started to filter in. One such report on SprintUsers says VUE offers a surprisingly clear, crisp picture (when reception is strong enough, that is) though we're guessing that mileage varies depending on how good the user's eyes are. The channel lineup looks solid, with CNN, MTV, Starz, and Comedy Central all on board (among others) for a trial that'll apparently last at least four months. Godspeed, Sprint, and good luck with the trial -- from the looks of it, you've got would-be customers anxiously awaiting you on the other side.
Sprint's mobile TV service to be called VUE?
Last time we checked in on Sprint's SPH-M250 DMB phone from Samsung, we met the swiveling clamshell head-on with a fair dose of skepticism that it'd ever see the light of day in these parts. Our bad; rumor has it that a handful of Sprint customers are now receiving invitations to participate in a market trial for the service, which is now apparently named "VUE." As a refresher, the M250 holds its own as a decent flip phone, packing a microSD slot, Bluetooth, voice recognition, and of course, that rare-in-the-States swiveling display. We're still not sure we entirely understand which multicast tech is being used on the M250 -- DMB, TDtv, or some proprietary concoction -- but if this invite is legit, we don't really care what tech they're using, as long as we can get our mobile TV on post haste.[Via SprintUsers, thanks Jaime]
