AT&T Bringing MediaFLO To The Masses
Details have come out of AT&T’s second MediaFLO launch phone, and given the specs, it’s sure to be available on the lower-end. The Samsung SGH-A827 ‘Access’ is the second device for AT&T (the LG Vu aka Prada is the first) that looks to have support MediaFLO for digital TV. Given that Verizon Wireless’ cheapest MediaFLO V CAST TV-compatible handset is $99, AT&T may be launching with a price-war, which is always good for consumers.
The Samsung Access, aside from being really ugly, sports a ho-hum 1.3 megapixel camera, bluetooth, and well, that looks to be about it. It’s nice to see that the carriers realize they need to make it really cheap for subscribers to get addicted…er…introduced to these new add-on features, and hopefully we’ll see more entry-level handsets that sport higher-level features. Hopefully the monthly fee won’t be too bad, either, as that seems to be one of the issues plagueing Mobile TV elsewhere.
