Sprint's mobile TV service to be called VUE?

by Chris Ziegler, posted Aug 29th 2006 at 12:36PM

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]

Filed under: Handsets, Multimedia, Samsung, Sprint, CDMA

Tags: clamshell, dmb, flip, m250, mobile tv, MobileTv, multicast, samsung, sph-m250, sprint, sprint nextel, sprint-nextel, SprintNextel, swivel, tdtv

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

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clem13 @ Aug 29th 2006 5:42PM

as in the british cinema chain VUE? (formerly Warner Bros Cinema or something)

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Roy from miami @ Aug 29th 2006 9:35PM

I have some info on this program :
its a tryout only for kansas city or Las Vegas
and if you leave there you can try calling 1-800-707-5050 and ask them if you can participate
Good luck guys

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Andrew @ Aug 29th 2006 9:51PM

Did anyone else look at that and say "ET PHONE HOME!"

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Daryl @ Aug 31st 2006 11:38AM

Isn't VUE a Saturn?

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atm @ Sep 3rd 2006 2:35PM

i think this is going to be incorporated into sprint's deal with comcast

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